My Rats Page

The Girls

1. CeeJay!

Ceej' was my first rat, sadly she passed away in 1996 at 2 years old. She was a wonderful, gentle and intelligent girl and I miss her badly! She was a wonderful shoulder rat and enjoyed nothing more than a stroll through the town. I even took her with me on the day I left College, many of the lecturers were fascinated by her and came to pet her! CeeJays favorite passtime was destroying my meagre collection of clothes nibbling interesting patterns in them!

CeeJay prancing on my bed!

2. Amber.

I finally decided to get another rat in April of 1997, it was quite a tough decision as we felt that no other rat could ever replace CeeJay, and we were right, but Amber didn't need to _replace_ CeeJay, she is her own character and holds her own special place in my heart!

She had a Buff coloured hood when I first got her, but this has faded out, leaving her an all over cream colour. She is now a big squishy creamy marshmallow. She is also wonderfully gentle and intelligent and her favorite passtimes are eating and sleeping (anywhere!) Sadly Amber has Myco, the dreaded rat disease, and I can only pray that her health gets no worse :'-(

Amber on the day I brought her home.

3. Caisha

Caisha (pronounced Kay-sha), came to my home in May 1997 as a companion for Amber. Caisha is the Claudia Schiffer of my rats, she is a right little poser. I am unsure as to what colour she is, she could be Lilac, Mink or Chocolate - if anybody has any suggestions as to her correct colouration, please let me know. She is so cunning, but whenever she looks at you with those huge dark eyes of hers, you just have to forgive her!

The Boys

4. Ferdy

I brought Ferdy and his brother home in February 1998. Ferdy is a Cinnamon coloured male model rat, he acts just like Caisha, prancing around looking gorgeous! :-) With his big dark soulful eyes, you just want to cuddle him, and he is a licky bundle of fur! If you pick him up he just flops in your hand, then when he's had enough, he prances off and gets into mischief!

5. Radar

Radar chose me! He is a soppy, licky little bundle of Agouti fur and podgyness! Radar loves to eat and be cuddled and keeps an eye on you all the time. He has a problem with his eyes which are smaller than any other rat I've known and are often surrounded by porphyrin, I think it is caused by irritation, (possibly eyelashes?) Hopefully when I take him to the vet, something will be done for my little friend. He is such a happy rattie, except when his brother beats him up but that should end when they have the *snip* in a couple of months time (but <shhhh> don't tell them that!!) ;-)

Cage Design

The Girls home:

Click on the thumbnails to see the cages in full technicolour glory!!!