More (better) rat pictures
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mousapelliI can tell Ohtori and Jiroh apart with reasonable accuracy at this point, but I darkened up Ohtori's natural ear splotch with a sharpie so i would be sure right away. I don't want to train them to the wrong names!
Atobe is still the only one who will come down the ramp to hang out with me, he's a total attention whore. Last night he spent a good five minutes trying to wake up Jiroh with Ohtori, and then in the end gave up and used Jiroh to lean against so he could groom his crotch. I swear that I named them before i started watching them, really!
Additionally, the rat wrestling is the funniest thing i have ever seen. You can totally hear them saying "I WON'T LOSE TO YOU!" at each other. Except for Ohtori, who totally got pwned by Shishido last night about 4 times in a row, and now just rolls over and takes it.
Atobe is still the only one who will come down the ramp to hang out with me, he's a total attention whore. Last night he spent a good five minutes trying to wake up Jiroh with Ohtori, and then in the end gave up and used Jiroh to lean against so he could groom his crotch. I swear that I named them before i started watching them, really!
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| Atobe says what? Anytime you go near the cage, Atobe pops up first. "BE AWED BY ORE-SAMA'S FUZZY BELLY." |
noodles! Ore-sama is pleased. He was also the only one as of this morning who had figured out that the ladder was actually a way to get out of their cage. |
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| Shishido says what? Shishido has actually been really shy today. But last night, he was closest to the wall in the hammock, and there was some sleepy teeth-grinding. awwwwww. |
Jiroh: FOOD? YAY. Jiroh was the second one who figured out the ladder, and was only too happy to partake of the noodles and wrestling. |
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| YAY AND THANK YOU. And he wasn't fooling around, either. |
The Silver Pair is not convinced Shishido and Ohtori eventually figured out the top of their cage was open, but were still not down with coming down the second ramp. |
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| noodles for all Shishido-san actually slipped down the ramp (oops), but then was placated with noodles. Ohtori is still wibbling up on the cage, shuffling back and forth. |
kampai! they all must drink at the same time? I actually suspect their water bottle is a bit non-effective, and it takes more than one of them pushing to pop the little ball bearing up, so i'm going to get another bottle today. |
Additionally, the rat wrestling is the funniest thing i have ever seen. You can totally hear them saying "I WON'T LOSE TO YOU!" at each other. Except for Ohtori, who totally got pwned by Shishido last night about 4 times in a row, and now just rolls over and takes it.
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Date: 2006-02-27 07:23 pm (UTC)as it should be.
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Date: 2006-02-27 08:26 pm (UTC)Do they really learn their names? That's awesome.
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Date: 2006-02-27 08:35 pm (UTC)the cute of a pile of sleeping 5-week-old rats is deadly. deadly.
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Date: 2006-02-27 08:39 pm (UTC)*considers getting a rat once he moves out of home*
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Date: 2006-02-27 09:11 pm (UTC)Well, it isn't 100% or anything, but basically you just toss a couple poos in the litter thinger, and make sure that the litter thinger has a kind of bedding that feels very different than the other kind, so the rats can tell the difference. If they are already using a certain corner, that's helpful, you just put the thing there. And when you have them out, you have a litter thing out too and watch carefully. If you catch the rat in the act, you can dump him right in the thing.
They get the idea pretty fast if you have treats on hand and make a big fuss when they shuffle into the pan by themselves.
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Date: 2006-02-28 04:59 am (UTC)Hmmm, A Rat Of One's Own....
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Date: 2006-02-27 08:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-27 10:21 pm (UTC)My rats *love* ramen. The only thing they like more is frosting, but I risk getting my fingers bitten off giving it to them. They go crazy for it.
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Date: 2006-02-27 10:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-28 12:22 am (UTC)