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WILL YOU BE MY MOM?
I remember when I first got #Miwa as a little baby she was so frightened of her new environment and #rat family. But then she met #Ella and immediately latched on and fell in love with her. I think she saw her as a mother figure. It was the sweetest thing!
Miwa would follow Ella everywhere, eat next to her and sleep by her side at night. And not once did Ella look annoyed or push her away. She was the best mom to her. ✨ I mean… look at Miwa’s face!!!! She’s so happy! ☺️
#HappyMothersDay to all the beautiful human and #rattie mothers! May your day be filled with so much #happiness, #laughter and #love !
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PWETTY PWEAAAASE.
This is the face I always get when I say NO to Toupee. How do I not give into that!?!
This morning I gave #Toupee and #Roux their breakfast of kale, cucumbers and blueberries. Meanwhile, my breakfast consisted of coffee and apple pie.
All was fine and good until Toupee smelled my yummy breakfast. She quickly ran over, put her hand on my thigh and looked up at me with her signature “pwetty pwease” look. She then licked my hand as if to say…., “Please use this hand to pick up apple pie and put in my mouth thank you.” Man! #Rats really test your strength! So far…I’ve failed every single time. #ToupeeThursday
✨PS - To be clear, if I had Toupee’s face and someone was eating apple pie…I would use my charms to get in on that too. She’s a smart girl. Love you Toops!
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RAT ART.
Thank you Dru for one of my favorite paintings of my #ratties #Mizu and #Potato ! Every morning I wake up to your beautiful art and it fills me with so much #happiness and love. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Go to @drusillakehl and check out all of her #rat art and get a custom painting of your furry family!
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TEEFS. I love it when #ratties are so relaxed that they show their teeth! They look so silly! My rat #Toupee is the happiest when she’s cuddling up with her sisters. I swear it always looks like she’s smiling with her little chompers! I get it Toupee! I’d be smiling from ear to ear too if I could shrink into the size of a #rat and snuggle with you cutie pies! Oh Toupee, your little #teefs melt my heart! * https://www.instagram.com/p/CaxyBQPvgi1/?utm_medium=tumblr

SNAKE FOOD.
#Roux was bred to be snake food, so when I adopted her she was very skittish and afraid of everything. Often times, she would just peer out from under her tissue fort with her sweet little eyes and shake in fear. It broke my heart.

But now, with trust training and lots of patience, love and kisses … Roux has really blossomed into a brave little girl who is not only the first to greet me in the morning, but she now gleefully hops on my shoulder for kisses and will even expose her belly to me for rubs!

Don’t get me wrong, she is still a quirky little thing who runs around like a Tasmanian devil and will jump 5 feet in the air when she hears me sneeze but she has really come a long way. She knows she is safe and loved and I’m just so happy she is in my life. Love you Roux Roux!!!!!!
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PERFECT.
#Mizu was deaf, had permanent head tilt and a wonky arm from breaking it when she was young. You can see it all in this photo. She tilts her head, holds up her broken arm and squints her eye as if to say…. “What? I can’t hear you. But I love you!” 
She may have had a few ailments in life, but she never let it get in her way! She adapted and figured out her own special way of doing things. I named her Mizu for a reason. Mizu means water in Japanese. 
Water adapts, it goes with the flow, it can freeze and become a rock, it can melt and become a beautiful lake to skip stones on, it can be pulled by the moon into a powerful tidal wave or pour from the clouds and feed nature. Water is also a huge part of our bodies…so really, we all have a part of Mizu within us. This is what I like to believe. ✨⛅️ I love you Mizu! You. Are. Perfect.
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FAMILY PORTRAIT.
(Challenge: Can you name ALL the rats in the photos hanging on the wall?)
My #ratties #Roux and #Toupee got to visit their biological brothers #Bert #Beesley and #Nickels at @martymousehouse and we decided to do a fancy shmancy family portrait of all of them together!!! Look how adorable they are! The boys look so handsome and debonair and the girls look so poised and elegant! Very deceiving since we know these two girls are trouble makers! 
Since sarah and I both lost our ratties not long ago, we’re really trying to savor every moment and celebrate them any chance we get. And what better way to do that than hold a #rat party and do a family photoshoot … wearing bow ties and ribbons, lounging around a velvet sofa! This is like a Vanity Fair shoot!
A special thank you to martymousehouse for taking this amazing photo! It’s so cool that we have rattie kids who are siblings… I guess that makes us family too!
In honor of ❤️ Day, I send you all so much love, happiness and a million #rattie kisses! From our huge rattie family to yours, Happy Valentine’s Day!!!!! We love you!
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SHARING IS CARING.
I wasn’t paying attention and found my sweet #Heaven eating some of my fried rice! Typically I would stop my #ratties immediately, but Heaven is a very old lady and has some health issues now, so I just let her do anything she wants! 
One of her favorite things to do is share my food with me whilst I watch tv. And then when we’re both full, she always looks up at me with her kind eyes and boggles and boggles until she falls asleep. In these moments, I take a deep breath and savor all it. She is getting arthritis in her back legs and also cataracts in both eyes, so now when I call her, she will look around for my voice and then slowly and gently walk over with her slow legs plop … plop … plop. But as soon as she smells my hands, she quickly opens her eyes widely, gives me kisses and immediately jumps on my lap for some love! And don’t get me wrong! Heaven still has a lot of sass and juice in her! Even with her old body, every day you will find her playing with her sisters, squeaking at them if they are irritating her and stealing their treats any chance she gets! In fact sometimes when I think she’s slowed down, I’ll hear a bunch of rustling… and it’s Heaven running around making her tissue fort! I love you my gentle Heaven!!! You truly live up to your name! She is LOVE. ⛅️
PS- photo by @martymousehouse thank you for capturing this precious moment of Heaven! Pssst…. you know you’re her favorite.
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GUESS WHAT!!!!!
#Roux & #Toupee are turning ONE and we are having a BIRTHDAY extravaganza! 
Not only are the girls going to be reunited with their biological brothers Bert, Beesley and Nickles from @martymousehouse - but all of them are dressing up in bow ties and ribbons and modeling together in a #rat family portrait! I can’t wait for you guys to see how it all comes together! Sarah (mom of #MartyMouseHouse ) is baking a rat cake and we’re making rat cookies together, so it’s going to be an all out RAT themed partyyyyyyy! 
We all know, the one bad thing about having #rats is they don’t live very long. :( SO, we decided to truly savor our special time with our #ratties and celebrate them whenever we can! More pics and videos to come! Happy Birthday Roux, Toupee, Bert, Beesely and Nickels!!!!!! We love you so much! Now…it’s time to PARTY!!!!!!! ✨
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CHRISTMAS LOVE.
Welp. #Heaven fell asleep during our photoshoot again! She cracks me up so much! Look how silly and adorable she looks! I love her to infinity. Unfortunately, #Mizu is under the weather, so she didn’t feel like taking photos, so for Xmas she was quite happy just to stay on my lap, get kisses and eat lots of delicious snacks. I feel so lucky to have Mizu and Heaven for #Christmas this year. Since they are old ladies, I never know how long they will stay with me so I savor each and every moment.
As for their little sisters #Roux and #Toupee - this is their first Xmas and they are LOVING it!
I think they wish it was Christmas every day! Happy Holidays everyone! ✨
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CHICKEN FEET.
#Mizu likes to put her feet up when she sleeps and it always cracks me up! Don’t #rats feet look like chicken feet? One of my favorite things to do is tickle and kiss the pads of her feet when she’s sleeping and make chicken sounds. Bok bok! I’m sure I’m very irritating. But I can’t resist. She’s too yummy! I love my Meez Feets! Happy RATurday everyone! 
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CAMERA HOG!
#Toupee likes being the center of attention! This photo was supposed to be of Toupee and her sister #Roux - but every time the flash would go off, Toupee would quickly stand in front of Roux! 
Mom brings out the camera. Toupee runs up and poses.
TOUPEE: Oh! Look at me! Cheeeeeeeeese!
ROUX: Hey! What am I? Chopped liver?
These two crack me up! 
If you’re wondering why Toupee looks so little here, it’s because Roux is large for a female #rat and Toupee is smaller than the average girl #rattie . She’s so petite! But don’t let her small figure fool you. Toupee is one sassy, spicy, adorable, troublemaker! Love you my little attention monster!!! ⚡️
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PURE BLISS.
I suffer from anxiety and there are days it can feel overwhelming. But when my body trembles and I need a soft place to fall, my beautiful #ratties have been there to remind me to connect, focus on love and be present in the moment.
My #heart rat #Mizu is the most affectionate and chillest #rat I’ve ever had. When I’m with her, I can feel my heart slow down and my lungs fill with air. I mean…. look at her SMILE in this video! She is just pure love and bliss! I hope when you watch this video, you can take a deep breath and tap back into love and joy… just like Mizu! We love you!
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PURE BLISS.
I suffer from anxiety and there are days it can feel overwhelming. But when my body trembles and I need a soft place to fall, my beautiful #ratties have been there to remind me to connect, focus on love and be present in the moment.
My #heart rat #Mizu is the most affectionate and chillest #rat I’ve ever had. When I’m with her, I can feel my heart slow down and my lungs fill with air. I mean…. look at her SMILE in this video! She is just pure love and bliss! I hope when you watch this video, you can take a deep breath and tap back into love and joy… just like Mizu! We love you!
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SURGERY DAY!
Today #Roux and #Toupee go into surgery to get spayed. I’ve been anxious about it all week, but I’ve been trying to surrender to it all. Please send some good energy their way! These two babies are very bonded and scare easily, so I’m pretty sure they might be nervous right now, but they have each other which makes me feel better. And can we look at Roux’s whisker game? She is part Rex, so she has those signature curly #whiskers !!! I love these two babies so much! Be brave girls! You’ll be home soon! ✨✨✨
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POTATO HAMMOCK!
I’ve purchased more #rattie hammocks than I can count … yet Potato’s favorite place to take her naps is in my shirt! I think she likes it in there because it’s close to my heart, it’s warm and she gets first dibs on snacks when I eat! Whenever she smells my food, she’ll pop her teeny head out, grab the yummy morsel and hide back in my shirt. It’s so adorable!
#Potato NEVER wins when it comes to rattie food wars. Often, when she sees her sisters approaching, Potato bears down and holds her food tightly in her teeth. But unfortunately she isn’t very strong, so within seconds her sisters rip the food out of Potato’s mouth, leaving her squeaking and crying without her treat! It’s the saddest thing to witness! I really have a soft spot for this girl! 
So I’m happy to give Potato the VIP treatment and let her stay in my shirt for first dibs! It’s like having my own little baby kangaroo … she’s my PotatoRoo! Love you so much Pots!
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MY DELICATE EATERS.
#Toupee & #Potato are my gentle, slooooow eaters! As we know, #ratties can gobble up food like nobody’s business but these two are just so darn dainty with their food! Such manners!
When I first got Toupee, her and Potato did NOT get along. It took me a while to understand what was going on between them, as Toupee was getting along with everyone else and Potato was getting along with Roux. It was just these two that had problems. After working with the both of them, I realized they had something in common: both were VERY sensitive and insecure.
Unfortunately, there was a lot of fighting and it was worrisome, so I ended up having to separate them and live apart. I was bummed there was a good chance they would never be able to be in the same dwelling. BUT I never gave up on them! I reached out to a few people who were rat pros in our community and they taught me very special techniques to try on the girls and I’m happy to say with persistence, a lot of patience and working on their fear, they are now BEST FRIENDS! In fact, of all the #rats , these two stick together the most! Isn’t it funny when that happens? So now, we are one big happy family! And my two slow eaters can now eat delicately… together! Nom. Pause. Nom. Pause. Nom.
PS! Do you see how at one point Toupee eats her cracker into a little heart?!?! I can’t.
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DID I DO SOMETHING?
This is the face #Toupee gives me when she does something naughty. It’s so tough to say NO to this girl because she’s so damn cute! She really knows how to work that innocent “OH! Did I do something wrong? I’m sowwwwwwy” face! I try to be stern and say no… but she immediately looks at me with those eyes and I melt. I swear she has me wrapped around her teeny #rattie finger! PS- my favorite parts of Toupee are her puckered ears! They remind me of potato chips! Anyone else have #ratties with potato chip ears? Love my Toops!
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