Yesterday I finally got to go to Deborah's house and pick up the new rat rack that she had built for me. Let me tell you, after almost 2 years of weekly cleanings of glass enclosures, this is going to change my life! I love it, the rats seem happy with it, and it's much better ventilation than before.

First, here's the rack - thank you Deborah!





So I had to run to Petsmart to pick up these "special" water bottles that are spring loaded so that they don't leak when inverted. So, as always, I stop by the rats to see if there are any females I'd like to add as new blood, and they had a dumbo!

I adore the dumbos, I know people say that their personalities are not built into the trait, but every dumbo I've met has oozed with personality and sweetness and this girl is no exception. Exceptionally calm and inquisitive.

So as I'm having the girl write her up, she says: "I know you like to get rats from us, we have some new blues in the back that we haven't put out yet, do you want to go to the back and see them?" I told her I'd go look at them, but probably wouldn't get any - well she knew a sucker when she saw one! I knew I wouldn't get any blue hoodeds, the three I got, two died and one only had one successful litter and now lives in a private home as a pet, along with Scarlett, my russian blue - who WAS a great breeder for me, but retired. They are both beloved pets now.

Anyway - there was one blue hooded and these two irish marked girls. I couldn't choose between the two, so I took them both! No sniffles, no red porph, and sweet as can be.

I do have a question - does rex have different degrees of curling? Because one of them has wavy hair, very subtle, but thicker and definitely wavy, while the smaller of the two is very smooth and not as thick.

Here they are - along with the little girl I got from Deborah!











And Jo wanted to see how two males look in the rack. This is Caesar and Moose - Caesar is an old man and his coat shows it - he's the one in the front in this picture. Once everyone's settled, Moose will resume his rotations in the girl's tubs and Caesar will be responsible for the baby boys that are weaned and waiting to be fed off.







Moose is in the back left - he's Caesar's son.