My camera stinks, I know. I have Eric's camera now, which is much nicer, but, I haven't installed the soft wear yet..so here's the blurry rat. We have named her Bee Bee La Rouge (La RUE). Yeah, I know rouge means red. It has nothing to do with a rat, it's simply a form of what Lis has been calling her. "Baby, love you!" It morphed into Bee Bee La Rouge. Fancy, ehh?
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Though it's a blurry photo, it doesn't matter. Bee Bee is just a rat, like most rats. Nothing more or less. But, she is our rat and we adore her. Rats are really intelligent...no offence to gerbil and hamster owners, they are so cute, but, not the sharpest pencils in the box. Sorry, but, you know I'm right if you compare them to a rat. Rats are sharp and we are just amazed at the things Bee Bee has learned already. She has learned to trust us and now sits on our shoulders happily. She has learned her name and what "wanna treat?" means and comes running when she hears it. I can't wait to find out what else she can learn. She's still a baby, so she will get much bigger and much smarter. She makes Lissa happy. And that makes me happy..plus I just love the little critter. (Both the little critters..heh heh.) It's good to have a pet again.
13 comments:
That's soooo cute!!! And that's possibly the BEST per name ever name ever! Adorable pictures too.
She is the CUTEST!!
Thanks. I know some people think it's crazy, but, they think I'm crazy anyhow and I tend to agree. Having a spoiled socialized rat is much saner than chaining a dog in the yard and ignoring him.
all rats I ever had loved to destroy pencils. Rat sees pencil. Rat takes pencil. Next moment the pencil is in two halves.
So it is smart to have none-coated pencils around - most coatings aren't very healthy ;)
And I can't see any wood in the cage - they love wood to gnaw upon. Oh.. and most rats love hammocks, you can make one from an old towel. Another thing that really makes them happy is some earth to dig in - oh and some rats are first class climbers. You shouldn't be shocked to see it sitting in the top of your shelfs or drapes. But the good thing - they usually don't knock stuff over. That would be noisy.. and they prefer to be stealthy.
Oh, if you have bee wax candles, be prepared to see them eaten. And if you have perfumed candles, put them away. The smell of the burning candle can make the rat put its nose above the flame.
Hm... something else?
Oh yes.
This is most important:
stay away from the rat if you have used acetic cleaner. All rats I know have become mad when smelling that stuff. My mom was bitten twice very badly before we recognized that it was the cleaner. So if you used cleaner wash your hands very thoroughly before playing with the rat (and tell Lissa to do so too).
Another thing - if Lissa played outside she might picked up some smells that scare the rat. So when she suddenly locks like a toilet brush, Lissa (or you or whoever else) should leave the room. Wash hands, maybe change clothes. This happens very seldomly (only seen it once, with dry leaves from the forest) but better safe than sorry.
they're not THAT bad of pictures!!! i like the one of Lissa posing next to the cage and the one of her on the ball!
you don't necessarily have to install software to get pix off a camera...i've never d/l-ed software for my camera(s)....just either hook up the camera to the puter or put the mem card in card reader and then go to 'my computer' and select whatever drive it is that the pix are on....there's your pix!!! :)
Bee Bee has wood chew toys and special rodent gnaw sticks. She's got everything! We wash our hands before we take her out and after.
Lily's right. Bee Bee is a great name! I have heard that rats are quite smart, but I had no idea. Let us know what new tricks she learns.
CapriciousCat
I love her colouring DD. She looks quite a home with everything and yeah it is wonderful to have a pet.
Wow Alissa is growing
Crystal
now i want a rat!
She is adorable. Wow! That's such a glamorous name. The first thing I thought of when I saw her coloring was 'Oreo', given her darker neck and face, white belly, and dark tail. Obviously, that would Not have done. I just hope she knows she will have to be high maintainence with a name like that! :)
Pets are good for your health, lower your blood pressure, etc...
Have you and Lissa watched Ratatouille yet?
oops. meant 'maitenance'.
I can't type or spell for shit. maintenance. fwew!
I loved Ratatouille, Lis didn't like it.
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