Several fancy rats in a small carrier with green paper bedding on the bottom. A pile of black furred rats is huddled at the front while an agouti rat sits alone in the back judging everyone.

Ratty intros have started. Besides Clover being a brat, they're going well! Big boss lady grandma rat is getting a nebulizer treatment so she's not there to put everyone in their place yet.

A pile of fancy rats sleeping on each other in a hammock. An agouti rat in the background is being kicked by a black dumbo rat, and a blue rat's nose peeks out from underneath the pile.

Rat pile! There's also another one buried under there.

I'm trying to start intros today and not a single rat will come out. Sleepy babies.

#petrats

ebi the brown rat sitting on her hind legs and looking cutely at the camera with her paws together. she's sitting next to a couple of miniature pumpkins

ebi didn't get the memo that she's supposed to be scary for halloween and not the most adorable creature on earth but that's okay

A black foam pumpkin carved with the Clan Mors Skaven symbol, with little painted rat paw prints around it. Two plastic mouse skeletons sit on and next to it, and there are two plain orange pumpkins are in the background.

Happy Halloween from my little Skaven colony. The rats did not like paint on their paws so I had to hand paint these while flipping rats to stare at their feet.

A silver colored fancy rat lying on a bed with his eyes closed while someone scratches his shoulders.

Faust is the cuddliest rat ever. As long as he gets endless back scratches.

A black fancy rat with a white nose marking sleeping curled up on the floor by a cat tree.

My scrunkly little old man is gone. He was having heart problems and made it very clear that he was ready to go.

He had health issues all of his life but managed to make it to 2 years and 9 months.

RIP you grouchy boy.

Two black and white fancy rats lying in a hammock. A hand is held in front of them with one rat placing a paw on an outstretched finger.

Have you held a rat's little grabby hand today? You should.

#petrats

day 14 - rat church
praise lord cheezus (or don't)
#rattober #rats

Tried to play a lyre for the rats. Haven't played in awhile, couldn't remember any songs. I've never felt so judged by a rat.

Several rat toys and hideouts in a halloween theme. A little blue dumbo rat peeks out of a haunted house shaped hideout.

We decided to try a box from @rattybox.bsky.social

Arlene approves! Everyone else was too sleepy and didn't want to be moved.

That bat hammock is so cute but they're gonna shred it immediately.

#rattybox #petrats

A baby dumbo rat with black and white fur hunched over licking her hands with one back paw held in the air.

A black and white dumbo rat half out of frame reaching up to grab a hanging ring of wood.

My attempts to get more pictures of the new girls. Little chaos potatoes.

#petrats

Two small black and white pet rats sitting on the edges of a bowl of food.

Newww babies we picked up today. We've decided to name them Beatrice and Bellatrix.
Bea gives nonstop kisses the second a hand is near her.

#rattober day two: "accu-rat" 🤓☝️ #rattober2025

pixelart rats eating on a carved pumpkin

day 1- rat
#pixelart #ドット絵

A partially bald black and white rat sitting in the middle of a very chewed up cardboard box.

Old man Kritch has an ongoing project called "absolutely obliterate this cardboard". He chews it all night and can be heard through most of the house.

Also ignore his goopy eyes...he's always had eye issues and needs eyedrops often.

#petrat

Stolen or Stashed. Watercolor/ink 5" x 7." #theillustratedrat 2021

A scribbly, unfinished sketch of a scruffy dumbo rat.

Kind of steadily spiraling back into depression since losing my boy, so time for memorial art of him. Thinking of attempting an actual painting this time

rat doodle

#rat #ratsofbluesky #art #illustration #doodle

I hope so. It's so difficult to make scared rescue rats happy. I tried very hard to just let her be a rat and handle her only when necessary.

A brown agouti pet rat staring up at the camera with her giant boba eyes.

It's really rough having so many older rats all at once. Last night we found Marnie had passed in her sleep. She was a rescue who never learned to trust people, but I'll miss seeing those hopeful little boba eyes begging for treats.

Heeeere's Arlene.

A blue furred dumbo rat hunched over like a goblin and eating a cheerio.

The oldest ratties got some quiet time away from the young, hyper rats to (very carefully) climb the rat tree and eat a lot of snacks.

Arlene is 2 years and 8 months old, has a lipoma, and is very blind. But she still zoomed around and climbed very high.

The back half of a black colored pet rat who is airing out his balls by hanging out of a small basket. His silver brother is peaking out from behind him.

I don't know how this is comfortable for either of them but ok.

#petrats

A round piece of clay with rat paw prints pressed into it, and the name "Ratchitt" written in it with blue pen.

Haven't been posting much since some of the rats have been having health issues (mainly age related, one sudden and unexpected) and I was focusing on their care.

But sadly we lost Ratchitt today. My baby rat. The first baby born to our rattery. I'm absolutely devastated

An agouti fancy rat stretched out of a hammock to gently take a mini pancake.

A black colored pet rat with big eyes biting a tiny pancake.

A blurry cinnamon colored rat jumping backward with a tiny pancake hanging out of his mouth.

All of the ratties got mini pancakes to celebrate the lucky litter's first birthday. Most snatched them and ran.

#petrats

A pile of sleeping baby rats ranging from black to pale brown.

The lucky litter is now 1 year old! Can't believe they were ever these tiny, fluffy beans (no way I could get them to sit quietly in a pile for pictures now).

Planning to make them a little cake later and hopefully get a picture of more than a blur once they get their crazy little hands on it.

A brown agouti pet rat hiding under her own tail.

Mim was amazing at hiding. Bet you can't even spot her in this picture!

#petrat

A cinnamon colored rat curled up on top of shredded paper next to a sleeping black rat.

Boone and Felix spent all night shredding paper then all day napping in it.

#petrats

Happy birthday to @bewitchedrattery.ca !
Rats are terrible at decorating cakes.

I'm thinking of eventually making this into an actual card.

A silver colored pet rat standing on a platform of a cat tree.

Climbing the rat tree!
I don't get many pictures of them during free roam since they're usually climbing all over me or zooming by.