Stuff on My Rat 7 - Top hat

Philip would have nothing to do with the photo shoot as his tummy was full.  So, the pinch hitter, Peter was called in for his first "Stuff on My Rat" photo shoot.

 Most of the photos look like this.  "Are you stupid?  Rats don't wear hats!!!!"

 Finally got  a photo that looked ... okay.

And, although it ain't perfect, I like this one best.

This Week in the Critter Nation - Home made Cardboard Palace

Top story of the critter nation this week includes a handmade cardboard contraption... um ... palace.  I just cut slits in cardboard and slid the parts together.

 Here's a little surprise.  That's Stan peeking out.  He's our new rat, fastest intro ever.  Everyone loves Stan.

 The cardboard "palace" includes an upstairs and if Philip's whiskers weren't photobombing.....

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Here's Peter hanging out in the second level of the palace without Philip's whiskers obscuring things.

The Critter Nation's downstairs are somewhat boring.  We still have the ark out, which they absolutely love.

I really need to do some new liners.  Our current liner collection is getting quite holey.

Wordless Wednesday - Hi there

Peter says, "Hi".  He's more than happy to accept any yogie donations.

Pumpkin Festival 2013 - Update 8 - Happy Halloween

Peter wishes you a Happy Halloween.

Pumpkin Festival 2013 - Update 3 - The Big Pumpkin

 PARTY TIME!!!

 Peter is grabbing some pumpkin vine, and Butters is intently observing.

Butters successfully scooped up the vine and tugged it into his hammock.  Peter is nibbling on the pumpkin stalk.  

Stay tuned for additional Pumpkin Fiesta 2013 Updates.

Pumpkin 2013 First Update

Here's a video of the practice pumpkin.

Peter's Video - Peter Refuses to Stay on the Floor

Tamed pet rats tend to run to you if they get on the floor.

In Peter's case, he really does not want to be on the floor.  Although he's become a bossy rat with his buddies, he can still be nervous and wimpy.  In this video, he's not freaking out rather he wants to be with his human and not on the unknown floor.

By the way, Walter (Walternate) of yesterday's video figured out how to get off the bed or the couch and just loves exploring the floor of the house.  Sigh, now, Walternate requires constant supervision when he's out of the cage.

Hi There, I'm Peter.

This is Peter in his favorite spot, between the pillows of the couch.  He's a tad odd.  Seriously, he's essentially propped there in a biped position.  He's enjoying a banana yogie.  mmmmmmmmmmm

Peter is one of our new rats.  Our other new rat is Walternate.  If you know my rats, yes, sadly, our original Walter passed away from old age.  This past winter has been tough for our rats.  We had a lot of losses.  Many of our rats had a few years on them and died of old age.  It's hard for me to blog about rats going to ratty heaven, so instead you get to hear about our new rats.

Peter and Walternate, continuing our tradition of naming rats after TV shows, are named after Peter and Walternate "Walter" Bishop.  "Fringe" is a SciFi show and occurs in at least 2 different alternate universes.  The primary characters call the Walter character from the alternate universe, "Walternate" which we thought was perfect for our new rat.