Eating and Running at the Same Time
Rats like eggs.
That seems to be one of the worlds givens. Every rat I’ve ever had liked eggs. Boiled, fried, scrambled, they just like them.
Sadly, Luka’s age is starting to catch up with her. Her eye infections are getting more frequent and harder to cure. Her appetite has drooped and her already slender build is getting a bit thinner.
But she’ll eat eggs! Or she would be if not looking at me.
You can see her infected eye here. Poor baby. You can see the porphyrin on her face. I need to go wipe her down with a warm rag….
(Ezri was being uncharacteristically camera shy today, so she has no picture)
The new girls (who my husband calls the Miniature Rats) are growing in leaps and bounds. Its hard to believe they got so big in 2 weeks!
They also like eggs. In fact, egg was the first treat they took out of my hands!
After eating the bits I handed them they both dive right in to those egss in their bowl with gusto!
One of Two is the first to go back for seconds. That might have soemthign to do with the fact that she sits and eats her food like a normal rat:
Nibbitz, however, is not a normal rat. She ate what she took from my hand, then grabbed the chunk out of the bowl and hopped on her wheel.
This isnt’ the first time I’ve caught her running on the wheel with a bit of food in her mouth. Silly rat!
Now, I need to go clean 2 rat homes and bath a poor old hairless rat.
September 27th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Luka is beautiful. Her eye does look a bit on the icky side (like, sicky icky, not icky gross). I can’t wait for my daughter to get her rats down to a manageable group so she can get a hairless..
I wonder if our rats eat eggs…. hmmmm…. I know our dogs sure do (evident from the gas… p.u.)
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September 27th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
hehe, reminds me of a dog that keeps something in his mouth while herding.
Luka is very pretty, I like hairless rats.. maybe someday…
September 27th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
I am glad Luka got to enjoy a special treat.
I have never seen a rat eating and running before. It is very cute and funny!
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September 29th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Before the mom has us, she used to has rats, ferrets, mice and all sorts of small furrys. She said out of them all the rats were the most intelligent.
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October 1st, 2008 at 12:47 am
Okay, now I see Luka, eye looks rough, I hope that clears up soon.
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October 3rd, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Threio, sadly I don’t think Luka’s eye is going to clear up this time. In fact, I think it is very near to being Luka’s time to leave us.
October 3rd, 2008 at 4:32 pm
I kind of want a ferret, but its either a ferret or the rats, and I think I like the rats better. -smile-
They are very smart, and I hope to try to teach my young ones how to run an agility course.
October 25th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
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November 7th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Some good pics!
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