Welcome to Irby's Rat Page
Why rats?
They are so much fun!  So loving and sweet!
And so smart!

Here are some pictures of our rats.  When I started this page in 2001, we had 2 boys, Buddy and Ricco, and 2 girls, Saria and Tara.  Tara had 12 babies in February, 2001, and we ended up keeping 5 of them - Little Rat, Lover Boy, Houdini (the boys), Abby, and Tabby (the girls).  Little Saria passed left us for the Bridge in the fall of 2001.  Abby, Ricco, Buddy, and Tabby all left us in the fall of 2002. Tara and Lover Boy joined the rest of our dear departed clan in the winter and spring of 2003. The last of the "Tara Era" rats, Little Rat and Houdini, left us for the bridge in August of 2003.

We brought 4 new boys into our Rat Clan in the spring of 2003, and they got to know Little Rat and Dini (Houdini) before the old rats left us. The new boys are brothers Spot and Fearless, and brothers Basil and Trouble. They are doing a great job of carrying on the tradition of being spoiled rotten around here. And, as with all of our rats, they are giving back so much love and affection!! That's why we are "owned" by rats!

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Tara's new babies - about 8 hours old. She had them the morning of February 15, 2001. There are 11 little squeakers! I'm keeping a journal on them here. Saria (left) and Tara, our newest addition to the Rat Clan. We had Tara about 1 week when this was taken. She was pregnant, but not showing yet!

Let us out, Dad!  Buddy and Ricco greet us at the cage door.

Let's run around! Also known as "Buddy's Big Butt!"

Rat pile!  The boys would rather sleep on TOP of their house.

Ricco (left) and Buddy check out a new cage.

Buddy says "Hello, what ya doing?"

Hi there, Buddy.

Watch out, Ricco! Bud and Riccie play on the couch in the Rat Room.
Saria the wheel runner!  Always spinning that wheel! Look what it does to her tail. She's such a sweet girl!

Buddy on the day we got him.

Our beautiful Saria...

Dance with me...

Snuggly brothers - Houdini (left) and Lover Boy

Snuggly brothers - Buddy and Ricco

Buddy looking like a sheep, snuggled in his blanket!

Goodnight, boys - Riccie gets scritches every night.

Houdini (left) and Little Rat say hello.

Think Riccie likes this?

Little Rat (left), Houdini, and Lover Boy.
Buddy gets scritches every night, too. He and Ricco run over to the corner of their cage and wait for the scritches when I get near!
Little rat sleeping off Thanksgiving dinner.

"Road trip" for the boys around the house! Not sure they are thrilled.

This is why you should get more than one rat.

"Let us down, Mom!"

Houdini Rat - Some pics of Tara's boy.
   

Spot waits for me. He's certainly a Daddy's boy!
 

Basil pins Spot as they jocky for my attention!
 
   
   
   

Some links:

Birthday for Little Rat, Houdini, and Lover Boy

 

Last Updated: 3/7/2005.