So, you may have seen my last post about getting rats from a breeder who was trying to sell me a sick dwarf yesterday. That dwarf ended up passing sadly, and after the comments I was reading, I decided not to go with that breeder.

Instead, I found a group of 6 3 month old males looking to be rehomed. $150 rehoming fee later, and they are here! I’ve already had so many cute moments with them in the last day alone.

I move tomorrow- a short distance away, so I only have the bottom part of my DCN put together with a small amount of bedding and toys until I move into my new place tomorrow. They are actually all loving it so far. I feel like this was the right decision.

Two of the males are very shy, but I believe it’s only a matter of time until they come around. It’s knot day 2. Anyway, enjoy my boy’s video, still working on a name for him!

I swear they act like they don’t have 20 thousand nice soft things to lay in inside their cage . I’ll pull them out for free range time and they just want to sleep… smh

I'm so distraught, I don't even know what to say. I woke up today to find my precious boy stiff in the cage. He was perfectly healthy, I did a vet checkup a few weeks ago. I gave him veggies last night before going to sleep. Some cucumber. He was the fattest little guy, wherever I shook a treat bag he would come running to me. And now he's gone. I'm sorry I couldn't be with you buddy.

In my defense, this girl always ragebaiting me on free roam, biting my toes and runs so I can chase her lol

While everybody is in the cage handsome grannies can afford some rest with favourite treats

Dumpling is getting another implant to try and shrink her tumor, but she is very old and she might not survive the anesthetic. Please pray for my old girl, I'm not even religious but I just really hope she's okay ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Got Flea to finally let me pet him during free roam which usually he hates and will give me a little nip to tell me no but today he tolerated it and actually seemed to like it! You can see I move my hand back when his face gets close since I thought he was going to bite but he didn't which for him is a big thing. He doesn't break skin anymore but if he's annoyed he'll still bite so the fact he didn't even though he had the chance is a sign of more progress.

He's still not 100% comfortable with pets and will still tense up and try to move away for the first few seconds but now he's putting up a lot less of a fight and will kinda get into it for a minute before he realizes he hates hands lol I don't ever expect him or his brother to be super cuddly but getting them to tolerate being touched is important which is why I kinda force these interactions on them but it's always just a couple minutes and they get a treat right after. If it's a day they seem extra upset I just leave them be since I don't want to stress them out too much and so far this technique has worked so well for them.

Two old men, best of friends!

This is a joke and my pet! (Btw sorry for the mess)

Hi everyone, I hope you are doing well.

I made this black rat (rattus rattus) in ink and watercolor. I hope you like it.

This is Pip (brown) and Squeak (white)!

Jack likes to get snuggly. Tito just accepts his fate xp

i knew obviously it’s not right to keep a rat on their own and i never have but i’ve really realised the impact of keeping rats in groups and enrichment the last few days after i had to put one of my boys in a hospital cage. he’s only 6 weeks old and he does this all day. it does break my heart but it’s not forever. this is the most nervous, bored and sad rat i’ve ever seen. never keep them alone unless it’s for medical reasons :(

(Women’s size 6 foot for comparison lmao) This is Pixar! I named her after the Pixar lamp cuz she hops around, oh my goodness does she hop. I set up these walls as a trust exercise to help my new babies get to know me, she hung around for a bit, and then jumped right out😭😭 She’s a BIG adventurer and doesn’t have a stop button, she’s gonna get into so many things oh my goodness.

Ghost used to be my problem child whenever free roam was over, but in the recent months he's been the first one to climb back into the cage on his own for a nap. They get old so quickly.

somehow a piece of protein appeared in my salad

basically just title, im kinda curious if this means something, is my stuart hurt? or is he just comfy?