250+ Things Only Rat Owners Will Understand

Great posts! Sheldon, number 98 was so awesome...that happens to every rat parent I am sure! Trying to clean something around them and suddenly they are RIGHT in the middle of it, like they are asking, "What are you DOING?" and sitting their butts right down where you need to clean, ha ha!

These are all so great

99. That feeling of pride when the super crappy hammock you made yourself becomes the ratties new favorite hang-out <3 (and the boys don't even resent the fact that it's hot pink!)

Good one Marissa! Yes, that is such an awesome feeling when something you made yourself for your babies is used and loved by them! Agreed! :heart:

#100 Determination to chew through metal bars because they love you so much! Mine blindly reaches through and swipes the air too.
#101 Ever had to bathe a rat? Especially a nakie? Slippery bars of soap they are.
#102 Pea-diving should be an Olympic sport!

Keep going!!!

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#103 That "zen" feeling of stroking or brushing your lips against those super soft, velvety and delicate ratty ears...like flower petals...ahhh!

#104 The "Fritos" corn chip smell that boy rats have. Love it!

#105 When your rats are asleep or lounging around in their house or play area, totally hidden, and the minute you start making any kind of kitchen sounds (spoon clinking against a bowl, opening a bag of something) your rats are suddenly front and center, wide awake and pointing their noses towards... The Num Num Nexus (kitchen!) :-D

#106 "Love Piles"...when you put your hand down under/over/next to your ratties and a big cuddly love pile forms with the Mom Rat Hand, with communal grooming, skritches and cuddles of course...bliss! :hug4:

Hehe, #105 is deadly, especially when you stumble into the kitchen in the middle of the night for a drink of water. The moment I open the fridge door, I hear a mad scramble as everyone leaps from various hammocks and starts demanding treats.

#107: Showing up to work with scratches all over my neck and down my meager decolletage, and getting weird looks from my co-workers who think the hubby and I got kinky the night before. Nope, just another night of ratties having fun spelunking down my shirt ...

Lol, that is so true rhapsody #107 I often wonder what people at work are thinking. My chiropractor once asked me if I had spent the weekend gardening because I had so many little thorn-like scratches around my ankles but I told him no, it was tiny feet vying for attention saying "PICK MEE UP"

#108 knowing you only have yourself to blame for creating a spoilt little monster, who will only eat food directly from mom's finger, thank you very much, and nothing else will do. It's not even real food if I have to eat it straight out of the bowl. And doesn't taste nearly as good either, humf.

Ha ha, Rhapsody and Bundy, those were fantastic additions to the list, and yep, I can relate to all of them! The red scratches on the chest, wrists, etc, and looking like I either got caught in a thorny rose bush or was up to something kinky, exactly! :lol: (nope, just love scratches from my babies)

#109 (Speaking of spoiled little monsters) Sitting down to finally have something to eat myself, and the minute I do, I see my two boys peering across the room at me and begging. Of course, I always fall for it, get up and either give them a nibble of my dinner/lunch, etc or get them another treat and make sure the little kings of the empire are all satiated before I can sit down and eat my own food again! :bow:

*Take a look at my avatar photo and this will give you the perfect idea of what I see looking at me...that look does it EVERY time! The little manipulators! They are too durn cute...they always get what they want! :lol:

110. When you go to smooch a cute little boy on the head and get a mouthful of pee because your dominate boy just peed on his head....... so you switch to his belly XD
111. When you get marked and use the offending rat to wipe the pee off your arm

112. When you walk by the cage and see a cute face at the door so you stop, open, pick up and smooch, coo and tell them how adorable they are, and put back in. Then walk by the cage five minutes later and do the same thing again. And walk by again and do the same thing yet again. Repeat at varying intervals every time you go by the cage.

noodlebutts said:

111. When you get marked and use the offending rat to wipe the pee off your arm

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Bahahaha!!!!

I do this with Sheldon all the time!

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Haha all the time with the pee..Tyrion has taken to licking me when he marks...rather then have me wipe it on him! Haha

113: you spend half your tax return on a fancy blender because you're excited about making fruit and veggie smoothies for your ratkids

#114 Having a nice DCN and when you let them out all the wanna do is play in the 9x13 hamster cage for vet trips.

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#115 Coming home early from a dinner/party/outing, etc because you just.have.to.see.your.babies. :kisses:

#116 Coming home early from a dinner/party/outing, etc because you just KNOW something bad may have happened (what if one of them is sick/injured/house fire!/stolen by rat burglars! blah blah worry worry! and....you get home and all is well and your babies are sleeping soundly or examining their footies or having a snack and they look up at you with the "hey, what's up Mom!" face and you breath a sigh of relief and feel like a foolish worrywort for the millionth time. :rolleyes2:

#117 Your sweet baby girl does you the favor of scraping for blackheads with her teeth while giving you a facial.

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#118 One of your rats is always the best hairdresser and decides to give your bangs and nice fluff and style. (I have photos of these ratty made hairstyles! :laugh2: )

#119 One of your bubs gives your cuticles and hangnails a nice trim and nibble..who needs a manicurist when you have ratties?

#120 You are giving your boys (or girls) a plate of food and one of them unceremoniously pushes your fingers out of the way as if to say, "Yeah, thanks, Mom, but MOVE! You are blocking my num nums!" :lol3:

Vladina said:

#118 One of your rats is always the best hairdresser and decides to give your bangs and nice fluff and style. (I have photos of these ratty made hairstyles! :laugh2: )

#119 One of your bubs gives your cuticles and hangnails a nice trim and nibble..who needs a manicurist when you have ratties?

#120 You are giving your boys (or girls) a plate of food and one of them unceremoniously pushes your fingers out of the way as if to say, "Yeah, thanks, Mom, but MOVE! You are blocking my num nums!" :lol3:

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Yes to all

Tyrion was working on my hair in this pic. Nice combover he gave me!

121) Your friends know the best impromptu gift for you is boxes of felt and toys for the rats to demolish.

122) The way your heart skips a beat when those sleepy little rattie eyes peer out at you when you open the door.