"Rthhhrrrroo?" I mean, that’s what I imagine the rat version of "Barrrooo?" to be.
Of course you totally have to roll your tongue when you say it.
But you already kneeeeew that! [singsong]
Nice work, sender-inner Raven and Pocket Pet "Tsukasa".
Rthhhrrrroo?
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Surprised little whisker-kins. He just saw a mirror and realised how cute he is.
*first* to say, oooh, little squirmy thing.
Rats are cute. Baby rats and dumbo rats are cuter. Baby dumbo rats are ridiculous.
*sigh*
I miss my own ratties. I had three wingnuts in my last batch, too.
Mi casa es Tsukasa.
Recent scientific studies show that Arvay is correct–dumbo rats are ridiculous.
Still, I will consent to snorgle this little guy.
Awww, the little guy can’t be more than two weeks old. So cute!
i wants to kees eet!!!
loferly!!
omg.. lurve it..
Could not possibly be cuter. I don’t know how anyone can dislike these lovely little rodents <3
That literally made my mouth fall open and stupid laughter come out–totally involuntary. So cute.
Basmooch lil ratlet… My sister had a rat named “Kiss” that she smuggled onto a plane once (this was about 10 years ago). She tucked Kiss into her shirt and was going through security, trying to act all cool whilst ratty fingernails tickled her in tender spots. It was hilarious. She made it through too.
“I think so, Brain, but I get all wiggly when they try to measure my inseam.”
How do you say “baroo?” in rodenteese? He is too precious!
Ok, nevermind, just read the rest of Meg’s comment. been a long day – he’s still precious!
Oh. my. What a teensy weensy beensy baby rattie! Look at the fingers! Look at the sweetie-mouf! Look at the sweetie-eyes! Look at the sweetie! You guyses are going to win me over yet, with ratties this cute! Oh. my.
Ratonkulous!
More wingnut ritten goodness:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dallsopp/139032997/in/pool-cutenfurry/
Little pink fingerlings! Little pink schnozz! Rosebud mouf! Arrrrghhh! Too much Qte!
Look at the wee mouth – this rat is singing! Wonder which oper-rat-ta it’s singing from?
Would it still be cute if we could see the naked tail and unmentionable parts? Do white whiskers, pink toes, little mouth, sweet expression cancel out naked tail and hind ends? So far.
That is not cute at all.
Egad. What a creepy little animule.
*awwwwws* I just want to give it some Yogies!
I lurve squishy baby watties!
Looks like a baby possum to me.
Where did *that* comment come from? (besides out of left field…)
Anyways, Aubrey, I think the oper-ratta he’s singing in is Pi-rats of Penzance. He wants to be the Pi-rat King, but he’s too wittle!
Behbeh wat: “Hello. My name is Edith Ann. My mother says I am very cute. She says I am beautiful. And cute. Yup, she does. That’s me, cute and beautiful,…and cute. So, thlphthlphthlplplplp.
Now where’s my big rocking chair. Oh, I’m sittin’ on it. I didn’t even see it. Because it’s so big. Hee. (looking around, twiddling feet.) And that’s the truth.”
useta hada kitteh – Mentioning pirates. Today is the DVD release date of Pirates of the Caribbean, DMC. I’ve had to live without since Aug. 18. Now I’m happy.
I know,,, NOTHING to do with operas. Carry on.
Holy cow! Err…holy rat! Oh, there’s a tender spot in my heart for those lil babies. This may, in fact, be the apex of cute.
Ooo. He could also be singing T-rat-viata, as in, It is ob-viata that this is the cutest little rattie in the Whole World, with the exception of my Bert and Nugget. But one of my next ratties will definitely be a “wingnut” (heehee, Arvay).
Perhaps he is singing Le Merry Rat de Figaro.
Since someone mentioned pirates, I’m reminded that today is (was) International Ninja Day – I made the link as pirates are locked in deadly battle with ninjas, except for holidays such as today.
The little rattie is so tiny and needs to be cuddled immediately – the world is a scary place, little guy!
*obviously a different Elizabeth than the one up there*
LOOOOOOOVE!
I miss my rats so bad. His owner needs to let me have him. ^_^
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My first thought also was that he was singing. I can almost hear his little teeny tiny “boy choir” tenor voice from here.
And dang it, but you’ve converted me. No one could EVER convince me a rat was cute. Until now. I stand corrected. *sigh*
ohhhhh, i will gives you a teeny tiny ratty kees!
and you will loves eet!
Aww. I love rodents. I don’t get how people couldn’t love their cuteness. Yes, even the tails and little rattocks.
I think this little rattikins has his mouth open in a very vocal protest of the fact that rats are illegal to have as pets in Alberta. I join my voice with his. I want a ratty!
oh my gawd….. my biological clock is squeaking!!! want to mother the little one. So lucky RAven – I am completely jealous
could I just snuggle him up to my busooms one time? Ok, maybe twice, but that’s it… I .. Ok, 3 times, but that’s all…
Good thing I’m not going to squee myself tonight…
Oh sweet merciful heavens…Has someone seen my ovaries? They should be entering low-earth orbit right about now…
That kind of cuteness should be a controlled substance!
–TwoDragons
Little rattiekins looks like he just woke up… and found himself, inexplicably, on an expanse of psychedelic burnt-orange corduroy. But don’t you worry, little rodent… I spy Mom’s snaky naked tail in the background…
A co-worker has a tame rat that her son gave her and she does not want it *at all*. I really wish I could take it, but my dogs…..sigh. Watties is so ke-yute!
I am so so sorry. I have a phobia this just made my knees go weak. Now I won’t get off my couch until my cat comes to guide me through my living room and into the bedroom. Thanks Meg =(
Pinky Cutey Goodness!
Dang! Either that’s a really teeny ratty, or that’s some honkin’ wide wale corduroy…
What a perfect little O shaped mouth.
This lil’ guy (gal?) looks like he’s performing in the all-rat production of “Are You My Mother?”
Too Cute!
awwwww… fuzzy sweetie… i love it when the babies start licking my hands whenever i’m with them… they like to wrestle them too….awwww
http://www.flickr.com/photos/65464269@N00/?saved=1
I’ve seen the movie “Willard” too many times to think that rats are cute.-Woods Walker
I normally think rats ARE cute, but not that. Sorry.
i was looking up dumbo rats and found this: http://animal-world.com/encyclo/featured_pets/Critters/Darla/BabyAndMom_.jpg !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eeeeeee! Rosie – you just keeled me!
OMG!!! The feet! The mouf! The nose! AIEEE!!!!
Rosie!!!! Have mercy!!!!!
crankypants said “I will gives you a teeny tiny ratty kees”… anyone remember Topo Gigio, the mousey puppet that made regular appearances on the Ed Sullivan show? “Eddie…Eddie, kees me goodnight…”
Smiles.
gaaahhh! Dumbo ratties!! They so elephantlicious. Me wants to kees them.
Oh. My. Gosh.
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
That is all kinds of serious, scary cute.
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Oh. my. god. Until about five years ago, my family had that exact same orange corduroy upholstery on our couches! I kinda miss it.
Sorta makes me think of this guy (’bout halfway down the page): http://www.thingsthatmakeyougoaahh.com/2006/05/inbox-splurge.html
Be sure to go to the flickr link that jamela mentions above! (LOVE the pic of the handful of ratty babies!!!)
&:o)
Teeny rodent babies are ADORABLE!
Question: What is a “wing-nut” rat???
Private – Stand down and prepare to be discharged by the Sergeant for behaviour unbecoming of a Cute Officer.
Perhaps he’s singing Bohemian Rat-sody. Or singing bar-rat-one in Madama Ratterfly, as Pinker-toes (or if this is a girl rat, singing sop-rat-o as Toe-toe-san).
Has anyone seen the new DreamWorks movie Flushed Away? If you like rats you will like it! (sing song) And if you like Wallace & Gromit. The movie copies scenes from other movies and tv shows; in case you see it and wonder why you’re having de ja vu. The movie also uses a lot of Brit/Euro humor, including Brit tv shows so that could make one wonder too – like you know there was something funny but what was it?
pyrit, I love W & G. “Let’s have some cheese, Gromit.”
Private–if you’re sincere, kudos to you! Stay hanging here and you’ll never do anything not-cute again.
I always find it strange how people just assume everyone finds a naked rat tail ‘gross’. How is it gross? I think their tails are gorgeous, and they serve the very necessary function of controlling the animal’s body temperature.
‘Its bald’ isn’t a good enough reason, as far as Im concerned. Human beings are completely bald, and human babies are horrible bald squishy things but I don’t hear people claimng they’re gross.
Rat tails are lovely and smooth and silky. Its just a neurosis certain people have about them and try to imply its logical in some way.
Baby dumbos are one of the cutest things on earth. I just a new one to add to the ever growing family of ratties.
*melted puddle of Erin-goo*
Goodness! Never knew rats could be so utterly sweet-looking! Look at his little feetses all spread out on spread, no pun intended. He looks like a little Disney character or something.
Awwww, I needed that cute. Cute & sweet. Cweet?
This guy is too sweet.
But is he big enough to snorgle yet?
It’s hard to judge the scale (wide wale corderoy or very wide…)
Maybe he’d make a nice nose cover.
FYI-This doesn’t look like a baby possum.
The Invasion of the California Marsupials continues here.
Now they are cleared out of the laundry room, but they are still coming in shortly after dark all the time.
I consider it all Meg’s fault.
I’m beginning to find the smallest ones cute, which makes it really hard to be sufficiently intimidating in shooing them out,
Somebody post a pic of a dumbo rat so I can see what you all are raving about.
Or can I really handle teh additional cute? Still recovering from this little guy.
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=dumbo+rat&btnG=Search+Images
dumbo rattie pics at your service…
Quite frankly, I think the sound he would make would be something more like “eek” but that’s just me.
dumbo rattie pics at your service…
Posted by: ceejoe
K, thanks! Most of that was indeed squee-worthy! ‘Cept for the dead one in the gutter. That kinda harshed my cute there.
ceejoe: Can you show me what a “wing-nut” rattie is too???
&:o?
He looks like he’s saying, “No, wait a minute, there’s more…!”
GreenEyed Hawk – as a fellow Albertan, I also mourn the ridiculous rattie ban. I have always thought they are adorable… but this is the first time I’ve wanted to put a rattie in my mouf. Oh, and Rosie – baby dumbo rat is tew kewt!!!
Here’s a picture of a rat named Wingnut: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://acrorats.homestead.com/aero_sliding_down_website.JPG&imgrefurl=http://acrorats.homestead.com/photos.html&h=271&w=200&sz=6&hl=en&start=4&tbnid=VlNpggCxYNZclM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=83&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwing%2Bnut%2Brat%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG
That’s all I could come up with.
) Someone else will have to help us with explaining what a wingnut ratty actually is…
Oh my, those Dumbo ratties are aDORable!!
I’ve always had a thing for big ears…
This is so sweet. He looks like I feel: totally helpless and vulnerable. Afraid I don’t look that cute doing it though.
Wingnuts :
http://www.global-metals.com/images/wingnut.jpg
Sometimes a person whose ears stick out is called a wingnut. Not by *me*.
thanks for the lol, pyrit…
Hmmm, wouldn’t rattie “baroo” sound something like: “chu—rooo” ?
I haven’t had rats for several years, I had 4 brothers and they all went to Rainbow bridge within a month of each other, and it was such a hard loss for us. I still miss their hilarious ways.
Rats, by the way are smart, and more easily trained than dogs IMHO. Mine were inventing behaviors to show me, to see if the behaviors were treat worthy. But they only live about 4 years or so.
If they’d come up with a breed of rat that lives 8-10 years, I might consider ratties again.
Hmm…pyrit, that wingnut on the left reminds me of someone who lives in D.C.
Redz – That is an insult to wingnuts everywhere.
I agree. Pyrit’s picture of the wingnut has more brains…
Awwww, just make me feel bad about having called my dumbos wingnuts, why dontcha? Next thing, you’ll be telling me that I cannot call my rabbits doofi!
Here are piccies of my latewingnuts:
http://www.danceswithrats.com/threedumbos.html
http://www.danceswithrats.com/threedumbos2.html
http://www.danceswithrats.com/threedumbos3.html
This is Gluon, who was the last of the wingnuts to leave me. I still miss him. :*
http://www.danceswithrats.com/gluonalone.html
small ratty is sooooooooo lovely and has cheered up my day:)
WHOA! Sorry guys! My computer (loaner craptop) barfed! Teho! Teho! Halp! Please delete the multis!
Samsuma, some people have phobias of large dogs, too. And some have phobias of horses. Yet somehow, when Meg posts piccies of large dogs or horses, said phobics manage to survive.
Arvay, Hilbert is so cute!
Arvay, not being familiar with the name Gluon I thought the other two rats might be named Stickon and Magnetic, but I see I was wrong. Very cute boys, though…
Thanks, Jaypo. All three of my wingnuts were from a large-scale rescue from a mill, and were inbred and in poor health. Consequently, Hilbert lost his upper incisors when he was just under a year old. Po’ toofless guy! I fed him baby food, mashed bananas, and avocadoes until he had gotten used to living as a toofless guy. Then I pounded his regular grain mix in a mortar for him, and he was able to eat like that.
But he always had a funny appearance!
LOL Peg! All of my rats have been named after either mathematicians or particles, with the exception of the rescues that I got as adults–they got to keep their original names.
With the exception of Flour. He came with the name Flower (???). I just changed the spelling to something I could deal with. 
***Aint so cute when it runs infront of you on the subway platform.***
Mmm, obvy peeps like the ratz. Me, not so much. I keep coming back to the page to see if any cuteness has developed. Nope. Not me. Uh uh. Just the thought of those nails scratching on the sheets…
Sorry, peeps, can’t do it. Don’t see the cute.
Flour’s a fine name, Arvay, especially if you have Butter, Sugar, and Egg for siblings.
Can’t you just see the little ratlet singing in that high pitched mogwai trill? OooooOOOOOoooooooo….’Sqweeee! Me head just popped with the cuteness!
Arvay — dem dups is dumped.
Cool. Thanks, Teho!
And Peg, I had been thinking of naming my next set of “particles” Proton, Neutron, and Crouton! Hehehe
This is the cutest thing that I ever seen!!!!!
All the Dumbo Ratties look like they should be wearing little hats! Very cute!
Just to answer the question: “Wingnut” is a nickname for dumbo rats. Dumbo rats are so called because their ears are lower (on the sides of their heads rather than on the top) and a bit larger than regular rats, and it looks like the Disney elephant. Yup, they’re named after a cartoon. Wingnut seems like a pretty good comparison, too .. . .
Hey, Arvay, can’t you have ratties where you’re living now?
Stoopid landlord won’t allow pets. (The rabbits don’t technically exist. What rabbits?)
I’m back again and I steel lurve heem!
Ode to A Ratlet
Little Ratlet
Fair of face
Sweet countenance
Innocent and tiny soul
Capable of such dear expression
As to delight all
Who cherish innocence
In the young and helpless
Vulnerable and new
Little ones
Which need our care
And who make compassion
An aching thing
Because it is rare
For those who care
And the world relentless
In its disinterest
for defenseless little ones
Like you
Live long, little Ratlet
That you may delight
Another sad soul such as I
tiny mctinersons. I wub him.
So kewt.
Arvay, I loved the pics of your ratties. I’ve never had rats myself, but I’ve had many a guinea pig and am now the proud (?) owner of two crazy cats. I think rats are out of the picture for a while… But I’m fascinated by them. Even the kind that run in front of you in a dark alley.
Hey, has anyone ever read “Rats” by Robert Sullivan? It tells the story of how rats arrived in the USA (and the alley where he observed his rats is in my neighborhood!). Pretty interesting even if it’s not super well-written.
“When I’m calling yoooouu–oooo-ooooooo-oooo-oooooo…”
Oh my gawd that thing is exactly seven corduroy wales wide.
What a delicious little ball of love! I want one! Although I’m sure my kitty wants one even more, and that might be a problem…
Yes, Alexis, I read “Rats”. It was fascinating.
@Carolina:
That’s a beautiful poem!
Hi Arvay!!!! I survived!!! Didn’t say I did’nt!!! (((waving at ya))) I open this page everyday. Rats make me squeemish. Sorry that bothers you, but rats bother me. I like everything else though. I even owned gerbels and hamsters and guinea pigs and prarie dogs. I cannot explain the phobia, its just there. Sorry you are so offended.
Shadyman: thank you.
Ssamsuma, congRATulations on your survival! I am not offended. I was just making a point.
What are pet prairie dogs like?
omg…the cuteness of the baby ratty…IT BURNS…
I should post on of my entire brood from a few years back…this one looks like my little Mountaineer Bobby that I had…too adorable…
We need more rats on this site. Ratties RULE!
(Harlie and Reggie say ‘eeep’)
OMG! That baby rat is so cute!
I miss when my rats where little babys but now there almost 1 year old! Mine are hooded. But that baby is just so amazingly cute
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