my new babes, Merry and Pippen...

[tikeyas_mom]

I got two baby rats, about 3 weeks ago, I desided it would be safe to let pt know now, lol. I had to take one of them to the vet "Pippen" because his toe was really swolen. They prescribed baytril, he is better now :D. Anyways I got them when they were 5 weeks old from a local pet store WolfSoul helped me pick them out. they are both males "brothers". Happy and healthy. I named them Merry and Pippen,*off lord of the rings :D* they are 9 weeks old now :).. here are a couple of pics of my boys .....



http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid69/p723d3466d57846b4feb0f84c17a6c6b0/fbb742d8.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid69/pad61fd4285359ed2c163ae837c4d5fd3/fbb742e0.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid69/p509410ea7ab35c2f6f0f435e300a5a4f/fbb742d3.jpg
^pippen^

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^Merry^

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid69/pf9fb1b4bf259c83c3693ecd344a88faf/fbb742db.jpg
^pippen^

a little about them....

Pippen:

fav food: dryed banana

fav game: Tag, *I chase him with my hand around his cage and my bed*

Fav toy: his bell chain

Merry:

fav food: Broccoli (sp?) He loves it frozen as well as freshly cut.

Fav game: tickle time ;). *when I pick him up and place him on his belly and tickle his tummy :D.

fav toy: his brother lol :p... Ice cubes, he loves them too. :confused:

[Karen]

Welcome, Merry and Pippin! :)

[GoldenRetrLuver]

AWW! Your so lucky! :D They are both adorable! CongRATS! :D

[tikeyas_mom]

Squeek, Tanks wuv Merry ands me Brover Pippen!! Squeek

;)

[luckies4me]

What cuties! :D


Congratulations! And a sweet blazed baby too, awww. Do you still have your other ratty too? Loved the pics! :)

[tikeyas_mom]

Originally posted by luckies4me
What cuties! :D


Congratulations! And a sweet blazed baby too, awww. Do you still have your other ratty too? Loved the pics! :)

they are both husky blaazed boys, considering wolfsoul said lol. I think Merry had a little blazed hood, in the light it is very visible!!! :p

We dont have the other ratties Zillah anymore she was euthanized :(. poor baby ...

[Aspen and Misty]

Originally posted by tikeyas_mom


We dont have the other ratties Zillah anymore she was euthanized :(. poor baby ...

O I'm so sorry to hear this, what happened?

Congrats on the two new additons! Great pets they are aren't they??

Ash

[luckies4me]

Nope, only one is a husky, the blazed one. The other one does not have a blaze, as if he did it would be clearly visible, especially on a dark furred rat. ;) It looks like he may have a headspot though. I LOVE headspots!

You sure can tell they are both boys though lol! haha Your other boy looks like a berkshire to me. :)

Sorry to hear about your ratty girl. :(

[tikeyas_mom]

Originally posted by Aspen and Misty
O I'm so sorry to hear this, what happened?

Congrats on the two new additons! Great pets they are aren't they??

Ash


She had a HUGE tumer and she was eating her tail away, it was so sad she was suffering She was also VERY cage territorial, she would attack anyone who tryed to pet her :(.. She is in heaven now. :). We will meet again.

They are the BEST pets I love them !!! They are so funny they have the HUGEST personalities!! they are my lil babies :D..

luckies: One does have a bit of a head stop :D. and Merry is the blazed/berkshire right??? and Pippen is the Husky???? :confused: lol I know alot about rats just not their coat types. lol

[tikeyas_mom]

Originally posted by luckies4me


You sure can tell they are both boys though lol! haha Your other boy looks like a berkshire to me. :)




ha ha I know when I took Pippen to the vet, a lady asked what was wronge with his bottom, She asked what was thoughs things sticking out of him bottom ,lol.. :o I told her to use her emagination and she replyed " is it a disconnected bone??" I laughed my head off at that point, I said "NO, they are his testicals lmao" ... they have very BIG testies. lol

[apcrs5122]

Congratulations!!!!!:D They are both adorable!

[luckies4me]

Originally posted by tikeyas_mom
ha ha I know when I took Pippen to the vet, a lady asked what was wronge with his bottom, She asked what was thoughs things sticking out of him bottom ,lol.. :o I told her to use her emagination and she replyed " is it a disconnected bone??" I laughed my head off at that point, I said "NO, they are his testicals lmao" ... they have very BIG testies. lol

OMGoodness, that has to be the funniest thing I have ever heard! You think people would know what they were. Silly woman! :p

[tikeyas_mom]

Originally posted by luckies4me
OMGoodness, that has to be the funniest thing I have ever heard! You think people would know what they were. Silly woman! :p

I know :rolleyes:

her husband even was laughing at her lol.

[RockyRoad]

Yay, pictures! I love your ratties, they are so cute! I'm glad Pippen's toe got better. :D

[wolfsoul]

Originally posted by luckies4me
boy looks like a berkshire to me. :)


That's what I thought too. :) But the other one confuses me. He looks more like a blazed berkshire than a husky to me, but it's so difficult to tell :confused: They make the ratty standards so confusing :rolleyes:

[tikeyas_mom]

Originally posted by wolfsoul
That's what I thought too. :) But the other one confuses me. He looks more like a blazed berkshire than a husky to me, but it's so difficult to tell :confused: They make the ratty standards so confusing :rolleyes: AGReed!!!

Britt you have to make me a new sig now lol

[CathyBogart]

Congratulations on your new family members! I'd love to see more pictures!

What kind of bedding are they on? What are you feeding them? ^.^

There is a really great forum dedicated to just ratties at www.goosemoose.com/rfc that you might like.

Also, please have money set aside for emergencies for them, up to several hundred dollars. Ratties can rake in vet bills VERY quickly! ^.^ (take it from someone who knows, and Luckies can second me. Sometimes -often- waiting a few days until your mom says you can take them in makes the difference between life and death)

[tikeyas_mom]

Originally posted by WolfChan
Congratulations on your new family members! I'd love to see more pictures!

What kind of bedding are they on? What are you feeding them? ^.^

There is a really great forum dedicated to just ratties at www.goosemoose.com/rfc that you might like.

Also, please have money set aside for emergencies for them, up to several hundred dollars. Ratties can rake in vet bills VERY quickly! ^.^ (take it from someone who knows, and Luckies can second me. Sometimes -often- waiting a few days until your mom says you can take them in makes the difference between life and death)

they arnt on bedding lol, on the bottom of their cage is a soft towl and in their litter box is aspen bedding they never pee in their litter box though :rolleyes: they poop in it so thats good :D.

I am feeding them.. long list :

they get a lil bit different dinner every night so here is tonight dinner:

broccoli, small carrot, cuecumber, dry noodle, nutro LITE dog food, tomatoe, pumpkin seed each, dryed whole weet bread peice each, dryed cranberry and banana each, 4 cheerios, and a lil bit of bran cereal each, for deseart they got an ice cube to play with lol.

yup I have money all saved up for vet visits, trust me I already spent 50$ for one visit lol he is a good vet to, he is an exotics vet. :D.

[CathyBogart]

Hehehe, sounds like you're all set! Do they like the ice cube? I may have to give one to my girls.

OH! Have you tried pea fishing with them yet??? If not, take a heavy ceramic dish (or a baking sheet or similar thing) and put about an inch or two of water in it. Drop in frozen peas, and watch the fun! Sometimes it takes them awhile to get the hang of it, but it seems like most boy rats learn to love it!

My girls got an extra special treat yesterday...a chocolate chip each! ^.^

Gah, I wish I could get my girls to use a litter box, or at least not to poop on their shelves!

[luckies4me]

Originally posted by wolfsoul
That's what I thought too. :) But the other one confuses me. He looks more like a blazed berkshire than a husky to me, but it's so difficult to tell :confused: They make the ratty standards so confusing :rolleyes:


He is a husky, a husky marked, not a TRUE husky. They call high marked rats huskies, but a true husky has a fading effect. We don't have real huskies here, well we do but I can't say where they have been imported to. :p So he is a blazed berk husky. Get it?

[tikeyas_mom]

Originally posted by WolfChan
Hehehe, sounds like you're all set! Do they like the ice cube? I may have to give one to my girls.

OH! Have you tried pea fishing with them yet??? If not, take a heavy ceramic dish (or a baking sheet or similar thing) and put about an inch or two of water in it. Drop in frozen peas, and watch the fun! Sometimes it takes them awhile to get the hang of it, but it seems like most boy rats learn to love it!

My girls got an extra special treat yesterday...a chocolate chip each! ^.^

Gah, I wish I could get my girls to use a litter box, or at least not to poop on their shelves!

can I pm you about my ratties???

anywho, the first day I got them I let them poop and pee wherever their hearts desired lol. then the second night I changed their cage and kept all the stools from the day befor, and placed them in their litter box. Ever since then they have poop in their litter bow exna yesterday when they had diareah thanks to me :rolleyes: I fed them to much dryed aprocote and it upset their tummies :(. they are better now lol.

They still pee where they want though :rolleyes: male rats are like that .. lol... they pee on me, their food, eachother lol. everywhere but the litter box ;) .

they love icecubes :D. it is hot hear we have no air conditioning so I use frozen ice cubes and somtimes frozed treats*blended treats*.. they love it.

I havent tryed the fishing for peas thing yet, :D sounds cute, I will get my mom to but peas this friday :D.

[luckies4me]

WOlfChan, my girls LOVE icecubes! It has been so hot here lately, 95 degrees inside our house ( NO AC, although the rats have a swamp cooler) so they have been getting them lately. These girls hadn't had them yet, but they sure did love to chomp on those. Darnet, that's what I forgot, PEAS! Guess it's time to go back to the store tomorrow. :p

[wolfsoul]

Originally posted by tikeyas_mom

they love icecubes :D. it is hot hear we have no air conditioning so I use frozen ice cubes and somtimes frozed treats*blended treats*.. they love it.

I havent tryed the fishing for peas thing yet, :D sounds cute, I will get my mom to but peas this friday :D.

I give frozen treats too! :D I'll give you their favourite recipe, I swear, they will go after this more than anything else!
(sorry, don't really know any measurements)

1 container of unflavoured yogurt, some strawberries, a bit of apple sauce, about half a banana, a raw egg (the freezing should kill any bacteria). Blend it all together, put it in an ice cube tray and cover with seeds and freeze! :)

I tried the fishing for peas thing, my rats ignore it lol. They hate water :rolleyes:

[CathyBogart]

Originally posted by tikeyas_mom
can I pm you about my ratties???


Please do! I LOVE to talk ratties!

Wolfsoul: I'll bet the girls would love that, but it sounds so fattening! 0.0

Right now I feel like a bad rat owner, but my girls are loving me for it. See, I ran out of Teklad lab blocks this morning, so I'm feeding them Reggie Rat (A junk seed mix food) until I get some more. THEY LOVE IT, but it's so bad for them I feel terrible!

[wolfsoul]

Originally posted by WolfChan


Wolfsoul: I'll bet the girls would love that, but it sounds so fattening! 0.0


Lol, yeah, that's why I only give half of one to each every four days :p

[green_chameleon_girl]

WOW! They are beautiful ratties!!! Congrats on ur new addition:D