Stuff and TINY RAT IS TINY.

[obliviousally_lj]

Cause I love showing him off, a dwarf rat me and TJ took in the other day. Along with his cagemate.



We named the little one Smores and the big one Mallocup. And, yes, Mallo is a regular, full grown rat. I need to get pics of the other two we ended up with, as well.

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[thewerekitty.livejournal.com]

Rats make me think of Willard.. the new movie with Cripsin Glover.

They were so cute in it. :pet pet: Socrates. Hehe.

You're dwarf one is uber cute.

[5p1ic3.livejournal.com]

I didn't know dwarf rats existed. =o.o=

What's their personality like? are they as intelligent as normal rats? I remember a big difference between dwarf hamsters and standard hamtsers. The dwarf hamsters are so angry and evil!

[obliviousally.livejournal.com]

Yupyup. Dwarves are pretty much the same in every aspect except for size. They're also highly resistant to tumors and, I've heard, can live up to 3 or 4 years. And, considering average rat life span is only 2, that's pretty awesome.

They're easier to get on the west coast, too. There's a breeder in Cali and in Washington, I believe. This guy was shipped over, apparently. And that's pretty costly, so we were lucky that he bonded with the big guy we were taking in. :3