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Here is one of my favorite Raisin training clips, showing off just how much she loved her weaves! During her long life with Toast (Raisin knew her for nearly 3 years!), Raisin never once challenged her on anything...except for when weaves were involved, because apparently weaves were her one obsession and she wouldn't let any rat get in the way (not to worry, Toast was totally fine and went on to learn weaving as well!)

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So I was playing with sweet Chicken Soup and she got a bit carried away and tried to include my senior girl Crumb - Crumb was NOT having it and decided that this was when she was going to leave this earth and fully accepted her fate lol. Thankfully after a few seconds she realized it isn't actually her time yet and went back to her usual grooming - but I supose this is payback for all that bouncy play that Crumb tried to inflict on Raisin, Popcorn, Tofu, and Toast back in her youth! Also bonus Feta getting bullied by babies, poor girl is so sweet she lets them get away with anything 😅

More advanced scentwork with Chickpea and Feta! Chickpea still tried to steal a carrot once, but otherwise she is getting much better at actually fetching it lol. And Feta is getting much quicker at picking the correct carrot - great job girls!

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Welp I gave it a shot, but lets just say that group photos are not so easy with this many rats lol. Especially since Chickpea is not a huge fan of the babies yet (also she's feuding with Coffee - I wish I was kidding ), so she was really giving me the stink eye for making her play nice here. Maybe we will attempt this again later on when everyone is fully bonded (Chickpea is the only holdout lol, but even she is just mildly spicy towards the newbies, so nothing too bad) - for now I think we got as good of a photo as I can expect, and no one pooped in the photo area so I think that's a win!

Feta and Shrimp met today and I got the best photo from their first meeting - despite how it looks both girls are very mild-mannered rats and clicked immediately (not I just have to get my less nice werewolf girl Chickpea on board...Feta please have some words with your sister on proper baby meeting behavior!)

Playful Snickerdoodle! This girl is so much fun, she's really got the hops and loves to handwrestle! Plus her drifting is unmatched lol

This week’s paw paintings by my sweet rats - all the rats did an amazing job!

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Sweet little Pinto Bean 🥺 I'm so obsessed with this girl, she is such a perfect little rat! Its been a while since I had a rat so obsessed with me since day 1, this girl loves anything you do with her and is very much a velcro rat who wants to be with you 24/7. And she loves to sleep cuddled up on my arm, its so sweet ❤️

This is what I mean when I say Fruit Loops is confident and unbothered lol - this was taken last night just 2 minutes after I introduced the pea fishing sink, and Fruit Loops plonked herself down in the water and started munched peas without missing a beat! All the girls surprised me with how fast they took to the sink actually, most of the time my younger girls are more nervous about new things but these girls are just all in all the time!

This girl is one of the last ones I need to name, and I'm really struggling! I want her name to be cereal based, since her sister (the odd-eyed dwarf girl) is called Cheerio. But it also needs to be a sugary cereal, since this girl is CRAZY hyper and practically teleports when she's running around! I think she might actually be the fastest and most agile rat I've ever seen, its crazy! (Also she really wanted to stash this cheerio lol - and now I realize I just had her eat her sisters namesake, how could I?! :P)

Everyone please give a warm welcome to miss Milk! Milk is a Siamese harley dwarf, and she is the smallest rat in the group! But don't let that fool you - Milk may be small but her confidence certainly is not, and she is one of the MOST food motivated rats I've seen in a long while! If Milk knows you have a treat, no rat is going to stop her from getting it - and if that means having to snatch a treat directly from a (much larger!) cagemates mouth, then so be it!

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Milk is also a very sweet girl who loves to groom fingers, and who has already enjoyed cuddling in my blanket after a few hours of free-range shenanigans. She is such a perfect little bean and I absolutely adore her - welcome to the mischief sweet girl!

Everyone please give a big welcome to Cheerio! Cheerio is a torti odd-eyed dwarf, which means she has different colored eyes and her fur will molt different colored patches as she ages (you can already see this starting with her head, where the fur is lightening). Now this girl was one of the original rats I wanted, and let me tell you, she does not disappoint! Cheerio is SO confident and outgoing, its truly amazing to see such a tiny rat show absolutely no fear of anything!

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Cheerio absolutely loves people and the second I put my hand near the cage she is trying to crawl on it - once she gets up there she likes to gently nibble on your nails, giving the world cutest manicure! I am so in love with this smol bean and I can't wait to get to know her better - welcome to the mischief Cheerio!

I got a video of Pinto Bean trying to pull me into the cage lol - she really wants me to come join them, it's so cute! (Also don't feel bad for the blaze girl, I also adore her, I was just trying to get a video of Pinto here lol)