The girls

Sweet sisters: Poppy and Ember

Little Blue

Camille

Chile

I cannot believe it has almost been a year!

I cannot believe my boys will be one year old soon. The time has really flown!

They are such great boys too. Last night I had them out while I watched TV and they explored the table and couch a bit, but kept coming back to me in the recliner for scritches and a snuggle. Toby even took a nap in my lap for awhile. Although, I love all my ratties very much, Toby is a very special boy and has stolen my heart so completely. I think he knows it too! When I put them up for the evening Toby reaches for me or puts his little hands in the way so I cannot close the door and then looks at me with such soulful little eyes that I have to take him back out for a bit. He is spoiled and I could eat him up.
Toby




Felix

The girls are in this blog now too.

I also have a few girl ratties and was going to start them a separate blog. But have had a hard enough time keeping up with one blog. So have decided to post about them along with the boys. They are Poppy and Ember two beautiful sweet sisters. Poppy is a black Berkshire rex and Ember is a black English Irish. I also have Little Blue, an American blue Berkshire that fit right in with Poppy and Ember. They are all three very sweet girls that love to get goodies and come out to play on my bed. Then I have three younger girls: Chile is a beautiful fawn Berkshire Dumbo, Camille is a Himalayan Dumbo Rex and lastly baby Drew, she is an American Mink Berkshire Rex.

Baby Drew

Too many boys...

I have a friend that was also very in love with my boys and since I had so many of them and they were all getting so big for the Martin's (since the critter nation ended up not working out for us) I decided to let her take three of them: Dune, Casper and Miles. Which although , very hard at first ended up being a great choice for all of us. Now the boys are more comfortable and still get all the attention they deserve.

We are still here

I have not posted in forever...sorry. I went back to work full time in April and with the Rattery and a 2 year old it has been kind of hectic. The boys are doing great, as well as the girls. I eneded up switching the boys to a large Martin's cage...I had the double unit critter nation for my boys since Feb and although it is a beautiful cage. I was frustrated with it for several reasons. First the pans were too shallow for bedding so I had to use fleece, which the boys peed all over and then destroyed. So I was having to change the fleece like every 2 days at least and always running out of it. Also b/c of the shallow pans they would throw out a ton of poops/food stuff all the time. I was constantly having to vacuum around their cage (to keep my 2 year old from playing in or eating it :0) Lastly and the real kicker for me, living in a top floor apt, I was not able to take it outside to hose down and it was way too big and heavy to get in the shower. So even with wiping it down I could never get it clean enough (since pee would get in the grooves)
Overall it really is a nice cage and If I did not have so many rats to clean up after, maybe the fleece and poops on the floor would not bother me as much. But I think you would definitely need a way to hose it down good regularly. Most people that have a CN love them, so maybe I am too picky :) or maybe my boys are complete slobs :)either way the Martin's works better for us.
I ended up selling it to Carolina Rescue really cheap to help them out. Rather than save it and maybe not use it for awhile.

My Review of Critter Nation Double Unit with Stand

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Critter Nation Double Unit with Stand

My boys love their critter nation!

Casey Cary, NC 4/18/2009

 

5 5

Pros: Durable, Spacious, Attractive Design, Easy to Clean

Best Uses: Small Animals

Describe Yourself: Long-time Pet Owner

"I bought a double unit critter nation for my 5 rattie boys about 2 months ago and they love all the space they have now. I love how easy it is to clean and move (even though the cage is heavy) since it has casters, it glides along easily anywhere in my house. The doors open up the entire front of the cage, making it very easy to reach anywhere inside. My only small complaint is the pans, I wish they were a little bit deeper. I do use fleece and litter boxes with my boys, but they do not always use their little pans ;) and still throw quite a bit of stuff out every night and since they are constantly chewing up the fleece liners I wish I could use bedding. :) But compared to other cages on the market for rats, this is hands down the best choice. I also like that the shelves and bottom are solid, so safer for their little feet. It looks more like furniture than a cage. Ours is kept in the living room and looks very nice."

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