Ratventures.

Garbo's adventures in the blanket shelf of the closet.

school is done for the fall semester which means more time to spend with the ratties!

lately they've been acting up and I've had to put them back in the cage very quickly but today the ratties were being really nice. even Garbo who usually runs away from me and gives me that "see you later" look.

Garbo has discovered that at the end of the hallway there is a closet and that she can actually open the door herself. the bottom shelf of the closet if full of blankets so I don't blame her for wanting to go in there. I would too if I was any smaller :D
whenever she'd go in the hallway she'd try to run away from me but today she was being very sweet and didn't mind me supervising her activities. she'd come sit in my lap every now and then and she insisted on climbing up on top of my head at one point.
she was being such a good girl that she even rode back to the living room on my hand without making a big deal out of it :) good girl Garbo! I didn't have to give her a treat because Nixon had made sure that there was something to "come home to" in the cage.

Nixon's adventures were a little different. I've noticed that she doesn't really explore for the sake of exploring. she is actually looking for food whenever she's running around in the living room and today she found a plate with yesterday's pizza crust. it looked so funny and cute when she grabbed a big piece of crust and ran with it in her mouth. she did actually manage to get it in her igloo.


I noticed that the rats really tell you if they don't want something in their cage. as I was wrapping some christmas presents I put a piece of wrapping paper in there cause I thought they might want to shred it and use it in their nest. Garbo didn't agree and grabbed it and tried to shove it through the bars down on the floor.
speaking of which..Garbo really hated the old blanket they had. she'd always shove it out and Nixon would have to pull it back in. they have a new blanket now and they both seem to like it since the blanket hasn't left the igloo yet :D

it's friday and as you may have noticed from reading this blog that means it's cage cleaning day. I bet Nixon is going to go on a search for more pizza crust and Garbo is going to hang out among the blankets again.

oh and did you know that when a rat is 6 months old in human age it's actually 15 years in rat age? I found a chart on a rat site I go to. aww. luckily female rats will remain playful so I won't have to worry about them aging that much :)