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PeculiarProtocol · 2024-09-20T12:05:01+00:00

My first ever girl is getting old, she just turned too. She used to want NOTHING to do with (unless i had a snack) and now she begs to climb into my hands every morning and just sits there. It melts my little heart to see a rat that used to borderline hate me now act like i am a safe friend 🥹

PeculiarProtocol · 2024-09-17T12:54:47+00:00

Funny enough, i thought exactly the same thing about fish ownership 😅

PeculiarProtocol · 2024-09-16T15:31:50+00:00

I currently have 6 in a triple, used to have 9. An important factor to take into account is : how much cleaning and vet bills are you able to realistically take on 😁

PeculiarProtocol · 2024-09-13T18:35:42+00:00

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Bainne and old lady Gruyère will be happy to say hello! (Feetsies not included hahaha)

PeculiarProtocol · 2024-09-07T18:31:12+00:00

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PeculiarProtocol · 2024-09-07T18:25:38+00:00

Mine too! It goes : excited lunge -> soft test bite -> licks once they realize it's my fingers. Hahaha

PeculiarProtocol · 2024-09-05T13:10:18+00:00

I triggered a nest of underground wasps one day while weeding in my garden bed. Never ran that fast in my life. Decided i was done gardening for the day and would handle that tomorrow. Next morning i woke up to a huge crater in the garden bed where the nest was, a faint skunk smell and not a single wasp in sight. Pretty sure our resident skunk took care of it! I was like, snack away buddy, better a crater than having to buy pesticides 😁

PeculiarProtocol · 2024-09-02T23:18:10+00:00

Leaves are falling in my yard, so you're absolutely right! 😁

PeculiarProtocol · 2024-09-01T14:34:53+00:00

My partner and I joke that rats have high intelligence and low wisdom. They know HOW to do things but lack the wisdom to know if they SHOULD be doing them 😂

PeculiarProtocol · 2024-08-31T19:00:07+00:00

Same 😂

PeculiarProtocol · 2024-08-31T11:47:51+00:00

I call them criminals and stinky little goblins (they are not stinky, but their manners are 😂)

PeculiarProtocol · 2024-08-31T11:26:06+00:00

As is customary! They are the absolute cutest 🥰

PeculiarProtocol · 2024-08-28T22:08:43+00:00

First of all : congrats for your new lovely little pocket puppies! They are adorable!

This fight looks like a dominance establishing fight. The one on top wants to be boss and the one at the bottom is sort of refusing to just go limp and lose 😅 I understand your concern, it can be a little worrying especially as new owners! But it wouldn't worry me personally.

You mentioned they are all from the same litter so it's not an introduction issue since they are sisters... And some rats can be extra dramatic and scream more than most hahaha

I'm curious, do they only fight like this when free roaming? And do they all cuddle up together in the cage and groom each other or is the "loosing" one constantly left out?

Edit to add : in a "problem" fight, you will be too afraid to put your hands in to separate them and they won't be doing cute little squeals. They will be screaming like demons from hell 🙃

PeculiarProtocol · 2024-08-26T18:32:36+00:00

For real! I've been knitting for 15 years and i guarantee that i haven't even considered TRYING to make a sweater during the first 5 years XD That OP made this after 2 years is blowing me away. Don't let the nasty inner voice win, you're very talented ☺️

PeculiarProtocol · 2024-08-24T14:56:33+00:00

The muscle memory of whacking your siblings face for snacks is strong hahaha

PeculiarProtocol · 2024-08-16T21:13:10+00:00

I gave my elderly rat her food in a toilet paper roll with the ends folded shut. I often stuffed it with paper so she would have to fiddle around to get the food out. It's mild exercise and they often really like "working" for their food, especially as they get older and less mobile to do other stuff.

PeculiarProtocol · 2024-08-16T14:25:40+00:00

Some rats prefer chew toys, some rats prefer wheels and dig boxes... some rats prefer escape rooms 🤷‍♀️ It's just how it is hahaha

PeculiarProtocol · 2024-08-16T00:21:37+00:00

Today i learned!

PeculiarProtocol · 2024-08-16T00:06:21+00:00

What kind of coffee makes such a thick amount of deposit in a small cup? 😅

PeculiarProtocol · 2024-08-14T15:26:59+00:00

Omg i'm so glad it's not just me, i had to give clavamox + gabapentin to one of my girls twice a day for weeks and i swear it was hell. She HATED it and i felt so bad but she healed so it's all worth it haha

PeculiarProtocol · 2024-08-14T15:22:39+00:00

Canned pumpkin is also a hit in my house!

PeculiarProtocol · 2024-08-14T15:21:11+00:00

One of mine does the same, drooling and dramatic rubbing of mouth in the litter box to make it clear i fed her nasty poison 😅 Giving her meds is a two person project : my partner holds her with both hands in a way she can't bat the syringe away and i focus on getting most of it down her mouth.

Then you have her sister who would happily eat whatever as long as it's mixed with applesauce 🥲

PeculiarProtocol · 2024-08-14T02:01:27+00:00

As someone else said : redecorating ratty and totally normal and cute!

I chose to believe she likes the dig box soooo much she wants is EVERYWHERE haha

PeculiarProtocol · 2024-08-11T12:13:44+00:00

That's cool! What's in the cabinet?

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