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My sweet Toast turned 3 years & 8 months 11 days back, and I wanted to do a quick photoshoot with her to commemorate it (she was a bit covered in paint here lol, don't worry, I wiped off the pink afterwards!) Toast is such a sweet little rat, I'm so glad she's still with me and still doing well. <3
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
My sweet Toast turned 3 years & 8 months 11 days back, and I wanted to do a quick photoshoot with her to commemorate it (she was a bit covered in paint here lol, don't worry, I wiped off the pink afterwards!) Toast is such a sweet little rat, I'm so glad she's still with me and still doing well. <3
Bean doing her "into a lantern" trick! Here she had to open the lantern, go inside, and close the door, a fun sequence of tricks that she generalized from the "go to crate trick" quite well!
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I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
December 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Bean doing her "into a lantern" trick! Here she had to open the lantern, go inside, and close the door, a fun sequence of tricks that she generalized from the "go to crate trick" quite well!
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I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
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I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
Egg (white) and Olive (black) playing vs ratsketball, with an added jump for extra challenge! Both these girls loved basketball and learned many fun variations - great job girls!
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Egg (white) and Olive (black) playing vs ratsketball, with an added jump for extra challenge! Both these girls loved basketball and learned many fun variations - great job girls!
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
Latte doing a fun agility course! One fun thing about doing agility with rats is that just about any object can be made into a rat agility obstacle, so you can get creative with it!
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Latte doing a fun agility course! One fun thing about doing agility with rats is that just about any object can be made into a rat agility obstacle, so you can get creative with it!
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
Egg doing the simpler version of the "rob a purse" trick! Here she had to nose open the purse and then fetch the dollar inside, effectively paying for her own treats!
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
December 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Egg doing the simpler version of the "rob a purse" trick! Here she had to nose open the purse and then fetch the dollar inside, effectively paying for her own treats!
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
This week’s paw paintings by my sweet rats - Cinnamon, Tofu, and all their buddies did a great job!
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If you would like to commission your own rat paw painting, you can do so here: ratpaintings.etsy.com
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If you would like to commission your own rat paw painting, you can do so here: ratpaintings.etsy.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This week’s paw paintings by my sweet rats - Cinnamon, Tofu, and all their buddies did a great job!
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If you would like to commission your own rat paw painting, you can do so here: ratpaintings.etsy.com
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If you would like to commission your own rat paw painting, you can do so here: ratpaintings.etsy.com
Feta and Chickpea had their first sisterly vs ratsketball game (aka my first werewolf vs werewolf game!)
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
November 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Feta and Chickpea had their first sisterly vs ratsketball game (aka my first werewolf vs werewolf game!)
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
Cinnamon had her first session working on ring toss! She hasn't mastered it yet, but she made some amazing progress during this session!
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Cinnamon had her first session working on ring toss! She hasn't mastered it yet, but she made some amazing progress during this session!
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
**Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale** Use code RATSGIVING at checkout on my etsy shop Rat Paintings to get 25% off your entire order - available from now until Monday Dec. 1st! Check out my etsy here: www.etsy.com/shop/RatPain...
November 28, 2025 at 12:17 AM
**Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale** Use code RATSGIVING at checkout on my etsy shop Rat Paintings to get 25% off your entire order - available from now until Monday Dec. 1st! Check out my etsy here: www.etsy.com/shop/RatPain...
Happy Thanksgiving (aka Ratsgiving for me!) everyone!
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Want help with training your rats tricks? I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
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Want help with training your rats tricks? I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
November 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Happy Thanksgiving (aka Ratsgiving for me!) everyone!
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Want help with training your rats tricks? I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
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Want help with training your rats tricks? I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
Here was Bean combining basketball and skateboarding! The trickiest part of this trick was getting Bean to wait while the skateboard brought her to the hoop lol - rats aren't exactly naturals at waiting :P
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
November 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Here was Bean combining basketball and skateboarding! The trickiest part of this trick was getting Bean to wait while the skateboard brought her to the hoop lol - rats aren't exactly naturals at waiting :P
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
amzn.to/484u2Mv
Today I have super exciting news, which is that my rat trick training book is now available on Amazon! You can find the book's listing here: amzn.to/3LXLae7
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I officially got my pre-publish author's copy in a few days back, and since everything checks out the book is now live!
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I officially got my pre-publish author's copy in a few days back, and since everything checks out the book is now live!
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Today I have super exciting news, which is that my rat trick training book is now available on Amazon! You can find the book's listing here: amzn.to/3LXLae7
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I officially got my pre-publish author's copy in a few days back, and since everything checks out the book is now live!
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I officially got my pre-publish author's copy in a few days back, and since everything checks out the book is now live!
Chickpea officially had her first vs basketball game against Crumb! I actually wasn't planning on having her play vs ratsketball with another rat yet, but she did so well amazing at it!
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Chickpea officially had her first vs basketball game against Crumb! I actually wasn't planning on having her play vs ratsketball with another rat yet, but she did so well amazing at it!
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
Mother-daughter vs basketball (ratsketball :P) game! Mocha (black) here was Peaches (white and orange) daughter, and both girls quite enjoyed their basketball time!
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Mother-daughter vs basketball (ratsketball :P) game! Mocha (black) here was Peaches (white and orange) daughter, and both girls quite enjoyed their basketball time!
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
This week’s paw paintings by my sweet rats - Cinnamon, Carrot, and all their buddies did a great job!
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If you would like to commission your own rat paw painting, you can do so here: www.etsy.com/shop/RatPain...
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If you would like to commission your own rat paw painting, you can do so here: www.etsy.com/shop/RatPain...
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This week’s paw paintings by my sweet rats - Cinnamon, Carrot, and all their buddies did a great job!
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If you would like to commission your own rat paw painting, you can do so here: www.etsy.com/shop/RatPain...
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If you would like to commission your own rat paw painting, you can do so here: www.etsy.com/shop/RatPain...
Blackberry working on her pivot trick! I was really into dog training trick videos when I had Berry and her group, so we worked a lot of fun unique tricks like this one and the rats really enjoyed the variety!
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
November 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Blackberry working on her pivot trick! I was really into dog training trick videos when I had Berry and her group, so we worked a lot of fun unique tricks like this one and the rats really enjoyed the variety!
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
Sometimes I get asked if some rats are easier to train than others - Coconut is here to tell you that's absolutely the case! She still enjoyed our training time, it just tended to be more chaotic compared to the others :P
I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
November 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Sometimes I get asked if some rats are easier to train than others - Coconut is here to tell you that's absolutely the case! She still enjoyed our training time, it just tended to be more chaotic compared to the others :P
I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
Many thanks to Ratty Box for letting me review their November 2025 box - check them out at their website here! www.therattybox.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l34...
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Reviewing November 2025's Ratty Box!
YouTube video by Shadow The Rat
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November 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Many thanks to Ratty Box for letting me review their November 2025 box - check them out at their website here! www.therattybox.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l34...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l34...
Shadow doing her wave trick! Shadow was old & chunky here (this was before I learned to not just give infinite treats lol), but she loved her training time and learned many tricks like this fun wave one!
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Shadow doing her wave trick! Shadow was old & chunky here (this was before I learned to not just give infinite treats lol), but she loved her training time and learned many tricks like this fun wave one!
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
I recently got this tiny drawer from a local thrift shop, and I wanted to see if Cracker could figure out how to fetch from it without using a string, and after a fe tries she got it!.
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
November 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I recently got this tiny drawer from a local thrift shop, and I wanted to see if Cracker could figure out how to fetch from it without using a string, and after a fe tries she got it!.
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
Bean doing a long agility course, all to get one of her favorite fruits, that being a grape (yes, grapes are safe for rats!)
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Bean doing a long agility course, all to get one of her favorite fruits, that being a grape (yes, grapes are safe for rats!)
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
If you live in Canada, have rats/rodents, and are interested in a bundle of toys and treats, comment below that you'd like to enter the giveaway! You'll have 48 hours to enter, then I'll assign a random # to each person and then write them down on slips of paper, and have my rats draw 5 of them.
November 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If you live in Canada, have rats/rodents, and are interested in a bundle of toys and treats, comment below that you'd like to enter the giveaway! You'll have 48 hours to enter, then I'll assign a random # to each person and then write them down on slips of paper, and have my rats draw 5 of them.
Espresso doing the laundry (well, at least the socks :P)! This is a fun variation on our basketball trick, is a great way to help rats generalize it to new props!
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Want help with training your rats tricks? I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
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Want help with training your rats tricks? I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
November 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Espresso doing the laundry (well, at least the socks :P)! This is a fun variation on our basketball trick, is a great way to help rats generalize it to new props!
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Want help with training your rats tricks? I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
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Want help with training your rats tricks? I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
This weeks rat paw paintings by my sweet rats Pistachio and Popcorn - they and all their buddies did a great job!
You can commission your own rat paw painting here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/RatPaintings
You can commission your own rat paw painting here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/RatPaintings
November 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This weeks rat paw paintings by my sweet rats Pistachio and Popcorn - they and all their buddies did a great job!
You can commission your own rat paw painting here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/RatPaintings
You can commission your own rat paw painting here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/RatPaintings
Crumb is working on learning to combine jumping to hand and fetch! She's doing quite well and has come so far from her initial fetch struggles - great job Crumb!
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
November 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Crumb is working on learning to combine jumping to hand and fetch! She's doing quite well and has come so far from her initial fetch struggles - great job Crumb!
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...
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I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605...