Miracle.
Warning: There are pictures in this section that show a rat missing most of his tail. They are not gory, and his tail is healed now. But it is rather sad/disturbing, so if you would rather not see those pictures, you should either not click on them, or scroll past. :3
Miracle started out life who knows where. But he ended up in a Petco in the Chicago-ish area. There, he got in a fight with another male, which resulted in an injury to his tail. Whether people either didn't notice, or just didn't care, it went untreated, which resulted in a bad infection. Finally, they did something- They threw him in a freezer. He ran around the freezer for about an hour and a half. He chewed off the end of his tail, as well. Someone figured out he wasn't dead, and they put him into a tiny, dirty aquarium where he sat without any interaction apart from being fed/watered. The infection got worse. A friend of mine happened to hear from a worker there about him, and when she saw him, had to take him out of the situation. He was treated with antibiotics, and miraculously both lived, and did not have to have (what remained) of his tail amputated.
Despite all this, he's a very sweet rat. In the Days that I've had him, he's learned to start trusting me. When you pick him up, and scratch his head, he starts bruxing up a storm (A thing rodents do similar to purring in cats.). However, due to his past, he will attack any male rat that is introduced to him. Whether it is hormone related, or whether it is due to dominance-fear, it means that for now, he must live alone. In the future, he will be neutered and will be housed with gentle does, so that he can have the social contact from other rats that he needs so much.
Miracle again
Miracle getting scratched
None of my other rats have nearly that interesting of a back story. xd But, they deserve introductions anyway. <3
Jacob
Jacob is a black berk dumbo. He's an adorable little guy, very licky and very clingy. xd He is one of my 'special guys', because he's always been so loving from the start.
Quil
Quil is Jacob's brother, and a split-cap dumbo. His body is white. He is the official pocket-rat. Always hanging out in pockets (or sleeves razz ) and just relaxing and chilling out.
Jasper and Emmett
Jasper and Emmett are brudders, they're also standard-eared mink variberks. Unfortunately, they look a lot alike. xd Jasper was originally the shy one, but now he's almost as outgoing as Emmett. Luckily, Emmett has held true to his name, and is growing to momentous proportions. Currently, he's a smidge bigger then his brudder, and also is the biggest of my 4 original rats. Their markings keep changing a bit (a trait passed down from their mother) but typically Emmett is the one with more white on him.
Demetri
He's very sweet, a bit shy, but very sweet. He's a beige/dark cream rex (Curly haired) with a headspot, and his eyes are ruby. (Not to be confused with pink!) I don't know much about him yet apart from the fact he's amazingly cute, loves to be cuddled, and has curly whiskers.
Curly whiskers
Sam
I think he's the rex boy's brudder. He's very sweet, quiet the first day and now very outgoing. He's always one of the first to start crawling up my arm in the battle for "Who can get to the shoulder first". gonk
Felix
He is a blaze black berk dumbo, and unbelievably sweet. He is THE WORST about the puppy-dog eyes, and insists on being on my shoulder constantly.
Laurant, Aro, Charlie
The three hoodies are brudders, too. They were born March 14, 2008 to a feeder rat rescued from a tank. And what good luck that they were rescued, too! They are wonderfully sweet and entertaining little babies. They're just wee little things yet, but awesome little boys.
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Quil, Emmett, Jasper, and Jacob all share a Feisty Ferret cage that is nearly as tall as me. Miracle is in his own cage (I don't know the exact dimensions) and the 6 babies are all in the other. Next Thursday, I'm getting another giant ferret cage for the babies. It will be.. entertaining. xd 4laugh
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I have one rat but I think she is either old and losing the ability to control her bladder or she may have an infection.
I adopted her at a Petco too ^_^ She was easily startled but very kind. I don't think she's marking since it's pretty bad. She pees on her shelves and like four times on my boyfriend (not little bits, but lots) while I changed her cage.
My last two rats I bought at Petco and they ended up dying. One to serious respiratory troubles and the other to a tumor. sad I will never buy a rat again. Those poor things are not bred properly I think and bred on materials that could inflame their systems.
What a horrible story for Miracle. Man, if that was me I would relentlessly assault that Petco for it's inhumane treatment to the poor thing.
You have some adorable breeds! I've always just had hooded and I love them but someday I want a dumbo or a tan one.
How do you like pellet bedding?
I used carefresh but it had too much dust for my last girls and I switched to the white carefresh(expensive)this crinkly brown paper one. I also line with brown bags since Penny loves to chew them up. My cage is pretty big and currently only houses Penny. I may adopt another but not until I know if Penny has an infection or not, and not until I have more moneh crying
I can't get any other pets since I have a lizard too. One rat, one lizard and I used to have a fish.