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  1. Speedy is *insisting* on lots of free roam time out of his cage. I leave nuts scattered around, and he "buries" them in the folds of the blanket I draped over the sofa.
    A few seconds later he digs them up and nomms them.

    He's also alarmingly interested in the aquarium. I never leave him unsupervised!

    #RatFosterDiary #rats

  2. "I can juggle with two things, not with three."
    ~
    "That's not really juggling is it."
    ~
    "No. It's just chucking stuff up in the air, isn't it."

    All shot practically using real lighting a creature comforts ornament and miniatures

    #creaturecomforts #sidandnancy #aardman #miniatures #visualart #photographicart #miniaturephotography #photography #creativephotography #rats

  3. Speedy groomed me for the first time! He kindly removed a hangnail.

    He's being adopted at the end of this month, going to a small town a few hours drive away. The person adopting him already has a female rat. Speedy's been neutered, but we have to still wait a few more days to be sure he's sterile.

    He's lonely. He constantly demands I take him out of his cage. I carry him around and show him random things to entertain him, and I make him food puzzles to keep him busy. But I think he'll be much happier at his new home with an actual rat friend.

    #RatFosterDiary #rats

  4. Truffle, checking to see if I've perhaps covered myself in barbeque sauce as a treat for him. #petRats #rats

  5. I was woken up in the middle of the night by a weird noise I'd never heard before. It turns out it was a rat, eating his way into the house through the screen of the sliding door. That sliding door leads into OUR BEDROOM, so that was something.

    I thought I had locked him out, but he's been hiding in there since last night, apparently. He's now been chased out with a broom, like a scene out of an old cartoon.

    But not before he scrambled up the back of a dresser cabinet, ran straight at me, saw the murder in my eyes, and launched himself out into space, through the open door.

    It was surprisingly graceful - a perfect combination of instinct and athleticism. God speed, super-rat. I'll see you in my nightmares for several nights to come, I'm sure.
    #rats #heartattack

  6. Sure, Truffle looks sweet.

    But one false move and you will experience Squeak From Above. #petRats #rats

  7. The birthControl rat food bait just ran out, and Konstantine is hungry. It’s supposed to come today…

    #rats

  8. Quercy is generally reclusive. Shy, even.

    This morning, he demands all the attention. #petRats #rats

  9. I’ve been observing that rats are like squirrels in reproducing offspring, and they generally give birth twice a year, February and August. BirthControl food bait is to keep their population in check for the most part. But as soon as you put the BC food bait, you rarely see them (unless you love rats and look for them). 👌🐀

    #rats

  10. It's their world too. 💚

    They’re not pests. They’re sentient beings trying to survive in a world we share with them. What gives us the right to hate them simply for existing? 🐀

    #rats #rat #wildlife

  11. When I first got Speedy he would get overwhelmed from just the slightest touch, giving me little "watch it there buddy" warning nips.
    So I've been sharing a spoon of porridge every morning and stroking him just a bit while he's distracted.
    It seems to be working because by now he's allowing me to scritch him quite firmly. I think he's enjoying it.

    youtu.be/eHzswEXXHUI?si=fzGjQD

    #rats #RatFosterDiary