2020 – Chinese Year of the Rat 
HAPPY NEW YEAR from Ronnie and Derek…
2020 is also the Chinese Year of the Rat!
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Latest Updates
BBC Essex
BBC Essex
Yesterday morning I sent a text to Alex Lester on BBC Essex, as he was talking about bizarre thefts, so I ‘shopped’ Ronnie to him and revealed his habit of thieving Derek’s food! He read out the text on-air – listen below.
BBC Essex, Alex Lester, 30/12/19
I’ve also texted BBC Essex about Ronnie and Derek in the past when they’ve been talking about pets – listen to these clips below.
BBC Essex, Alex Lester, 2/9/19
BBC Essex, Sonia Watson and Ben Fryer, 10/5/19
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Tube strike
Tube strike
Ronnie and Derek have again tried to both fit into one of their ‘cosy’ tubes – despite there being two! See below photos of them squishing into the tight space. This resulted in a tight squeeze and Ronnie eventually got kicked out by Derek!
Click thumbnails to enlarge. More photos on the Photos page.
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Pasta hoovers
Pasta hoovers
Watch Ronnie and Derek hoovering up some pasta!
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Elephant in the Room
Elephant in the Room
Derek’s previously ejected a wooden tomato toy from their house (see post here) and has now taken to ejecting their soft toy elephant!
Watch the video below.
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In the (neighbour)hood
In the (neighbour)hood
Derek always enjoys a good scratch and, like any rat, likes to hide away in dark places! Here he is, firstly enjoying a scratch while sitting in my hands and, secondly, hiding in the hood of my top.
Click thumbnails to enlarge. More photos on the Photos page.
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Birthday Treats
Birthday Treats
Watch the video below to see Ronnie and Derek unwrapping some ratty food treats on their 1st birthday yesterday!
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Happy birthday to Ronnie and Derek!
Happy birthday to Ronnie and Derek!
Happy 1st birthday to Ronnie and Derek!
While their exact date of birth is unknown, I decided 12th December would be their ‘official’ birthday for reasons I explained here.
They’ll be getting some food based treats later which I’ll be filming and posting tomorrow.
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Democ-rat-ic decision
Democ-rat-ic decision
Ahead of tomorrow’s UK General Election, where rats would most likely vote for the Biscuit DemocRats who would offer free digestive biscuits for all rats, here’s some political ratty silliness.
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Sourcorn
Sourcorn
Ronnie and Derek love eating sweetcorn and I gave them some to eat from a cob. They enjoyed it a lot, as shown in the video below, but shortly afterwards the ‘sweet turned to sour’ as they started wrestling over the cob!
I now cut the corn off and place it in their mini-buckets for them to avoid any wrangling.
Listen out for the loud noise they make when eating the sweetcorn!
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