Update!

Hello. Wow has it really been two years since updating?! Time really goes by quickly these days!
I have missed my ratties so and have been thinking about them more and more. Now that my daughter (Zoë) is almost 8 years old. I feel safe I can finally have them again! Since she understands better about her allergies and she has also been on some allergy medicine that has helped tremendously with her other allergies.
I have been looking on criagslist a lot but so far no luck. I am also having trouble finding a breeder that is not 7+ hours away from me.
I already ordered my New Martin's Skyscraper for them and have been collecting toys and hammocks whenever I buy stuff for the other pets.

Hello!

I cannot believe it has been well over a year since I updated this site. We found out last year that our then 4 year old daughter is allergic to rats! She had been around them since she was a baby (and is in several of the pics on this blog) without any problems. But after losing the girls at the end of 2010 we did not have rats for about 5 months and when I brought Loki & Oben home Zoë had swelling of her eyes and hives on her face and arms whenever she touched them. Because she did not understand and would not leave them alone I ended up taking them back to the breeder until we could have her allergies evaluated.

She has been tested and is allergic to numerous things, including rats & cats. However her reactions are not as severe now with treatment and since she is a year and a half older she understands more what "allergies" mean.

All this to say I have not had rats for about a year and a half and have missed them so. We even tried mice for a bit (since she is not allergic to them) as cute as they are... It is just not the same. I am going to wait until she is old enough to understand better and then get some babies once again.

The boys are home!

They are so sweet, curious and adorable! The one I named Loki is the more outwardly curious one, Oben is also very curious and sweet just not quite as quick to come running yet as Loki. But they are both wonderfully socialized and easygoing. Looks like they are both Siamese too, originally the breeder thought Oben was a Havana, but he is also getting points now. I was talking to another breeder friend of mine (Nicole at Rats Of keona) and she thinks since the litter had mink and black in it, that one of the boys is probably a mink point and the other a seal point. I think they are both beautiful! Oben is a little smaller and lighter shaded than Loki and has a darker nose smudge so far, but other than that they look just alike. :-)

Here is a pic in the temporary setup while they get used to me.


Loki


Oben

New pictures of the boys

The boys are almost 5 weeks old now (will be on this Wed) and they are so cute! I am picking them up on soon and can hardly wait! I have been thinking of names for them and so far really like Loki and Oben, but will wait and see what their little personalities are like too before deciding for sure.

Loki


Oben


Images courtesy of Sarah Eastburn at queencityrattery

New babies!

I have been missing having ratties around so much and finally decided the pain of losing them really is worth all the joy, love and silliness they brought into my life.

I had a hard time finding a breeder with any available babies (and close enough, to feasibly go get them) With rodent fest coming up in the next few months many of the local breeders are having to put breedings on hold for the quarantine rule. I am also impatient and just did not want to have to wait 2-3 months. Then I found a new rattery very close to me, it is called Queencity Rattery and I like what I saw... Beautiful rats, a knowledgeable breeder, very quick to answer my emails, a nice website and she has a 3 week old litter which had only two baby boys still available!

They are now reserved for me. :-) Yay! I am so excited. They are both dumbo, standard coat Siamese. They are absolutely adorable and I cannot wait to bring them home!

Baby Loki


Baby Oben


Images courtesy of Sarah Eastburn at queencityrattery

My last post for awhile....

Well I am now ratless for the first time in about three years.

I had a friend who had two younger girl ratties of his own and he just loved Chile. So I decided to let Chile go live with them. She was not as much of a people rattie as my Ember and Poppy were and was so sad and lonely. She really needed some rattie friends. I felt like it was a good opportunity for me to take a break a little while and come to terms with the loss of Ember and Poppy. :( I guess it gets better over time...

Chile

Well now my Chile is alone. :( Not sure what I am going to do yet. She was younger than the other two and is almost 20 months old now. So I guess even though I think of her as the baby, she is getting up there too. I have been thinking I may try to find a neutered little boy for her. Not sure yet. Chile has always been a calm peaceful rat with the other rats, but she also has not met a new rat in probably a year and a half now... So what if she does not like a new friend?