smilez's rat babies <3 - pic heavy

Right now my crew of rats is a mess. I have 10 total currently residing in 4 different groups (which may seem like nothing to some but it's quite hectic for me).

First off my oldies. I adopted Seth, Zack and Riley (rip) from HRRR in London when they were 6 weeks old. They are now almost 2.5 and both suffer from HED. They live in a modified FN and are loving life!

Seth (agouti self):

(as a baby)


Zack (black self):

(as a baby)



A few months later I met Chelle (of Chelle's Critter Haven) and adopted Queen from her. He ended up being neutered just to make him a happier boy and he now 1.5 years old. And then I few months after that I adopted Hurley from CCH. Hurley has since been neutered and is approximately 1 year old.

Queen (beige hooded):



Hurley (russian blue hooded):


Hurley and Riley (rip)

Then I made a trip to the TAS in Toronto where I picked up 2 extremely skiddish brothers. They are next in line for neuters to see if it will help calm them down. They are around 10 months old.

Dexter and Finn (both black capped with a head spot but Dex has 2 spots on his back):




Then came Mackenzie and Lily. They are brother and sister from a litter born at CCH that I was able to help raise and socialize. Both are spayed/neutered and 5 months old. These 2 currently live in half a CN with Queen and Hurley.

Mackenzie (PEW dumbo with slight nose shading):


(with his brothers)


Lily (smeeze dumbo):


She's half the size of everyone else but loves to think she's the boss.

And then Ben and Aro stole my heart. They were surrendered to the Humane Society in Sudbury. Both were neutered for aggression and are around 1.5 years old.

Aro (black capped dumbo with a headspot):


Ben (blue berk dumbo):



Everyone but my 2 oldies all have play time together but when it comes to living in the cage it's a whole different story. So currently Queen, Hurley, Mackenzie and Lily live in half a CN, Finn and Dex have half an FN and Ben and Aro have the other half CN. I'm hoping to get Ben, Aro, Finn and Dexter living together to make my life a little easier.

Here's a few more group shots:

Zack's adult picture made me giggle. He looks like a dumpling!

I love the chubby boy! So cute. What a lovely group you have.

To me ten doesn't sound too too bad, but in four groups? That doesn't sound fun.

Look at all the rats!!! SO MANY!

Yeah, 10 rats I can handle no problem it's all the cages and the separate out times. Although now we have *just* reached the point where 3 of the 4 groups can have out time together. One day when all the neuters are done everyone but the oldies will hopefully live together.