little rat things

thelaughingrat:

therodentqueen:

• grabby hands

• tails hanging out of the cage

• offended looks on rat faces when humans play with tails hanging out of the cage

• snubbing a non-favorite treat, then waiting until human is out of sight to eat it anyway

• shoving nose inside human’s ear with no warning whatsoever

• waiting until human goes to bed to rearrange cage/take a long drink from the water bottle/shred some cardboard

Also:

Standing way up on the tiptoes to get a better sniff

Having a slap fight with the cagemate when they both try to drink out of the bottle at the same time

Getting a treat, stashing it, and running back for another treat

Cleaning the human’s fingernails

BITE!!! the human toes if they have socks hiding them

Groom, groom, groom, groom, groom the whole rat-self except the tail

Excited little footie thumps when they run across a bare floor