Our Rat Family

We now have some different furry creatures: Rats. They're extremely sociable with their own distinct personalities. They both like chewing bits of the house though. Their names are Billy and Monty, and they're a pair of female rats born around the third week of November, 2006. At 7 weeks old Billy weighs 190g and Monty weighs 182g.

And yes, in case you were wondering, we were expecting them to be boy rats. These girls should be just fine though!

Rat Sprites the Dust

[30 Dec 2008]

Our most friendly pet rat, Sprite, has died. We don't know how old she was as she was a rescue rat, but she developed a large tumour and went ...

Hungry, Biting Beasties

[08 Sep 2008]

Our new rats have revealed extremely varied personalities. Teggs, the clearly dominant rat, will stash food away and attack any rat who comes ...

Into the Peanut Butter Jar

[18 Jun 2008]

Here's Teggs (the fat piggie rat of our four new adoptees) getting stuck into a peanut butter jar.

Our Adopted Family

[28 May 2008]

To give Monty some company, we have now adopted a family of four sister rats from a rescue shelter in Surrey. They are:- Jasper with thick ...

Sudden Death

[09 Apr 2008]

Billy, the calmer and more sociable of our two rats, died suddenly this evening. Daniel brought her in from the lounge, saying that she had ...

Being Gentle with Monty

[31 Jan 2007]

Isabel is really gentle with the rats, and here she is carefully holding Monty. Monty does like to run away, so you need to hold her firmly ...

Say Hello!

[16 Jan 2007]

They're ever so inquisitive, but still very nervous, but we have absolutely no problem handling them. They are already quite at home running ...

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