Oh my goodness, what a beautiful smile in that last shot! She's adorably petite & papa is a very handsome buck! They should have some gorgeous babies for sure!

Awww, the Papa Rat looks just like my late Hector.

I cant wait!! I love seeing the growing process. Not only is it fun to watch but very educational.

good luck and well wishes for an easy delivery and healthy babies for mama Titania!!

heehee bachelor party! LOVE IT!

Oh my goodness...Waaaayyyyy toooo much cutness.  I think it is so funny how Gideon stands out amongst all of the orangieness of the bunch!  LOL

Staci

Exciting news! Titania and Oberon were paired last night, and I observed mating! Titania had a mucus plug this morning, and had lost a gram scampering around the cage with Oberon from 10 PM to 7 AM.

Photos were taken of the couple (pre-mating), will post them soon.

Congrats!! So are we to expect a Midsummer Night's Dream theme for this litter?  Puck, Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius... uh.. someone help me out here? 

Couldn't stand 'not knowing' so I googled =)  Looks like a seriously cool choice of names ^^

Annie in Norway

PS I can has Snug, Bottom, Snout and Flute plx?


Theseus, Duke of Athens
Egeus, father of Hermia
Lysander, in love with Hermia
Demetrius, in love with Hermia
Philosrate, Master of the Revels
Quince, a carpenter
Snug, a joiner
Bottom, a weaver
Flute, a bellows-mender
Snout, a tinker
Starveling, a tailor
Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons; betrothed of Theseus
Hermia, in love with Lysander
Helena, in love with Demetrius
Oberon, King of Fairies
Titania, Queen of Fairies
Puck, or Robin Goodfellow
Peaseblossom, a fairy
Cobway, a fairy
Moth, a fairy
Mustardseed, a fairy
Other Fairies, attendants to Oberon and Titania
Attendants to Theseus and Hippolyta

I promised you all updated pictures... and updated pictures you shall have! 


"You mustn't go meeting girls without washing up first. Always bathe before a date!"


"Do I look all right?"


"Ready for my date!"


"Gee, my first date with a boy, for my 6 months birthday? How exciting! But pweez to not take pictures while I is all wet!"


"Dear Ratgod, please let Obie bring a corsage of blueberries..."


(Arms crossed, pacing nervously)


"I think I hear the door!"


"Why, hello, Obie! Do come in!"


"Thanks for dinner!"


"If I look cute enough, will she come home with me?"


"FRESH!"

Check the Rizzle Rat Blog at http://rizzlerats.wordpress.com for some more pics of their date. (No rat porn!)

At this point it is too early to be sure whether or not Titania is pregnant. I will update as we go!

Awww what wonderful pics and captions. You are so imaginative. I think my favorite is the bachelor party - but that arms crossed one is pretty funny too.

Good luck!!

You stole my Obie, now give him back! 

I do want one! (or two...) But I have too many already 

Just for you, I took some Maddie pics... will update the thread in a couple minutes! 

Nooooooooooooo!!!  Not my Ojai girly and TEK boys!  In that case, I will take Cecil too!  Darwin would love to have another brother to wrestle and powergroom!

Someone on here suggested taking a bit of cotton wool (cotton ball) with olive oil on it.. and rubbing it all over their tails... the -other- rats and they themselves will groom all the oil off taking the tail gunge with it!  Works like a charm =)

Before that I had been using baby wash and a soft (very soft) toothbrush and they HATED it... I love the olive oil thing.. and it's good for them!

Annie

I've always had boy ratties before... and a lot (MOST) of them are quite lazy about grooming their tails...  So they get this patchy oogie yucky dirty looking stuff that I assume is just a collection of dirt, unshed skin cells, buck grease and soil from dragging their tails around behind them and never cleaning them...  I'll use one of Reed's ratties as an example.. but most of my males get this way from time to time ^^

Thats a great suggestion!  Funny thing, is that my boys are meticulous about cleaning their tails.  I just looked and none of theirs are dirty (maybe they practice better hygiene because they are neutered), but my girls tend to have the dirty tails!  Ewww!  Maddie always has the dirtiest.