The moment Maleficent and Emily met, they were instant friends.<\/p>\n
Fostered by Patterson in Dedham, MA.<\/strong><\/p>\n ADOPTED!<\/strong><\/p>\n Special Need: Mal has a history of biting<\/em><\/p>\n UPDATE 9\/19<\/strong><\/p>\n Emily <\/em>is shyer and really relies of Mal to make her feel safe.\u00a0 She is one of the last rats to come up and get treats in the cage.\u00a0 She loves to climb the cage and run in the wheel.\u00a0 She has so much energy!\u00a0 She is mouthy and will use her teeth to let me know when she wants to be left alone.\u00a0 Out of the cage she is very nervous and usually hides under Mal or one of her daughters.<\/p>\n Maleficent <\/em>is the protector of the group.\u00a0 She has adopted Emily, Anna and all the Gilmore Girls, making sure they are safe.\u00a0 She is the first at the door, always making sure she knows what is going on.\u00a0 She loves treats, especially fruits and veggies, and is very clever.\u00a0 She lets me handle her, but she was slow to build trust.\u00a0 She explores during free range time and when she feels satisfied that everything is safe, will snuggle with Emily, Anna and the young girls.\u00a0 We are still working on pets; she likes being pet but them she suddenly remembers that she isn’t sure if she trusts me.\u00a0 She wants to be a sweet girl, but she has a lot of mistrust of people and still occasionally bites (we’ve moved passed her breaking skin, but they still smart).\u00a0 Mal needs an experienced rat home without children, who will help her to trust people.<\/p>\n Emily<\/strong><\/p>\n Maleficent<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Intact Female<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":13614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-previously-adopted-2016"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mal_thumbnail.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Patterson Rogers","author_link":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/author\/patterson\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13612"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14291,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13612\/revisions\/14291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}#2016256N, “Emily”, Rat, Pink-Eyed-White, Standard Ears\/Standard Coat, Female, DOB: 02\/04\/2016, Spayed\/Neutered?: No (Mom)<\/del><\/p>\n#2016208N, “Maleficent”, Rat, Black, Standard Ears\/Standard Coat, Female, DOB: 01\/05\/2016, Spayed\/Neutered?: No<\/del><\/p>\n![\"](\"http:\/\/i242.photobucket.com\/albums\/ff234\/MaineRatRescue\/2015%20Foster%20Families\/Patterson%20R%20Dedham%20MA\/Holbrook%20Rats\/cd4d52ca-fa0e-4767-ad30-6d4a42990cf2_zpsdc42auah.jpg\")
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