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Haha, brilliant picture!
It’s funny, I’ve had so many pets, and I’ve loved them all SO much but almost twenty years after my rat Norpan died, I can barely talk about her without getting teary-eyed. She was so clever, she’d use a litter box just like a cat and lived free of the cage in my room. Every morning she woke me up by nibbling on my toes. My mother, who was so hesitant at the time, loved that rat so much by the end that she was bawling when we were forced to put her to sleep.
Anyway, this made me think of her. I loved that rat so much I couldn’t bear getting another one. This one’s paws made me think of her, like little hands.
♫♪ Now I just wanna play on my pan pipes ♫♪
and the rest of the band!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/8166782.stm
RATS RULE!
(i miss my ratties, so sad they have such short lives :cries: )
But does he perform Muscat Love?
Whoops! Make that Muskrat Love!
NTMTOM: You get 12 points out of 10 for that write-up! Awesome. Especially the Q-Tel, LOL!! *respectful applause*
“Careless Whisker” killed me
Brilliant…
A rat playing a pan flute. That wins the MMRA – Monday Morning Random Award. lolol
Does he play Shake Rat-tle and Roll?
love his little leeep on the flute… His expression is too much!
Ratsody in Blue
Hey play “Rat’s in the Bagel”!
Best ever. Seriously, I think that’s the most brilliant write-up I’ve seen yet. LOVE EET!
I could do nothing but burst out laughing at this!
FREEBIRD!
If there’s a DVD, I’ve got my credit card.
Does he take requests? I wanna hear If You Don’t Gnaw Me By Now…
Luv the widdle tongue!!!
I hear his next project is a cover of Rat Stevens songs. (groans at self for bad pun)
the hovertext killed me! lmao
@Linda, I feel your pain. I’ve had 25 ratties over the years and they are, indeed, a very wonderful and special companion animal. I can’t imagine my life without them. I still tear up over several rats on the anniversary of their death. They live such short, but happy lives and I have learned so much from them. My current rat, Pinky, throws his food dish off the edge of the table when he’s finished to announce the completion of his meal. “I’m done; here’s my dish!”
Does he do a rendition of “Rat’s in the Cradle”? Lol.
Like many others here, I really miss my rattie. My parents thought I was crazy for getting her initially, but we all became incredibly attached to her. She was like a little dog. Rats make such great pets. RIP Luna. I still miss you.
@Linda: You’re Swedish, right? Norpan <3 (if not, well, that's a very Swedish-sounding name for a rat
)
I just love them so much, and I really think there is a severe shortage of beautiful rattie-pictures on CO!
I have 5 rats, it seems to me they're always sick in some way
I'd rather be a rattie than a girl! Yes I would!! If I could, I surely would!!
The little tongue, the little tongue! How completely precious! I want a big poster for my bedroom wall of my new musical idol!
(My current rattie Atooq likes to groom me, nibblenibblenibble lick lick. His tongue is every bit as cute as this photo.)
NTMTOM, don’t you mean … Zamfur?
(sorry, the proofreader in me never stops …)
Love the “Rat Stevens” reference.
Also love Nucleus for (relatively obscure) S & G reference….
I can hear the rat-a-tat-tat of the accompanying drums. No more Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy, etc. but the Rack Pack lives on!
I’m in love with Rattie McFlooferman! I’ve heard they make amazing pets… but their short lifespan would just break my heart.
Love my ratties, though sometimes they can drive me up the wall! Like the time Maddie decided to steal most of the keys off my laptop and hide them around my kitchen and when she decided to chew through my bf’s iphone cable. You can’t stay mad at them for long though!
I didn’t know you could make a flute out of rigatoni. At once melodic and delicious.
My guess is that’s not Smashing Pumpkins he’s playing.
Seriously, could those little paws be cuter?
Leetle hands!!
Can he play “Lucy in the Sky With Cheese”?
this is classic c.o!
Makes me think of that South Park episode with the guinea pigs….
@Von Zep
And you know what would go really well with the pasta pipes? Ratatouille!
Ratty tongue!!! Ratty tongue!!! Eeeeeee!!! *thunk*
RE: Crimson’s link reference on comment #3:
Ellen van Deelin’s photography of Ratties rocks!!!! I’ve seen her Rat Band piks before; she has also photographed them with other teeney props, like baby carriages; eating various foods; and playing with their toys….I admire her work so much, and I’m so glad she’s on CO…..
Yay for rats on C.O.! They are such special little creatures. And that little tongue….:::::THUD::::
My objection to rats is no bladder control, having used a bedroom where a pet rat was free to roam.
Anyhoo I am sure Rattie sounds better than George Zamfir, it’s pleasant enough to
begin with but quickly grates on the nerves.
@ Crimson: so sorry about your ratties; how sad that they have such short lives;
A pet, whatever it happens to be, is dearly loved and sadly missed…♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
I don’t know what I’m doing right, but my last three rats have almost never piddled when we are playing “Climb all over the bed”. They also only poop on the bed if I scare them pretty bad. Once I started putting ratties in big enough cages they will pick a corner to be the toilet and mostly go there but it is true they aren’t quite like dogs and cats for housebreaking.
I wish I were home with my rat right now.
What a perfect moment for a picture, I’m surprised he’s not nomming on it with this little teeth.
Does he do Lady Gaga covers?
I’ve never had a rattie, but I sure do love them. They’re beautiful, smart, funny critters. A fellow humane society volunteer has two rats (plus two gerbils and a hamster), and she adores them.
You are all awesome, and NTMTOM and Mr. Zamfir are Rat-tastic!
PS Is it me, or does Zamfir’s repertoire overlap with Buckwheat’s?
“Unce, tice fee times a mady . . .”
Do I see Furry McCritterson’s nose, paws, whiskers and TONGUE in close-up all in the same picture?
*dissolves into helpless puddle of goo*
Somebody has the cover Lady Gaga, and quickly and completely. Yikes.
Wonderful, wonderful writing everypeep!
I’m pretty sure that is bamboo and look at the back feeteses!
Pure CO gold.
Is he Peruvian? Does he keep the giant guinea pigs away?
This is super cute..my kitty would never give him a moments piece..
and I Hate Lady GAGA! Gag ok feel better.
I loved “Careless Whisker” too. ROTFL!
Skipping around I see the jokes just keep on coming. Me? I got nuthin.
Man rats are bad for weeing everywhere, because they mark their territory. Lady rats are slightly less … damp.
I love how he’s tonguing the pan-flute – obviously a skilled little rattigan!
FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRD!!!
Dawwww…my rats almost never pose for photos, they’re too busy skittering around sniffing everything in sight and giving what they find a thoughtful nibble to see is it good?
Like several other posters, I’ve had many rats over the years and some still make me tear up years after they are gone. It always makes me smile to see one on CO.
(Sorry for the double post, but I saw something else I wanted to respond to)
@pounce: bucks usually stop leaving a little trail of urine dribbles if you get them neutered–which also reduces aggressive behavior and makes them something like 75% less likely to die from cancer. Does, on the other hand, will sometimes start scent marking their favorite humans and won’t stop for anything…although getting them spayed similarly reduces their cancer incidence, it’s far more expensive and dangerous, and probably won’t stop them from claiming you as their very own.
My wife and I currently have 10 rats, only one of whom is male, and he never widdles on us…but two of the girls are super-territorial and will “claim” us almost as soon as we pick them up.
Brilliant! Just the chuckle I needed on the 8th day of the Killer Cold from Hell.
Great commentary on the cutest photo I’ve ever seen of a rat.
um…..Stairway to Heaven?
It’s official. CO owns my soul.
Looks like Hartley’s found an apprentice in his band of followers?
(FYI, Hartley Rathaway is better known as the Pied Piper, one of the Flash’s villains. In later years of his criminal career, he started using a pack of trained rats to help him in his work.)
I love this photographer’s work! I think one of her other rattie pictures was featured on CO last year; here’s the link for more: http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=545092
@Shadowtiger – I appreciate the tip re spaying/neutering, as I’m sure most serious ratters here do as well … but I personally would not be able to justify spending money to ‘fix’ a rat.
But does he play “Three Blind Mice”? (Sorry, couldn’t resist…..)
victoria- don’t ever resist, we live for those!
Excellent, classic C.O. I love this so much I may have adopt me a rattie!
this post is awesome!
Oh!, lo amo XD
There’s a whole book of these photos… make sure you click on the preview and then view fullscreen for a full dose of musical ratty goodness! http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/898396
Piddle while you work, tralala la la la la
and all day long, you’ll leave a pong
yes piddle while you work.
From the alternative Disney song book
(snif snif) Ewwww!
The photographer is Ellen van Deelen, and she has many other wonderful photos.
For those of you who liked rat tounges and lil rat hands check my Dylan and Rufus out
I have sent them in a few times but had no luck, I hope it’s ok to share them here.
http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae139/Kashrats/Dylan.jpg http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae139/Kashrats/rufus.jpg
“Un-fur-gettable”! Hahahaha!
Death by caption & comments yet again. (S’pose he’d play “Violets For Your Cheese”?)
Shouldn’t that be Hamfir?
I love how there’s just the teeniest… leetle… glimpse… of… tongue.
Can we get a COXCU?
absolutely fur -ntasic
that mouse really likes 2 toot his own horn
the little mouse is cute and funny!
…
And I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be
And I’ll lead you all in the Dance, said he!
Wait a minute. MOUSE-tery? RAAAAAAAT!