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I absolutely had to paint little Merlin’s portrait as soon as I saw his sweet face and all those WHISKERS! Merlin is a retired lab rat and a member of @popcornsmischief (a mischief is the name for a group of rats ), whom you should totally follow for cute rat photos and videos!
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I think this is my first rat portrait, which is crazy because I absolutely love rats. I think they make just about the perfect pet: they’re as smart and as sweet as dogs, as clean as cats, they can learn to use a litter box, but they’re small and quiet and make great apartment pets. My rattie boys (several years ago) knew they weren’t allowed in the kitchen and would go back in their cage when we told them to. They were always so excited when we got home and loved to spend time with us. The only downside about rats is their short lifespan - on average between 2-3 years. Just long enough to get to know them…
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swipe to see some pics of my boys, Charlie and Bravo
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Not convinced rats are cute yet? Check out these great hashtags (and blame the media for always depicting them as creepy, gross, and diseased )
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Sammie had her babies 3 days ago! Unfortunately she had a rough labor and was abandoning her babies. Luckily I had a lab mom who also had her babies the same morning and I was able to transfer Sammie’s babies to her and she took them in right away She’s doing a fantastic job raising such a large litter
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Our first litter of Black Hooded! Momma is doing a fantastic job….look at those milk bands!
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Our lab rats are doing great! Gigi and her litter got an upgraded cage today! They loved all of the toys and enrichment and looked like kids in a candy store lol We have a few more litters due soon and some of these babies will be going to their new homes to help other breeders here on the West Coast in a few weeks
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A very tired momma taking a much needed nap and a hammock full of babies
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And the popcorn stage has started These babies are so sweet!
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Our first litter of Albinos is almost turning 2 weeks old! Momma is doing an amazing job and we named her Gigi
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Hope’s babies finally opened their eyes and got an upgraded cage today full of enrichment! They were having so much fun exploring it!
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Hope’s babies are almost 2 weeks old! She’s doing such an amazing job….these babies are so big! Unfortunately she decided to sit on them while snacking on a banana so you don’t get to see all of them
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Very exciting news! I got my test results for my imported mice and all of my young breeding males and females and they’re all negative for RBF! That included momma Hope and her babies So relived to see these results and happy to announce that adoptions are open again for my future litters as I’ll only be breeding those rats that tested negative
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She’s such a sweet mom
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Hope’s babies turned 1 week old today! She’s being an amazing mom….they’re all chubby little seals lol 1 Black Eye Siamese, 1 Siamese, 6 Agouti with possible SM and 1 Black
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The girls couldn’t wait for their meal!
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And the boys loved it too!
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The girls couldn’t wait for the meal lol
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Momma Hope enjoying her meal
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Everyone had a real treat today!! I got a hydroponic indoor growing planter a couple of weeks ago and all of the veggies just bloomed so today the rats had lettuce, kale, sorrel, basil, dill, mint and chard all organically grown inside my home! I added baby rainbow carrots, salmon, salmon oil, flaxseeds, whole wheat raw pasta, peas, corn, blueberries and cashews for a super healthy meal
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Ciri’s babies are starting to get some color 7 girls and 6 boys! 8 Russian Dove and 5 Chocolate
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I can never buy them nice things….brand new hammock and Nina had to make sure there was a side window on it Naughty girls lol ‍♀️‍♀️
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I love when I get updates from my adopters! These boys were adopted a few weeks ago and are doing great in their new home. Meet Parker, Ruger, Winchester and Remington enjoying a healthy meal together
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