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Our boys being adorable. They got so big!
Merry and Pippin, a pink eyed white and a grey rex rats with their cute little heads poking out of the entrance to their hanging hideout
November 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Beautiful boys
Pippin, a grey rat, snuggling in his hammock with his adorable little face sticking out of the entrance Merry, a pink eyed white rat, snuggling in his hammock with his adorable little face sticking out of the entrance
November 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Cuddles with my boys
Two rats, one white, one grey, sat on rileys chest getting lots of cuddles
October 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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My cousin passed away after a short and brutal battle with ovarian cancer, and her funeral is in a few weeks. In lieu of flowers, she asked for donations to Macmillan Cancer Support and the local hospice that cared for her during her last weeks

I can't afford to donate more than
At the top of the image is the Macmillan Cancer Support logo, next to a redacted logo of a local hospice The main text reads: "Family flowers only, donations in memory of [redacted] for [redacted] Hospice and Macmillan Cancer Support" At the bottom of the image is a call to action 'Donate' button. The redacted words are blocked out in the same dark teal of the ovarian cancer ribbon, and the redactions are in place to protect the privacy of my family, at their request
October 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Baby riley - 13 years ago, according to facebook so... 17 years old, ish?
A low quality photo of Riley with short purple hair, wearing a grey hoodie with their head resting on their hand. In the background, you can see a 6 string acoustic bass guitar hung on the wall
October 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Some new bits for the boys' cage have arrived, and this evening will be spent upgrading it while they have zoomies around the lounge

#RatSky #RatsOfBlueSky #PetSky
A collection of wooden accessories, like bridges and dangling toys, for the rats cage
October 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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And more cuteness

#RatSky #PetSky #RatsOfBlueSky
Merry, and a grey rat, the same age, sitting together in the corner of the perspex box that makes up the bottom of their cage Pippin, the 7 week old grey rex rat curled up half asleep in the corner of his cage. He is using a piece of yellow soft paper bedding as a pillow Another view of pippin sleeping in the corner of his cage A third angle of pippin curled up half asleep in the corner of his cage
October 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Cuteness

#RatSky #PetSky #RatsOfBlueSky
Merry, a 7 week old pink eyes white rex rat climbing out of his cage Merry, the same white rat as the previous image, his head peaking out of the cage door The same white rat sitting on his wooden ramp up to the cage door, looking out at the room before him
October 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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My beautiful babies, who have decided their carrier is a great bed, curled up together watching TV
Two rats, one white, the other grey, curled up in the bottom half of a pale pink pet carrier, both looking at something out of shot (the tv)
October 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Free roam time, you say?

No

Must be on mummy

#RatSky
A selfie of Riley in a black hoodie, with Merry, a pink eyed white rex rat sticking his nose out of their hood The same white rat as the previous picture, this time sticking his head out of the front of rileys hoodie, just under their chin
October 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Rat life
A white rat sat on Rileys shoulder looking at the camera
October 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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The reason for smelling like wet rat

I, and subsequently the hood of my hoodie, am apparently the best way to dry off after a paddle
Two small rats, one grey, the other white, sat on the edge of a tupperwear box with water, pees, and sweetcorn in it. The rats are both fishing in the water for the peas and sweetcorn Pippin, the grey rat, having given up on stealing from his brother or fishing from the edge of the box, has decided that it's easier to just sit in the water to get his peas and sweetcorn
October 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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The boys have discovered pea-fishing

Merry is all up for jumping in and paddling in the water, Pippin on the other hand is happier to just steal Merrys catch than get his precious little feets wet
Two small rats on a wooden floor, one white, the other grey, both nibbling on some peas fished out of a small tub of water they've been playing in
October 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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The hobbitses are growing so quickly and I'll soon be adding the next level to their cage so they have more room to bounce around and enjoy their zoomies

If you want to treat the hobbitses, check out their wishlist!

www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/...
Pippin, a small grey baby rex rat in his cage, sniffing around as can smell dinner cooking Merry, a pink eyes white baby rex rat that's about to take a leap up to the platform in his cage Merry and Pippin digging through the substrate foraging for food in the perspex base of their cage
October 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Felt cute, might delete later
A selfie of Riley, their shoulder-length hair framing their face with curls that have no right being there considering their hair is straight and hasn't been styled. They have their chin rested on their hand
October 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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They manage about 30-60 mins of hyperactive zoomies, and then they crash out
Merry and Pippin, two baby rex rats, one blue/grey, the other white with pink eyes, curled up and napping in a cardboard box after their zoomies
September 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Today i am a climbing frame being used to escape their free roam pen.

Have pictures of squeeky pocket puppies
Merry and Pippin, two baby rex rats (one blue grey, the other white) playing with a foraging toy looking for treats Pippin, a baby blue/grey rex rat trying to figure out how to use his foraging toy Merry, a baby pink eyes white rex rat sitting in a cardboard hide covered in black duct tape
September 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Merry and Pippin wanted to come out and play
September 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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There is a Pippin somewhere under that pile of bedding. Merry is in the hut, chucking it all out and burying him with it
A pile of multi coloured paper bedding that's been pushed out of the hut, that can be seen behind it all. In the foreground, there is a pine cone and a bit of orange loofah
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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We have rats!!!

Merry and Pippin are home!!

Pippin is about half the size of Merry, but is only 2 days younger.

They're both settling in really quickly and, as you can see behind Merry, all but instantly pulled all the bedding out of their hut and trashed the place.

They're freaking adorable
Pippin, a tiny blue/grey rex rat sat up on his hind legs nibbling a treat Merry, a little pink eyes white rex rat digging through the substrate in their cage
September 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Sat outside in my jammies and slippers with a much needed joint

Thank you!
A white hand holding a joint between it's fingers. In the background of the image you can see black pj bottoms and grey boot style slippers. At the top left of the image, the yellow light from the street lamp and shadows on the pavement of the tree above have created a swirly, almost water like pattern where the shadows shifted during the exposure time
September 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Cannot wait for these two little scruff balls to come home

#FurBabies #RatsOfBlueSky
A baby Russian Blue rex rat sat in the hands of a tattooed woman An albino baby rex rat climbing up the forearm of a tattooed woman
September 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Not a WIP as I finished it last week, but I crocheted this little hanging hidey hole for the rats from Macrame cord. No pics as I have yet to start, but a matching hammock and climbing net are going to be made too
A white and grey hanging hidey hole for the rat cage, crocheted with 6mm macrame cord
September 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Just £20 or £30 means I can order these today and they should be here in time. I've just had £10 sent over (thank you!) so just £10-£20 more needed!!

#RatTax #MutualAid #HelpSky
An adorable albino baby Rex rat with off white fur and pink eyes sat in the hands of a tattooed woman
September 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Can anyone help with £20 or £30 towards this so I can order them tomorrow and help give my other half the birthday he deserves?

Cute rat tax included

#MutualAid #HelpSky 💕💸 ♿️
An adorable Russian Blue baby Rex rat sat in the hands of a tattooed woman
September 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM