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« Reply #60 on: June 27, 2008, 08:35:38 PM »
What a beautiful graphic, melikerats!! I've saved it to my computer, hope that's ok. Blue Dumbo Smile
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« Reply #61 on: June 27, 2008, 08:50:27 PM »
I'm really glad that people like this idea ^__^  It also makes me very very happy to hear that I may have changed some people's minds about PEW and that people are considering adopting. Honestly, I'm thrilled.  The more PEWs that find homes, the more foster homes open up, and the more PEW families that stay together.   

The key to remember is that a beautifully colored rat can convince an other-wise uninterested person to rescue.  If you already believe in rescuing by taking the "Plain Janes" you help the rescue greatly. 

With the exception of my new boy Damien the Himi (who we thought was a PEW when I first asked!)  All of mine are "boring."  I have mostly black hoodies, but they are definately one of my favorite kinds.  My Pestilence could kick the tail off of another rat any day, hehe!
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« Reply #62 on: June 27, 2008, 09:39:57 PM »
I love PEWs. I don't understand why people don't like him. Charles Darwin the PEW is definitely the friendlier and kissier of my two boys. Briar (Beige Berk) is hyper, silly, and squishy though, so it evens out.

All my family don't really like PEWs. Whenever I am introducing my rats to somebody, they always tell me, "Get Briar out, he doesn't look as 'scary', he's prettier." Or they will tell me "Oh, yes, Briar is the handsomer one.

How is this not an adorable rat?
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« Reply #63 on: June 27, 2008, 10:38:59 PM »
I don't own a PEW (and I've only ever had the two rats I have now), but I don't see why people wouldn't like them. In fact, I would LOVE to have a PEW, but I've never had the opportunity.

It makes me sad to think of the poor PEWs in the rescues waiting for forever homes Sad
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« Reply #64 on: June 27, 2008, 11:12:17 PM »
Quote from: LOTR_Ratties on June 27, 2008, 08:35:38 PM
What a beautiful graphic, melikerats!! I've saved it to my computer, hope that's ok. Blue Dumbo Smile

yeah ,i actually found it on a website... Cheesy
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« Reply #65 on: June 28, 2008, 02:30:15 AM »
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KoaolaLou2 said: "I've always felt that their eyes help them to see into a person's soul and know who someone really is.  Those who are afraid of their eyes are afraid of what might be uncovered within themselves."

wow that's...good. i totally agree <3


n_____n my boyfriend prefers Ian over Ahren hehe. He says he loves Ian's laid-back personality and how friendly he is. It's exactly that which drew me to Ian in the first place.

sometime i feel that the pews are sweeter to make up for their otherwise "undesirable" traits. The ones who aren't sweet just need to be presuaded that humans are just going to poke needles into you and shine lights in your eyes.
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« Reply #66 on: June 28, 2008, 02:54:01 AM »
I always love my boring rats. Smiley

I've gotten lucky with some of the "prettier" colors... with Sophie the blue hoodie rescue (RIP) and my fawnmonster rescue, Nettie, but the vast majority of my kiddos have been common colors.  My Mattie was the sweetiest girl ever and was "just" a black hoodie from the HS.  My Mae is an AMAZING rat and she's a "boring" black berk.  Roger and Herman are the squishiest friendliest most wonderful manrats and they are black and agouti hoodeds, respectively. They are/were all wonderful and I am lucky to have known and loved them all.

I do totally support this post. I find myself drawn to certain colors (I love blues, not in the minority there, I know) but I try to adopt for personality and not looks.  I admit to being a sucker for dumbos, but wouldn't turn down a sweet homeless rat who was a PEW standard as long as I had space for him/her. My newest pair of Humane Society boys are siamese/himis.  They basically look like PEWs, "devil eyes" and all, just with dirty noses.  Yellow Cute Laugh  I used to dislike the pink eyes but Mandy's Pabu and Dexter changed my mind.  I think they are beautiful now!

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« Reply #67 on: June 28, 2008, 03:25:50 AM »
I've been wanting a PEW, and it's like the one color that I haven't been able to find.   Puppy Dog Eyes:  I'm waiting around for the right one, as I'm sure one will come along sooner or later. 

I'll admit, before I had rats, I thought PEWs looked kind of 'creepy'.  The red-eye thing.  But I really don't think that way now, and I've never chosen a 'colored' over a PEW.  I've never had a PEW offered to me. 

(Of course, I'm also in the minority that likes agouti and black rats.   Yellow Cute Laugh )
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« Reply #68 on: June 28, 2008, 08:17:16 AM »
Yeah, those are my favorites.  I like siamese, blacks, agoutis, and PEWs.  I actually was attracted to Rane more because she's a black berk than because she's a dumbo.  I usually prefer the standard eared over dumbos, honestly. 
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« Reply #69 on: June 28, 2008, 09:03:35 AM »
I think this is a great idea.  Yes, I would love to be owned by a nekkid at some point, but I tend to gravitate to the more "normal" looking rats.  Obie (Dumbo Agouti) came from a litter of Blues... even though the Blue babies were beautiful, Obie and his brother (I'm still kicking myself for not bringing him home too) were special. 

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« Reply #70 on: June 28, 2008, 01:23:20 PM »
Great thread!!!

When I first started getting rats (early 80s)  the choices for colours was PEW, Hooded (black) ... and that was about it where I lived.    Ever since then, the "plain" rats still hold a special place in my heart.  PEW to me, are lovely -- I have had some of the sweetest of the sweet who were PEW.  (True -- some of my PEW weren't so sweet but this is individual rat personality and not coat-type speaking)

Many of the rats that I've had as rescues or abandoned to me were PEW   Cry   and now that I read this thread I wonder if there isn't a correlation! Of all the rats who have come to me over the years who have been "given up"  or were unadoptable from a shelter... 90% are PEW.   100% are perfect sweet-hearts - GREAT rats.   And yes -- I've had some people say crude things about their eyes. -- But what about white bunnies? What about Edgar Winter?

Some of my PEWs have been really unique - like Pinky here (his owner couldn't take care of him and gave him the name a la "Pinky and the Brain") -- who on his first day home after quarantine built a garden (and continued to do this without wrecking the fake flowers or chewing them-- for the rest of his life -I'd put out flowers for him) :
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« Reply #71 on: June 28, 2008, 01:36:43 PM »
my husbands first rat was a pew.. i still have yet to ever see one irl, but i think they are beautiful, i have never seen an agouti irl either, here most of the rats are hoods.  in the future if we have room to add more rats to our horde i would love to have a pew or three i think they are some of the prettiest rats. we have a himi girl and i adore her little pink eyes, they are beautiful.
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« Reply #72 on: June 28, 2008, 03:55:47 PM »
I hate how PEWs and black hoodies are mostly snake food around here.
I have two PEWs, two black hoodies, and a himi girl .
I LOVE the red eyes. I think they're so pretty and clear.
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« Reply #73 on: June 28, 2008, 10:59:21 PM »
I also think this campaign is a great idea, and long overdue.

Only have one PEW now, but I'm trying to adopt a second. The founder of the local rescue I've been exchanging emails with had some family issues and promptly disappeared almost two months ago. I'm saving a spot for him, though. Poor little man was brought in with eight or nine others, and they've all been adopted except for him.

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« Reply #74 on: June 29, 2008, 04:42:17 AM »
Of my 11 rats, 8 are PEWs 3 are himis.  I have no troubles telling them apart, other than the three identical sisters.  I mark them for other people.  I love them to death, but would eventually like some color in my mischief.  I will, however, always have a soft spot for PEWs.

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« Reply #75 on: June 29, 2008, 06:52:49 AM »
I have always wanted a PEW.  My little Tweener (my hannibal lector) has the most crystal eyes i have EVER seen.  They are so beautiful but yet I'm afraid because he gets that devil eyed look..lol.

Tweener I knew was going to get his points and be a himi but I love him anyway.

I have a friend that had the most beautiful PEW.  She kept her so white and clean she looked like a polar bear or something.  I also love black hoodeds.  I would love to have one
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« Reply #76 on: June 29, 2008, 08:40:37 AM »
Im going to put the ribbon on the boys vanity site. Its a great idea, I love PEWS. They really are angelic looking and sweet.
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« Reply #77 on: June 30, 2008, 10:26:03 AM »
I needed a thud warning for this.  Your ratty is GORGEOUS!  I love PEWs and agoutis.  I have a himi right now and lots of people still think he looks creepy becuase even though he has his color points, he has the red eyes.  I still love him though. Smiley

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I agree! I really had no discrimination against PEW's personally but Sigmund came to me and now I'm addicted. I think he is so gorgeous. I look at him and his little pink candy eyes and he looks back and me and he's like a little snow bear! I call him my angel. Chris kids me and calls him a demon but he's his favorite by far and Chris does agree he is the best looking male I have. And I do have a platinum and a hairless rat and two dumbos too! But Sigmund beats all in looks and he's a huge competitor as far as personality goes too. He's such a fun loving smart man.

He started life as a stupid little experiment in a sociology class. I don't even think it accomplished anything. No one took any rats home but he was lucky enough to be the subject of a co-worker of mine who knew I loved rats. I then told her if no one wanted him I would take him... then the next day I was all like "NO ONE wanted him RIIIIGHT?!!!!" I thought about him and named him right there. I did not think he would be barely 6-9 weeks! They had to start experimenting when they were 4!

Sadly none of his siblings were rescued and I didn't know until it was too late. My co-worker claimed they were being sent off to colleges for more experiments but I don't believe her. I feel bad Siggy didn't get to come home with another brother (or two) but he so looks up to Beastie and Bert like big brothers. It's incredibly cute.

I'm all for PEW awareness basically.



Now I want more PEW's but I told myself no more rats >_<;;
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« Reply #78 on: June 30, 2008, 03:20:02 PM »
When i first got into ratties i got them from a woman who only had blues, and fawns. So i never really thought about getting a PEW before.  But because of my sister i recieved a pretty Headtilty PEW, unfortunatly she was from petco.

Her name is Ivory she's not very social and likes to nip. I definitly know it takes some time and that its not her fault for her anti socialness, and i know with a headtilt she doesn't like to be picked up, but if i socialized Rocco, i know Ivory will be one happy PEW girl. Rocco is my chocolate berkie boy who was so much more aggressive and i've gotten him to become the biggest squish ever, even before i had him nueterd. it just takes patience, time and some extra love.

I'd like to own some more PEWs in the future but now i think i have my hands full with 5 sweet ratties.

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« Reply #79 on: June 30, 2008, 05:14:34 PM »
What a great thread. I've had some very sweet PEWs over here.

I've fostered a litter of 13 babies, and nine of them were PEWs. The PEWs were just as sweet as their siblings, but all the colored babies got adopted first. Then, no one wanted to adopt the remaining babies in pairs because they were impossible to tell apart! A few months later, I was finally down to 2 male PEWs and a family with little girls came to an adoption fair and loved them. Then they overheard someone saying that rats with red eyes are more likely to have seeing problems than rats with dark eyes. The girls started crying and said they didn't want rats with red eyes. The family adopted another group of rats that were all hoodies. My PEWs had to wait a while longer until they finally found a fantastic home.
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« Reply #80 on: June 30, 2008, 05:45:47 PM »
Quote from: Maddeebear on June 30, 2008, 05:14:34 PM
What a great thread. I've had some very sweet PEWs over here.

I've fostered a litter of 13 babies, and nine of them were PEWs. The PEWs were just as sweet as their siblings, but all the colored babies got adopted first. Then, no one wanted to adopt the remaining babies in pairs because they were impossible to tell apart! A few months later, I was finally down to 2 male PEWs and a family with little girls came to an adoption fair and loved them. Then they overheard someone saying that rats with red eyes are more likely to have seeing problems than rats with dark eyes. The girls started crying and said they didn't want rats with red eyes. The family adopted another group of rats that were all hoodies. My PEWs had to wait a while longer until they finally found a fantastic home.
Wouldn't you just love to slap some sense into some people. Rats can be completely blind and function normally!
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« Reply #81 on: June 30, 2008, 06:02:41 PM »
I finally got a great picture of my anti-social, but wonderful PEW JubJub.  He's a bit dirty cuz his mommy has a hard time cleaning the buck grease off of him.  (Is don't like to stand still long enuff for mommies to cleanes me! Blue Dumbo Smile)
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« Reply #82 on: July 01, 2008, 02:05:57 PM »
Quote from: Maddeebear on June 30, 2008, 05:14:34 PM
What a great thread. I've had some very sweet PEWs over here.

I've fostered a litter of 13 babies, and nine of them were PEWs. The PEWs were just as sweet as their siblings, but all the colored babies got adopted first. Then, no one wanted to adopt the remaining babies in pairs because they were impossible to tell apart! A few months later, I was finally down to 2 male PEWs and a family with little girls came to an adoption fair and loved them. Then they overheard someone saying that rats with red eyes are more likely to have seeing problems than rats with dark eyes. The girls started crying and said they didn't want rats with red eyes. The family adopted another group of rats that were all hoodies. My PEWs had to wait a while longer until they finally found a fantastic home.

Aww I've definitley heard similar rescue stories.  It's too bad that no-one wants to adopt a pair of PEWs.  They do seem to sit for long periods of time when there's more than one of them *sigh*  Funny thing is, they are so easy to tell apart once you get to know them!Heh, I have a dark-eyed rat who was far more blind then any of my red-eyes rats and she's fine. 
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« Reply #83 on: July 01, 2008, 02:32:26 PM »
This is a great post and I support the PEW movement! My little girl Clover is a PEW. I'm guilty of picking a colored girl, Poppy, first. When I realised Poppy wasn't fairing well by herself I picked up Clover. Clover ended up being m