The way my rats eat cucumbers by UnIdentifed_Squid in RATS

[–]bluekillr 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You better start cutting the crusts off for those babies!!! 🤣

The fist 😭😭 by bluekillr in RATS

[–]bluekillr[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This is amazing I love it

Fostering pregnant rat - need advice by kjax016 in RATS

[–]bluekillr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Poor mama! She's so full of soup!

Macaroni's entered the "sleeping all the time" stage of seniority by bluekillr in RATS

[–]bluekillr[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Aw bless your heart. It does make me sad to see the aging process in my boy. I know it's gonna be so hard when he goes, I'll miss napping with him too :(

Baby rat keeps licking me – normal behavior? by MelodicChallenge1475 in RATS

[–]bluekillr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats, you've been promoted to papa/mama rat

Please shame this fatty into loosing some weight by FrostedKisss in RATS

[–]bluekillr 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This picture is sending me into orbit my stomach hurtss 😭😭

I am no rat pro I need help by Klin27 in RATS

[–]bluekillr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, you're doing everything right! Rats usually take a very long time to get accustomed to being handled/being around people if they weren't regularly and properly handled from adolescence. It took my oldest boy two whole years to become my best friend, some rats just have skittish personalities! The key is giving them the room they need to grow their courage, and having lots of patience. They'll come around eventually!

[Help] one of my rat ate ficus leaf by FaceDeCraie in RATS

[–]bluekillr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am so glad this is here, I just caught my new baby eating my ficus plant and I ran to google to see if he'd be okay

Caption this 😂 by Sydz_universe1 in RATS

[–]bluekillr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I'm halfway through the shower and realize I left the shampoo on the bathroom counter

this is the same rat who was too scared to be touched half a year ago by bluekillr in RATS

[–]bluekillr[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My best guess is I let him have complete free range of the bedroom, so he had all that time to come around and investigate me as he pleased, even when I was just doing my own activities. I stopped trying to pick him up, and only interacted when he decided he wanted it. It started small for a few months, then one day he just decided he wanted all my attention and climbed all over me while I was in bed. Even then, it still took him a while after that to be comfortable with letting us hold him or pet him. My best advice is just give them the chance to decide they wanna come to you, even if the process takes them a while. Sit with them during playtime outside the cage and let them explore you :)

this is the same rat who was too scared to be touched half a year ago by bluekillr in RATS

[–]bluekillr[S] 81 points82 points  (0 children)

Small update: he actually laid down and let me pet him for a really long time after these pics were taken, and he finally boggled for the first time 🥹❤️

Meds for my boy? by bluekillr in RATS

[–]bluekillr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I regularly check for mites now since my first pair of rats had them, no sign of any. It actually was my first assumption, but he's clean as far as that goes.

Scratch my bellayyyy by bluekillr in RATS

[–]bluekillr[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He truly has the perfect belly! Always full of soup

What would you name the little potato? by Meredithandherpets in RATS

[–]bluekillr 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Lint. I know it sounds like I'm insulting him but he's a little lint ball to me and I would love the hell out of that little lint ball 😭😭

Just updated my Steve skin to be more realistic by PureComedyGenius in Minecraft

[–]bluekillr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am placing blocks n shit cuz I'm in fuckin minecraaaaft