Well, some of you know that I breed fancy rats, and have done so since '94.
Yesterday, my girl Joule gave birth to her litter, by a buck named Jolt. It occured to me that those are two very super-heroic names (and googling them shows that, indeed, there are comic book superheroes bearing both names.)
So I decided to name the litter after the signature heroes/Freedom Phalanx characters that I liked best.
I'll post pictures when they're big and have fur and are cute (because newborns are totally not cute, LOL) but right now, I'm just pleased to welcome new, squeaky versions of Statesman, Positron, Manticore, Back Alley Brawler, Synapse, Citadel, Numina, Sister Psyche, and War Witch to the world. <3
Awwwwww! And they've already formed their first SG... that's so cute! ;D
I'd so wanna call them Paws-itron and Sister Squeaky though... maybe that's just me? :)
Edit: *waves to the little guys* Hi guys! Pleasure to meetcha!
D'awwww.
Rats are cool.
(and cute :P)
And tasty, judging by your avatar...
I have a very strong suspicion that real War Witch would get a huge kick out of this.
Quote from: Triplash on December 09, 2012, 09:15:48 PM
I'd so wanna call them Paws-itron and Sister Squeaky though... maybe that's just me? :)
Triplash, you have earned a time-out. Go to the corner and think about what you've done. That is your Pun-ishment.
Quote from: Merseine on December 09, 2012, 09:39:42 PM
Triplash, you have earned a time-out. Go to the corner and think about what you've done. That is your Pun-ishment.
*sticks out bottom lip and trudges off*
*a few minutes later you hear snoring sounds coming from the corner*
LOL! Well played! ;D
Quote from: dwturducken on December 09, 2012, 09:36:53 PM
And tasty, judging by your avatar...
I have a very strong suspicion that real War Witch would get a huge kick out of this.
I'm confused... tasty? O.o My avatar is a baby rat with butterfly wings!
And I suspect you're right - Matt Millar and Melissa Bianco will definitely get tweets with pics when "their" babies are big and wide-eyed :)
Quote from: Feycat on December 10, 2012, 01:08:54 AM
I'm confused... tasty? O.o My avatar is a baby rat with butterfly wings!
And I suspect you're right - Matt Millar and Melissa Bianco will definitely get tweets with pics when "their" babies are big and wide-eyed :)
Turducken meant my avatar, since his post was after mine and the fact it's a cat.
;)
Quote from: Arachnion on December 10, 2012, 01:15:55 AM
Turducken meant my avatar, since his post was after mine and the fact it's a cat.
;)
Ahh, I getcha!
That's funny, my cats all want nothin' to do with my rats. They're much more likely to be the chased than the chasee, should any togethertime be authorized (Which it generally is not!)
Thought people might like to "follow along" as they develop :)
I know TECHNICALLY the third female should be Penelope Yin and not War Witch, but meh.
http://www.bvrattery.com/litters/joult.html
Quote from: Feycat on December 09, 2012, 08:51:10 PM
Well, some of you know that I breed fancy rats, and have done so since '94.
Yesterday, my girl Joule gave birth to her litter, by a buck named Jolt.
"Stud" rats are called "bucks?"
That may be the strangest fact I have learned this year.
Quote from: faith.grins on December 14, 2012, 12:38:41 AM
"Stud" rats are called "bucks?"
That may be the strangest fact I have learned this year.
Yup, and girls are does :)
Merry CrRATSmas!
(https://i.imgur.com/lqs8Qs.jpg)
Somehow "Doe, a rat, a female rat" doesn't have quite the same ring to it.
ORLY?
(https://i.imgur.com/HFeVr.gif)
Quote from: Feycat on December 14, 2012, 03:44:58 AM
Yup, and girls are does :)
And the babies, IIRC from my days as a lab tech, are called "pups."
OMGAH so cuuute! :D
Lookit little Statesman's pics (http://www.bvrattery.com/litters/joult/statesman_baby.html). That first one, dated December 13th. Look how he's all up and proud, supporting his upper body with those little feets! That rat couldn't have been better named.
Quote from: Kaiser Tarantula on December 16, 2012, 02:44:55 PM
That rat couldn't have been better named.
I can't help but notice while I took pictures today that a lot of them are quite fitting to their names...
Statesman took three perfect pictures. Everyone else needed 10+ to get a good one.
Manticore is terribly willful. He does not like his picture taken.
Synapse was just a blur. The camera didn't like to focus on him.
Brawler is extremely strong for his age. You can feel his muscles already!
Posi is... well. He's plump. Quite plump.
Gonna upload these new pics in a couple hours when I get done with dinner :)
(https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.bvrattery.com%2Flitters%2Fjoult%2Fbab5.jpg)
Back Alley Brawler
(https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.bvrattery.com%2Flitters%2Fjoult%2Fcitadel5.jpg)
Citadel
(https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.bvrattery.com%2Flitters%2Fjoult%2Fmanticore5.jpg)
Manticore
(https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.bvrattery.com%2Flitters%2Fjoult%2Fnumina5.jpg)
Numina
(https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.bvrattery.com%2Flitters%2Fjoult%2Fpositron5.jpg)
Positron
(https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.bvrattery.com%2Flitters%2Fjoult%2Fsister5.jpg)
Sister Psyche
(https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.bvrattery.com%2Flitters%2Fjoult%2Fstatesman5.jpg)
Statesman
(https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.bvrattery.com%2Flitters%2Fjoult%2Fsynapse5.jpg)
Synapse
(https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.bvrattery.com%2Flitters%2Fjoult%2Fwarwitch5.jpg)
War Witch
All you need to do is toss in some egg "Arachnos" troops and Lord Reclusepizza and watch them go to town.
These adorable rats are my daily dose of cute. Gah, so adorable.
*gives Feycat a big spidery hug*
I still say little Statesman there is amazingly appropriately named. Lookit him, he's a rodent boy-scout.
*melts into a cuteness-induced puddle*
*pictures the wee babies sleeping like this for Christmas*
(https://i.imgur.com/0RCBil.jpg)
D'awww, little white Citadel is adorbs!
Quote from: Aggelakis on December 25, 2012, 05:37:24 PM
D'awww, little white Citadel is adorbs!
Citadel's actually a siamese!
He'll look like this when he's grownup:
(https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.bvrattery.com%2Fimages%2Fboys%2Fmadigan.jpg)