GRPP (i.e. gratuitous rat picture post)

[ratcreature]

I took a bunch of photos, and on some the little ones were even visible as more than a gray blur or a giant nose pressed against the lens (they find the camera very interesting) and you can see their different kinds of gray a bit better too.
















Unrelated to rats, can anyone point me to a picture of what exactly a Victoria's Secret catalog looks like? Or describe it to me? I'm trying to do some Dresden Files fanart, a picture of Bob's skull on his shelf, and I have no idea what this underwear catalog looks like, i.e. its format, how thick it is, the logo used etc. When I try google image search the results are predictably of underwear models and such, not photos showing me the catalog. :/

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[nightchik.livejournal.com]

official site catalogs:
http://www2.victoriassecret.com/catalogue/view/cover.cfm?ctlg_cde=1Q&rfnbr=2908

flickr links - catalog in action!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/56635145@N00/385976999/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rsmommy/294664658/
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=152687070&size=o
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgp55555/383776627/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gerard_yates/211065893/

Hope those are helpful.

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[ratcreature]

Thank you! Definitely useful.

[brownbetty]

They look awful cute. And sorta friendly! Are they going to grow much larger?

[ratcreature]

Yeah. Most likely they are going to be larger than Krümel, once they're grown. Because that breeder's male rats are all 600-700g while Krümel is a bit under 500g now and not likely to grow much more. Currently they are 150g, and that is almost twice of what Krümel's weight at that age was. But they are very friendly. Krümel is a bit skittish, especially with people he doesn't know. I'm not sure why. And worse with the vet. I had to bring him recently because he started sneezing, and he fought and squeaked, and kicked, and once in a later visit he even snapped at the vet's assistant. In the end they even handled him with leather gloves and a towel once... It was extenuating circumstances though, I mean immediately afterwards he already to run to me and hide in my sweater and let me pet and console him, so he is far more cuddly when you don't try to inject something into him.

[brownbetty]

Well, it's nice they're so socialized. What's going to be their adult length, then?

[ratcreature]

They probably won't be that much longer than Krümel, at most 25cm stretched out but without the tail, maybe a bit shorter. They have the right size to comfortably lie on your lower arm. :)

[marinarusalka.livejournal.com]

Aww. The ratties are really cute.

[ratcreature]

The best thing is that the babies have really amazingly soft fur too.

What's funny is, when I have to bring one of my rats to the vet, and am in public transport, and other people see them in their transport box, there's always a few people asking what kind of animal that is, even though they're visible, and say how cute they look, even the adult ones, and I had people suspect anything from mice to hamsters to guinea pigs (seriously, wtf? guinea pigs?), and then I say that it's a rat and they're like "but not the same kind as in the sewers??" and I'm "well, mine are tame and I didn't catch them in the wild, but it's the same kind" and they are "o.O!" I have no idea whether some people expect dog-sized horror monsters with huge pointy teeth or something, when they hear "rat" but it never ceases to amuse me that not everybody recognizes a plain rat just because it sits somewhere making cute eyes at them instead of running away.

[bethbethbeth.livejournal.com]

Oh! Look at their wee little hands!

Um.

Paws! *g*

[ratcreature]

The lack of opposable thumbs doesn't seem to hinder them much when it comes to grabbing things, so calling them "hands" isn't too far off. When they try to grab large amounts of food or nesting material from you, they can also gather that in their arms front legs and hop away on just their hind legs with an arm full of stuff.

[red-eft.livejournal.com]

Awww, lookit their little twitchy noses. So cute!

[ratcreature]

Yeah, baby rats are adorable. You make cooing "awww" noises even while they destroy your stuff. ;)