Just general updates...

Both the rats are healthy and happy, active and bright eyed. Cupid is almost on the same level of tame and calm as Lucky is. At night they are both pretty feisty and are hard to catch to take out of the cage so I try to spend the most cuddle time earlier in the day when they are still sleepy. Fingers and hands placed in the cage get a good going over by the rats...just in case there is food attached somewhere...

Over all VERY good little pets ♥ very calm when it come to noises and other animals. My dogs will go up to the cage and sniff at them and the rats will go and try to sniff em back and I showed the rats to my mom...she screamed bloody murder and they didn't even flinch. I guess after getting used to laser fire, explosions and zombie sounds, nothing can phase these little guys...except maybe the crinkle of paper. For some reason crinkling paper bags, plastic bags, or chip bags really freak these little guys out.

I dont think Cupid is old enough to have babies yet. She is still smallish but I'm in no rush. I'm enjoying my little fuzz balls like you wouldn't believe! But there will be babies...this is a pair of rodents after all...so stay tuned if that's what you are waiting for :P

What I got for the Ratties

So they can travel in style and comfort haha. The rats stay and my boyfriend's house because my mother HATES them but when she goes out and wants us to watch the house, she lets me bring Cupid and Lucky with since she won't be around to see them. I figured this would be a good buy so they can come travel without any injuries or trauma. Then when we get to where we are going they can go back into the big cage. This isnt anything for them to actually STAY in...just something for them to ride in the car safely and comfortably.

I also picked up one of these hanging tunnels and an extra little bed. I had to clean the other one and I didn't want to leave them bed less haha XD They like the tunnel and of course LOVE the little bed. They appreciate every little thing you put in their cage even if its ripped up paper ♥

Training Natals

I am inspired by MouseAgility
Videos of mice and natal rats doing tricks such as fetch and twist. VERY cute! Lucky will be my little pupil since he's much more calm than Cupid right now. How I miss my fuzz butts ♥

Official Mouse Agility Site

Videos of Lucky and Cupid

Pretty short and poor quality (taken on iphone) but it's something :)

OH!

Don't think I ever mentioned...we put smaller wire mesh around the whole rat cage maybe a week ago. Worked out REALLY well. There are a few spots that may still need to be covered for babies but we aren't too worried right now. That was a pain on our fingers! OUCH! No escape attempts because escapes can no longer be made and we did a good job with pointing the wires out and smoothing them so no cut rattie feet. Happy we did it finally....but not looking forward o finishing off the other little bits here and there.

Whatever it takes to have safe caged rats.

Plans...plots...

Thinking about adding a wheel to the rat cage. I think they would enjoy it. I have to be careful though. I've read about tails getting stuck in spokes so I cant just grab any wheel. I also want to string up some bird toys, minus the bells...all I need is to hear bells at 4 am haha

I also need to figure out a good fortune cookie recipe to bake sheets of training treats. They fight over the bits and pieces I hand them and they come running when they think they will get some.

Hamster ball fun?

All snuggled up!

Well...after much mess I think they've got the hamster ball down. At least Lucky does but he's bigger so he's in charge of where it goes.

Because they were afraid of the newness of this ball, they of course did poo and pee while in there. I had to clean the ball up multiple times and pick up what fell out the ball. I also had to wipe the little rats down with a wet towel. They did NOT like that at ALL. I'm guessing they don't like water.

I put them in the ball today while I cleaned out their cage and no huge mess! Lucky and Cupid are getting used to the ball rather quickly. Hopefully they get to the point where I wont have to follow them around with a napkin and a towel haha!