MiniFrog
Well-Known Member
So I log on to the shack on Saturday, to find a PM from SQ linking me to the post viewtopic.php?f=56&t=30555 and I decided to e-mail them. While waiting to hear from them, a lot of things went through my mind, the fact that I already have 4 females, my 3 year old love playing with them, worried because the ad said they bite, what I would do with the male etc etc. When I got the reply that the rats were still available, then came the hard part, telling hubby. I had no idea what they looked like, or what condition they were in, the rats I have had were never "biters" they were all from loving oopsie litters, or (yes I admit) a pet store, but were treated very well at said pet store. I did not tell buddy that I wanted them as pets since he said "Not Pets" because they bite.....but nor did I lie and say I wanted them as feeders, I just simply said I wanted them. I got an e-mail Monday night as I was about to go to bed he asked me what kind of snake I have. I did not want to tell him I was taking them as pets, because I did not want him to tell me never mind for whatever reason (and I hate lying) but I did. I told him they were for my brother in law who has a big assed snake, and lives further away from him than I do. We set up a time to meet today at 5pm, we got there 15 minutes early, and that 15 minutes was agony, I had a few anxiety attack, I am a horrible liar, so what if he asked me questions, which he did, but my words just came out naturally. I told him my brother in law has a snake and lived in New Germany when he asked, and that I had no idea what kind of snake it was because I am not a snake person, and that he was mostly interested in all the stuff it came with. I watched in horror as he picked the rats up by the tails to quickly get them in my small temp cage, and cram the large tote bin in my trunk with great difficulty. His girlfriend was in the car saying things like "nasty little creatures!!" and "they stunk, ew!" He even told me that I should have just left them in the bin in the trunk!! And the tanks were filthy, they left like a rat urine coating on your hands. On the drive home, I was petting their heads, they seemed ok with it, the little girl nipped at me, but it was ok, the boy started to boggle (after I closed the door again) we went through the BK drive through and the girls were all like "awww look at the cute rats!!" and got the other females from behind the wall, the boy said "I don't know what the big deal is!" As we were driving home, the little girl lunged and bit my finger through the bars where I was holding the cage on my lap, and they started acting really timid, so I left the door closed. I took food with me, the first thing they did (besides poop) in the cage was chow down like they were starving. He even had the nerve to say "Always great to help out a fellow snake lover!" Anyways, here are the pictures of them (it all cost me $10):
The large tote bin cage:
The smaller "nursery":
The nursery was full of a partial bag of aspen shavings and lab blocks (you can see how big it is next to my hand):
This was all that was inside the "tank" and the food dish is mine that I put in (the water bottle was in the other storage thing):
The little boy (he was more interested in eating):
The little girl was running around freaked out so it was hard to get a picture of her:
And the 2 of them together:
She hid in the only safe place....under her mates jewels :giggle: if you look closely you can see her nose:
So here is my thing, I have no idea what to do with them now.....I have him in the large tank and her in the nursery, with food and water for the night, but any tips on how to bring them around to welcome me would be great. I am new to this rescue thing as I have said before, which is why I thought it was strange SQ chose me for the job lol, but I will keep at it and work with them with the guidance of more experienced people. I have explained to Hayden not to touch the white rats because they are very scared and might bite, but that he can still "play" with the others.
I also need help in naming them LOL, I know, not the most important thing, but I was thinking Kimmy for her (I wanted a "blond" girl to name after one of my good friends who I rarely get to see anymore) and Hayden was watching Stuart Little on the way in so I thought Stuart, or rather Stewie (hehe) for him, but I am not sure it suits him.
She is very small, and he is very dirty. I want to get him fixed ASAP but I am not sure how long before I am able to get him in. I worry that she is pregnant, she looked like she had a bit of a belly when she stood up (which could also explain her aggression: "no! you will NOT take my babies this time!!" kind of thing). And lastly, the other unimportant thing, is he Siamese and she a Himalayan? Because she is a lot lighter than him, but has the dark spot on her nose :undecided:
I almost hated separating them, as she took comfort in his presence, but I knew I had to just in case she was not pregnant :sad3:
The large tote bin cage:
The smaller "nursery":
The nursery was full of a partial bag of aspen shavings and lab blocks (you can see how big it is next to my hand):
This was all that was inside the "tank" and the food dish is mine that I put in (the water bottle was in the other storage thing):
The little boy (he was more interested in eating):
The little girl was running around freaked out so it was hard to get a picture of her:
And the 2 of them together:
She hid in the only safe place....under her mates jewels :giggle: if you look closely you can see her nose:
So here is my thing, I have no idea what to do with them now.....I have him in the large tank and her in the nursery, with food and water for the night, but any tips on how to bring them around to welcome me would be great. I am new to this rescue thing as I have said before, which is why I thought it was strange SQ chose me for the job lol, but I will keep at it and work with them with the guidance of more experienced people. I have explained to Hayden not to touch the white rats because they are very scared and might bite, but that he can still "play" with the others.
I also need help in naming them LOL, I know, not the most important thing, but I was thinking Kimmy for her (I wanted a "blond" girl to name after one of my good friends who I rarely get to see anymore) and Hayden was watching Stuart Little on the way in so I thought Stuart, or rather Stewie (hehe) for him, but I am not sure it suits him.
She is very small, and he is very dirty. I want to get him fixed ASAP but I am not sure how long before I am able to get him in. I worry that she is pregnant, she looked like she had a bit of a belly when she stood up (which could also explain her aggression: "no! you will NOT take my babies this time!!" kind of thing). And lastly, the other unimportant thing, is he Siamese and she a Himalayan? Because she is a lot lighter than him, but has the dark spot on her nose :undecided:
I almost hated separating them, as she took comfort in his presence, but I knew I had to just in case she was not pregnant :sad3:
So depressing. I don't know why but I when I saw them I thought of Fievel and Saharah 
