today's renewed lesson in living with pet rats:

[ratcreature]

You should not try to eat a sandwich during your rats' playtime. They have very definite ideas about sharing tasty food ("it's mine if you can't hold onto it or eat it faster"), and it is near impossible to get in a bite while shoving three greedy rats away from your cheese sandwich with the hand not holding it. I knew this of course, but somehow still felt like getting myself a sandwich. Well, I ended up sharing some of the cheese and eating the rest very quickly.

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[ratcreature]

My rats' favorite treat is actually good for them: I give them bits broken off from whole grain rice waffles. Even the organic ones are cheaper than the pet store stuff, and they are just popped grain, no sugar, fat or salt. And yet every rat I've known loved these. The only thing better are eggs.