Sleepy Treaty
Watch below to see Ronnie and Derek stirring from their slumber for some ratty apple treats.
Rat Care explains how our rats are looked after and Rat Habits describes more about their behaviour. There are also plenty of Photos and Videos to view. The site is named after our first rats, Ronnie and Derek, who appear in the banner at the top.
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Ronnie and the crisp
Ronnie and the crisp
Ronnie had half a crisp this evening as a treat – he seemed to enjoy it!
Gagging for cucumber
Gagging for cucumber
Ronnie and Derek enjoyed having their cucumber tonight!
Training with noises
Training with noises
Ronnie and Derek now associate a ‘clicking’ noise with food, as I’ve always made the noise when feeding them. Even if they’re dozy in their house and I click, they’ll now drag themselves out and over to the cage door as they know they’re going to get food (maybe a treat!). They also come over when I open the plastic boxes I store their food in, as they recognise the noise now.
They’re also now used to the noise of the front door being unlocked, so if they’re in their house when I come in, they’ll pop their heads out to see what’s going on. It’s a welcome sight to come back to!
This info about training and noises has been added to the Habits page.
First Day of Spring
First Day of Spring
Yesterday, Ronnie and Derek enjoyed the first day of astronomical Spring by smelling tree blossom for the first time and springing out of my shirt!
Click thumbnails to enlarge. More photos on the Photos page.
New bedding
New bedding
Every few days I leave a few pieces of card – from packaging or toilet roll tubes – outside Ronnie and Derek’s house because they like using it for bedding.
Watch Derek pulling the card, piece by piece, into their house! He also starts nibbling one of the pieces – presumably he felt it needed downsizing slightly.
Garden exploration
Garden exploration
Ronnie and Derek enjoy occasional supervised garden explorations! Watch a short clip of them exploring, below.
Chicken bone and relaxing
Chicken bone and relaxing
Ronnie polished off the remains of chicken on a bone on Monday, while Derek slept in!
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Mouthy Derek
Derek enjoying a stroke and a scratch
Derek enjoying a stroke and a scratch
Watch below a video of Derek enjoying a stroke and a scratch, while he was sleeping outside of the cage during recent hot weather.