OK, not really a big one, but a couple. I took some random shots, then I tried to get good pix of the boys sitting at this small "antique school desk" thing that I picked up at the resale shop. Those turned out OK, but they'll be better when my friend Melanie is here to help with wrangling ;)

( Prep for cute! )

So, Steve comes out to the living room to watch TV every other night or so, and at some point while he's out, he wants his rat. I fetch Radar for him, give him a flannel for Radar to mark, an empty Kleenex box for Radar to hide in and stash treats in (because Steve shares EVERYTHING with his rat!), and they have a serious cuddle for several hours ( Read more... )

Well, late last night, I finished "Radar Proofing" the big FN cage. Finally. I think it looks odd, but Steve and Jay think it looks cool, so what do I know? ;) The one convienient thing about it is that now there are more options for hanging water bottles, so I can put them lower so Radar doesn't have to stand on tip toe to drink ( Read more... )

Well, Doc T. called this morning with Lyra's blood test results - Diabetes. Ugh. I'm to take Lyra in tomorrow for a couple of days to figure out the optimal dosage for the feline insulin equivalent, then I get to give him shots twice a day possibly for the rest of his life. He's gonna hate me. Doc says he'll probably LOVE the food he's going to ( Read more... )

Well, yesterday went well, with all the boys in the big cage, but there was no way I was going to leave "look ma, I can run through the wall!" Radar in there over night, unsupervised. So Radar and Recon went back into the little cage so I could get some worry free sleep ( Read more... )

Here's the intro I posted to the ratties community on Radar - silly me didn't think to cross post to my own journal.

http://community.livejournal.com/ratties/5816457.html

Well, a bit better than a week ago, I opened two new cages because I got two new boys at about the same time. One is from a part time breeder in Austin - a 5.5 week old agouti dumbo hoodie we call Radar. A couple of the wonderful ladies from the Texas Rat Association fired up the ratty train and got him up to me. The other was an impulse (kinda ( Read more... )