Ratty ID please? :)

[JessyH]

I'm completely new to rat types, so I apologise if these two are obvious!



Ella;



Bertha;



Got them today, I'm so happy
xxx

[LisaLQ]

Black roan dumbo and agouti hooded dumbo

[JessyH]

thankyou haha
it's so amazing how different their personalities are, Ella (agouti) is very friendly and lazy, where as Bertha is quite timid and skitty. eeee im so happy I have ratties <3

[LisaLQ]

Congrats, they are very pretty

If they're from the pet shop, skittish is normal, as pet shop rats usually come from rodent farms like this one:
Fancy Rats &bull; View topic - Visit to a rodent farm (with pics!)

...so they have little handling at all.

[sugarbunny891]

Look forward to the next few years of fabulous friendships

[bosshogg]

Originally Posted by LisaLQ

Congrats, they are very pretty

If they're from the pet shop, skittish is normal, as pet shop rats usually come from rodent farms like this one:
Fancy Rats &bull; View topic - Visit to a rodent farm (with pics!)

...so they have little handling at all.

maybe you should say thats in the Netherlands? most pets shop get there rodents from Simon rodents or small breeders

there Lovely ratties each rat has there different personalties some or just more out going I am sure the other will come around with handline

[LisaLQ]

And you think Simon's rodents is any better? Crikey! From what I hear, most definitely not.

Edited to add - just because those pics are taken in the Netherlands doesn't make the rodent farms in the Uk any better. I have heard from people who visit them and they are just as bad as these, if not worse.

Which is why I wont ever buy pet shop animals again. Those "small breeders" the pet shop tell you about - they're rodent farms too.

[KathyM]

The roan doesn't look black on my monitor, possibly blue? Can't tell which blue though.

I won't even start on Simon's Rodents, they're foul, I've had the fallout here.