Another Successful Merger
4/2/11


In their new cage

Sadie and Layla came home from the 1000 rats rescue and I couldn't get the other rats to accept them - Janey and Buster both wanted to beat them up like crazy (both those two think they're the alpha rat). But after lots of work, I finally got them all together - in fact, the two little ones think Janey is their mom and love their brothers (Freddy and Buster are both from the same rescue and are related).

They moved into their new cage this past week and the thing is huge. While the older rats will usually find a spot and hang out, the two little ones bounce all over like pinballs. Everyone is getting along very well and hopefully the older rats will see how human friendly the little ones are and act a little like them.


Layla steps out. The one bad thing about the big cage is it has wheels,
so when I let them out for a bit, they can get under the cage and I can't
get to them and Layla figured that out real quick.


Sadie chews on the chew toy.


Janey and Sadie. The two little ones love Janey and act
like she's their mom. I think their mom may have looked like her.


Janey in the tbue.

Layla in the hammock at the top. That thing is too high, I have to climb on a stool
to see who's inside. On the next cleaning I will take it down and put up a shelf instead.


Janey and Layla.


Sadie enjoys some peas.


Buster (and Freddy behind him) in the tube.


That's Buster. Soon Layla and Buster will be the same size. But Buster
has white on him, Layla is all black. That's Janey behind him.


Freddy is the shyest of the rats and hard to get pictures of.


Janey and Sadie.


Buster.


Janey.


On a rare occasion, I got all three black hooded rats in the same
shot for a couple pictures. That's Zuzu on the top of the door,
Sadie at the entrance and Janey on the table.


Another shot of the three hooded girls. Janey in the back, Zuzu in the middle
and Sadie in the front (with the dot on her back)


Zuzu (Janey in back). Zuzu passed on a couple days after this picture.


Freddy - so hard to get shots of him.


Buster in front, Layla in back.


Layla climbing around the old cage - the new cage went up later that day.


Two little ones - Layla and Sadie

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