Daisy

Mom's been telling us about her rattie friend at work, Daisy, and so we thought we'd do a shout out post to say hi!

Daisy is a female rat and a complete sweetheart from what we hear. She's a beautiful beige berkshire, meaning she's all champagne except for her belly and paws, which are pure white. (For more information on rattie classification, click HERE and HERE) .

Unfortunately, Daisy was mistaken for a male and left in the same cage as some "other" males. Of course, little Daisy then got pregnant, and mom and her friends at work have been watching her tummy grow for a few weeks now. On Saturday afternoon she finally delivered nine healthy, squeaking pups.

Here are some pictures mom took of Daisy throughout her pregnancy, and finally with her litter.

(pictures to come)

If you're interested in adopting *TWO or more* of Daisy's babies, visit our mom at Cranston PetCo!

A special note from mom: Ratties should NEVER, I repeat NEVER EVER, be housed alone. They are by nature extremely social animals, living in packs in the wild, and keeping them by themselves leads to stress and sickness. There are only extremely rare circumstances when having a single rattie is acceptable- I have done it once and will never do it again. It is clear to me after having my Roxie&Stella that I NEVER should have kept just one. Chloe, however, was a rare rattie soul, who wanted nothing to do with the friend I adopted for her (and then had to rehome)! My Chloe beat up any other rattie that I introduced her to, scaring them into playing dead in the worst cases and in the best simply chasing them away from me and then "guarding" me by poofing up to twice her normal (which was quite large) size and staying between me and the other rat at all times.

A special note from us: Mom's right! We wouldn't know what to do without each other. Chloe was a weirdo :-P

First things First

Stella Bella

Roxie

First off, let us introduce ourselves; we are Stella and Roxie, and we live with our mom and dad in Rhode Island.

We're not sure about our ages, only that Roxie is about a month or so older, based on her size. The people at the pet store were selling us as feeders and didn't keep track of our ages. More to come on our mom's feelings about feeders when she finishes her essay, which we can't wait for because she barely has time to play with us lately. We need to be outside our cage for at LEAST an hour each day or else we get cabin fever (which basically means we begin tearing apart all our nice toys and beds).

Anyway, we're both about half a year old, mom says we'll celebrate our birthday as the day we were taken home from the store.

We live in a PetCo rat manor that our mom bought for us from her work and we love it! Sometimes when we have to visit the grandparents we get put in a smaller cage, which is just plain depressing. If any of you are looking for a cage, the rat manor is the only way to go! It's sturdy, easy to put together, and, most importantly BIG enough for us to have room to play, which we do, all night long. We love the fact that there is a compete second floor for us to play on, instead of just all half shelves. Not to mention we can so easily fall from the top to the bottom of most cages while we're playing, but we don't have that problem with this one! It's also great because there's plenty of room for toys and hideaways for us to play with when we get bored.

Well, thats the end of our attention span for today, thanks for getting to know us :)