Six big fat boys rats crammed into an old ratty Ikea wall pocket that they use as an igloo bed.
We definitely all fit in here.
~ All The Boys
Snuggly Raturday everyone!
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A little agouti girly rat called Boo sits in a purple hammock. She's holding and munching on a piece of Rich Tea biscuit.
Boo's cocktail of meds; an antibiotic (Baytril), an ACE inhibitor and Furosemide for pre-existing congestive heart failure, and a steroid and cabergoline for the PT.
My little Boo is making a comeback.
Her PT meds have kicked in and she's feeling SO MUCH BETTER!
She's eating well and using her hands again 😊
She's on quite the cocktail of meds now!
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A rex ginger boy rat called Frizzle greets you.
Gooooood evening fine people, may I relieve you of snacks?
~Frizzle
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Fudgey's cute face.
Meanwhile, Fudgey McFidgetface is all healed up and out of her burrito bandage!
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Little Boo in my hand.
Ahhh ... my little Boo has PT symptoms today 😞
Vets tomorrow for some meds.
Please cross your fingers that she has a good response! 🤞
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A small white red eyed dumbo girly rat called Daffy looks out of her pink gingham snuggle bed.
Daffy in a rare nanosecond of serenity!
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Best friends Berry (the small agouti girly on the left) and Fizzgig (the chunkier agouti chap on the right) saying 'Hi' at playtime.
Best friends Berry and Fizzgig ❤️
They like to do everything together so they will both be going to the Vet next week even though it's only Fizzy who needs an appointment (he seems to be having what I suspect is a thyroid issue).
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A smiling agouti hooded boy rat called Curly-Bobs.
My Curly-Bobs has left me and I'm gutted.
Bye Curly, my big ol' goofball, I hope you still get to bounce around like a fool wherever you've ended up.
😭
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An agouti top ear girly rat called Boo savaging a cardboard box.
RAWR
~Boo
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Four boy rats crammed into an upside down wicker cat basket.
Ratgirl, Ratgirl, always furry,
How does your Rat Ritz grow?
With silver bells, and empty nut shells,
And squishy boys all in a row.
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A big fat white dumbo girly rat called Gypsy blows raspberries at you.
*LOUD RASPBERRY NOISES*
~Gypsy
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A top ear champagne girly rat called Zazu says Hi from behind some cardboard.
YOU THERE!
YES, YOU!
WHERE ARE SNACKS?!
~Zazu
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A baby roan top ear boy rat called Frasier hiding in a tube hammock. You can only see the top of his head.
Today's kicked my ass so now I hides.
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A black top ear boy rat called Whitmire in the middle of a yawn.
A faded roan dumbo boy rat called Jubbley who has fallen asleep on the sofa in the middle of having a wash.
Ratty New Year All!
Start as you mean to go on ...
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Fizzgig the agouti rex top ear boy rat pokes out of his pink gingham snuggle bed.
Wake me next year.
~Fizzgig
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Three faded roan dumbo boy rats poke their heads out of a snuggley bed.
The Three Amigos.
Pipkin, Pimento and Popkin.
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Curly-Bobs (agouti hooded top ear boy, left) and Frizzle (ginger rex menace, right) demand the cage door be open!
Curly-Bobs & Frizzle demanding the door be opened!
They live in a large rabbit cage because Curly's legs are a bit rubbish now, & they live as a pair (their brothers passed away) because Frizzle is a dominant maniac who can't be trusted with other rats.
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So I return to caring for my residents who are still here & who still need me, for my work never ends but it is what I am truly happy doing & it brings me great (autistic) joy as well as sadness.
Most days the joy outweighs the sadness & so I endure.
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And I can honestly say that losing them never gets any easier, & nor would I want it to.
But it does help to share my grief & to know that there are some people out there who do understand my very deep attachment & bond of friendship with them.
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Thank you everyone who sent condolences on the loss of Trinket.
I've been owned by rats for a very long time & I've been owned by hundreds of rats.
I've known (& remember) each & every one of them because I basically spend all my time caring for them.
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An agouti rex top ear girly rat called Trinket peeps over some cardboard.
My heart has joined the thousand, for my friend stopped running today.
Farewell Trinket, I'm sorry you couldn't stay longer old girl.
💔
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Without downloading any new pics, what's your energy going into 2025?
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A russian blue dumbo girly rat called Fudgey poses on a red cushion. She's wearing a bandage of blue Vet-wrap around her middle because she had surgery a few days ago.
Another shot of Fudgey showing off her blue burrito bandage.
Spent most of my time unwrapping and rewrapping this present the Vets gave me.
It's Fudgey, she had surgery on the 23rd and has had to wear a burrito bandage of shame because she can't be trusted with her stitches!
She's pissed at me but healing well 😊
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Four food bowls containing Ratty Christmas dinner. Chicken gravy couscous, carrots, parsnips, pigs in blankets, roast chicken bones and scraps.
A Rat Ritz tradition; Christmas dinner for the residents 😊
This year they're having couscous made with real chicken gravy, roast chicken bones and scraps, carrots, parsnips, and pigs in blankets.
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A brown dumbo boy rat called Clyde poses as Santa.
Ratty Christmaus from all at Rat Ritz.
Hope Santa Paws brings you everything you wanted.
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Two top ear rats called Vim (left) and Herbert pose nicely in a 'stable' surrounded by cotton wool 'snow' and silver tinsel. A large star peeps over the stable.
A Rat Ritz Rativity ...
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A white fade roan top ear boy rat called Grumbles poses as a snowman. He looks less than happy about it.
In the absence of more tinsel rats I present to you ...
Grumbles the Reluctant Snowman!
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A russian some-kind-of-browish-colour dumbo girly rat called Smol Bean sits in silver tinsel. She's pulling her very best derpy face for you.
The last of this year's tinsel rats and the last of Liv's daughters is, of course, Smol Bean.
Here she is pulling her very best derpy face for you.
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A russian blue roan dumbo girly rat called Sweet Pea peeps innocently out of red and silver tinsel.
This Raturday's tinsel rat is Sweet Pea.
Pea is, yep, you guessed it, yet another daughter of Liv.
Do not let that innocent look fool you, she leaves destruction in her wake and is definitely not the angel you expect!
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