So, today I went to visit a breeder to pick a third rat. I'd had just a few small doubts about the choice I'd made just by looking at photos of the baby rats on her webpage. But when I saw the darling in real life, all those were gone.

I named her Garnet, and she's agouti coloured with "badger" type markings. Very cute. I'd had doubts simply because of the fact that the breeder had originally thought she'd be a "husky" which means she'd lose her colour over time. Which she apparently isn't since she hasn't gotten lighter already. :3

The funny thing is, that I went there to get one baby but left with two rats. The breeder had recently gotten back a few females that had been living with another breeder who'd apparently come to the conclusion they couldn't take care of so many rats. They were already four months old (exact birthday wasn't known) and didn't even have names. So I named the cutie mink masked/capped(not exactly sure which one she is) femme Crystal.

So I brought them home and put them in the cage with Opal and Amber. They immediately got along, as was expected - they're rats, after all, and females at that. Silly Garnet's trying to dominate the others - she's quite rude for her age :'D But Amber and Opal have been showing her her place. They were already all sleeping together in the hammock I have hung up in the cage, so cute.

Just watching them makes me smile.
I can't understand how I didn't realise earlier what wonderful creatures rats are. I'd always liked them but that's it, pretty much.. but when Opal and Amber were born and I held them for the first time.. I guess I could say it was love at first sight, haha. They're so curious, so intelligent and love attention and affection.. They make a perfect pet. <3

And no, all this hype about my rats does not mean I'm neglecting my cat, far from it.. I'm planning on having her have kittens before she's spayed. :3 We've already found a pretty good father candidate, I'll just have to take care of Mako's vaccinations and such first. My friends have been pretty excited about the thought - there're two that actually talked me into this. They really want Mako's kitties. o: And all this time I've had her I've been considering kittens, since I'd love to have two cats. So, now it's settled. It's a bit time-consuming though.. And at the moment, Mako is in heat and pretty much driving me crazy with the noise she makes :'D I have to lock her up in another room every night to be able to sleep.. I hope it'd pass soon cause I don't exactly enjoy treating her like this.