I have a male rat that I hand raised & hes the sweetest fella ever!!! Hes so gentle & just wants attention! He loves the 2yr old & she just loves him!
Hes all black, BUT with a twist (IMO anyway, as I've never seen it before).. the roots of many of his hairs are white.. he has a white hair or 2 on his belly (can hardly wee them) & one of his hands are white... but there is soooo little white you don't really notice it..
Now I need a cute name for him that a 2yr old can easly learn, but something I will enjoy calling him.
This will be her first critter that she gets to touch. I'm always holding him & I'm teaching her to be gentle. I did some tests with him to see how gentle/friendly he was.. I put my finger in his mouth & he did nothing.. I pulled his teeth, pulled a wisker, pulled his ear, pulled his fur, & pulled his paw.
Of course i would never dream of letting the kid do that to him!! But its the same kind of test I do with dogs & puppies, as a just incase. If the animal cannot handle a quick accidental pain/tug, then thats not the right critter, to teach a kid to behave with.
I Showed him to her yesterday. He was just laying on my lap & she was petting him.. She was pointing to different body parts asking what they were, so I was teaching her all his parts.. She poked his nose & asked, whats dat? I said thats his nose. She then gently grabed his eat & asked whats dat? I said thats his nose. She then gently picked him up & held him oddly.. you know 2 small hands around his belly & holding him out... He didn't even squirm or anything. I then asked her to put him down & she gently put him on my lap... She tried to hug him & I said no.. thats not how you hug a rat.. I got her to cross her arms & put him there & I said thats how you hug a rat.. She was happy to give him that kind of rat hug.
So thats his personality.. Any ideas for a name?
P.S. No she cannot get to him on her own. I live in the basement & shes banned from my room (locks, staires & baby gates).
