I'm So Ugly I'm Adorable

Had to make a stop at Petsmart today to pick up dog food, cat food, rat food, aspen and I'm normally pretty good about not stopping at the rats any more. But this little girl caught my eye and I had to "meet" her! She's so friendly, not skittish at all, and appears healthy (although in quarantine right now). My first Dumbo - who needs a name, any suggestions?

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I'm totally tapped on names... :oops: But I think shes a DOLL!

That may be the first ugly Dumbo I've seen.

aaaw now how could you call that sweet little face ugly?! i'd call her either splotch or taterface (don't ask, that's just what came to mind). :D

Brown noser?

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Originally Posted by jglass38

That may be the first ugly Dumbo I've seen.

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It's what's on the inside that counts! She's an absolute doll! She had me at "hello"! LOL

I've been thinking maybe Lola or Ruby (for her eyes).

She is very cute in a ugly sort of way :D

Noo...not ugly at all. Very cute. :sunny:

I just hope she doesn't turn out like my Dumbo. She really earned her title... :(

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Originally Posted by mlededee

aaaw now how could you call that sweet little face ugly?! i'd call her either splotch or taterface (don't ask, that's just what came to mind). :D

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LOL now I have Ron White and Just call me Tater Salad stuck in my head. She is one my daughter would have picked up in a second. Cute.

I would name her SQUEEEEE!!!! :)

Exclamation points and all. :rockon:

K~

Girl? Your Petsmart actually sells females?

All of the rodents in our Petsmart are male

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Originally Posted by Snikt228

Girl? Your Petsmart actually sells females?

All of the rodents in our Petsmart are male

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Most of the Petsmarts around me sell only females. There's one in downtown Atlanta that I stopped at that sells only males. Do a search on their site for locations within a 10 or 20 mile radius of you and call around, I bet there are some that sell the females!

So where's the ugly one???:confused:

Ummmm Ugly Betty from the tv show LOL. Actually she's sort of cute in a goofy eared, oddly marked face sorta way Robin. :D

Awwwww....she's adorable!! The name Ruby popped into my head as soon as I saw her. But "Taterface" made me laugh....and Kara's suggestion is quite fitting as well. :P

She's such a pretty girl! I sure wouldn't breed her though, Petsmart has a good reputation for carrying megacolon in their lines. At least you have a hooded male, so hopefully he's not carrying anything.

Good luck with her! Name her Maizy! :)

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She's such a pretty girl! I sure wouldn't breed her though, Petsmart has a good reputation for carrying megacolon in their lines. At least you have a hooded male, so hopefully he's not carrying anything.

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Killjoy!

I know, I know.. I'm a broken record.

But you don't know how significant that gene is until you get a litter full of suffering babies that you have to euthanize. And then you also have to cull that whole line, since you don't know which rat is carrying is. Not fun...

Maisy is a cute name as well, but Karl has named her - that later.


Thanks for the warning, Becky - I had thought of that. The good thing is, with Caesar, he's never thrown a mega-colon baby, so I would think it's safe to say that he probably doesn't carry the gene (unless it's recessive and none of my established colony carry the gene).

I am going to probably breed her to Caesar and if I see any presentation of megacolon, she will be pulled and be a companion to my resting moms. ALL I ever have are black hoodeds and black berkies from Caesar, not a lick of white on any of his offspring's faces.

I do know this is a passionate topic for you Becky, but I promise to be responsible! :)

Now, for her name - Wisdom. He sat there and stared thoughtfully at her for some time while rubbing his chin (he takes the task of naming VERY seriously! LOL), then looked and announced in a very dignified voice "Wisdom. Her name is Wisdom".

Kind of ironic, wouldn't you say? For a Dumbo rat (which I don't even think it sunk in when I told her what kind of rat she is). I have to say though, I think he did a pretty good job naming her, I like the ring of it!

Haha, Wisdom! Very cute. Dumbos always have that air of "smarts" about them, but the majority of mine are missing a few crayons, LOL.

Tell her to be a good rattie momma!

Kara-thats the most clever and comical name I have ever heard. :rockon:

What a pretty little girl!! She LOOKS like she's a sweety!!

Check out this silly girl, sleeping in the food dish. When I pressed the button to take the pic it had it's head on the rim with eyes closed. It must have moved after the flash went off.

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Snowhite...!!! not a good one considering she isn't all white, but just a sugestion:D

Thanks Beth! She got a name last night - Wisdom. Snow White would have a been a great one! :)

Robin, that is a cute rat, but I'm biased as I love the Dumbos. We started with 3 dumbos, and now half of our rats are dumbos. We have every color under the sun. I think you are going to love making tons of dumbos. They do add variety, but, the down side is they are hard to feed off because they are so cute.