The rats.

time to meet the ratties!




Garbo.
when we first got our rats Garbo was the shy one.
she didn't really like coming out of the cage and she'd always run under the couch.
luckily she has gotten used to us by now.
Garbo likes to climb on my arms. sometimes when I put my hand in the cage she will actually come sit on it. she isn't shy anymore and she loves to trick me!
she's a sneaky little rat but she can be very sweet too.
I often find her sitting in my lap when I let her out of the cage.
Garbo's favorite thing to do is to dig tunnels in the bedding. sometimes if I put my hand next to her she'll give me little "gifts" by carefully placing a piece of bedding in my hand. (and sometimes these "gifts" aren't that pleasant. she once put rat poop in my hand)
Garbo loves digging outside of the cage too but isn't allowed to do so since our carpet probably doesn't really like that. when I put my hand in front of her as a sign that she needs to stop, she'll carefully grab my hand and push it away. it's kind of cute even though I've read that they shouldn't be encouraged to do that.
Garbo is the bigger rat out of the two.


Nixon.
Nixon is out little baby, being the smaller rat.
when we first got our girls, she would boss Garbo around.
she wasn't afraid of coming out of the cage at all and still isn't.
Nixon is the homemaker out of the two and loves to bring in all kinds of junk to put in their little house. she actually tried to grab my pencil once and put it in their house but I took it away from her. while Garbo does come out of the cage and tries to be very sneaky sometimes, Nixon will actually go farther when exploring the living room. she listens to me when I call her name and will usually come sit next to me. she doesn't climb on my arms like Garbo does but she does sit in my lap quite often and sometimes if I'm wearing a dress or a cardigan she'll go hide inside of it.
Nixon has recently started playing with me and likes hand wrestling.
I think Nixon likes treats a little bit more than Garbo does!

the two boss each other around an equal amount these days. I'm still not quite sure who is the more dominant rat in their little rat "pack".
they are quite lovely little ladies and I like observing them. they've both displayed some unique personality traits :)

today is cage cleaning day and the rats usually hate it.
well, they mostly just hate the part where I have to put them in their temporary cage. no hard feelings though, because they love exploring their clean cage, especially if I've moved their stuff around so it's like coming to a completely new place!


time to clean up!