Karen, glad to be here. It's great to have a place to share my stories! I am on Facebook a lot, but I'm sure my family gets tired of the rat talk sometimes!

Mom to Moo, I have a friend who did the same when she worked at Petco. I think she had about 8 cages at one point?! I'm glad Winkie got to enjoy three more years of scritches and snuffles with you.

Dumbledore is very sweet. Her head has been permanently tilted to one side since I got her in a re-home and it causes her to need/want to twist as she goes down surfaces. It's quite funny to watch and does appear to have any other ill effects. Head tilt is usually a rattie sign of ear infection, but she's active and playful so nothing! I like her tilt because it reminds me of... me! I have a similar head tilt due to cervical vertebral fusion, so I am assuming it's something similar for her, but based on age rather than genetics.