{"id":14909,"date":"2017-06-10T08:40:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-10T12:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/?p=14909"},"modified":"2017-09-16T12:06:49","modified_gmt":"2017-09-16T16:06:49","slug":"ben-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/ben-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben &#038; Mark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These boys came to us on 6\/4\/16 as a result of the Holbrook rescue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fostered by Holly in Holland, MA.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ADOPTED!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><del>#2016870N, &#8220;Ben&#8221;, Rat, Pink-Eyed-White, , Dumbo Ears\/Standard Coat, Male, DOB: 05\/07\/2016, Spayed\/Neutered?: Yes 06\/20\/2016<\/del><\/p>\n<p><del>#2016872N, &#8220;Mark&#8221;, Rat, Pink-Eyed-White, , Dumbo Ears\/Standard Coat, Male, DOB: 05\/07\/2016, Spayed\/Neutered?: Yes 06\/20\/2016<\/del><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 6\/3\/17:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They seem to like their set-up and are getting used to me and my house, though they spend most of their time on my lap and don&#8217;t seem to want to explore much of the room at large. Maybe that&#8217;s for the best until they get to know me better. Ben spends most of his time with his head in the crook of my elbow but Mark has gotten a bit more adventurous and does laps around my waist if I let him, and is starting to get comfortable with being exposed to the world at large. I&#8217;m trying to shoulder train them, they&#8217;re doing pretty good! They like to sleep in my sweatshirt pockets while I study. As far as rat personalities go they seem pretty laid back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 6\/18\/17:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Mark<\/em> is a bit of a diva. When he&#8217;s on my lap and he wants a cheek scratch he&#8217;ll put his face in my hand or turn and stare at me until I do.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ben<\/em> is a sweetheart, still pretty shy but starting to look forward to coming out to say hi and getting a belly rub.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i242.photobucket.com\/albums\/ff234\/MaineRatRescue\/2017%20Fosters\/Kira%20K%20-%20South%20Royalton%20VT\/ben_zpsorapylwi.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i242.photobucket.com\/albums\/ff234\/MaineRatRescue\/2017%20Fosters\/Kira%20K%20-%20South%20Royalton%20VT\/mark_zpsc1xfbdkz.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These boys came to us on 6\/4\/16 as a result of the Holbrook rescue. Fostered by Holly in Holland, MA. ADOPTED! #2016870N, &#8220;Ben&#8221;, Rat, Pink-Eyed-White, , Dumbo Ears\/Standard Coat, Male, DOB: 05\/07\/2016, Spayed\/Neutered?: Yes 06\/20\/2016 #2016872N, &#8220;Mark&#8221;, Rat, Pink-Eyed-White, , Dumbo Ears\/Standard Coat, Male, DOB: 05\/07\/2016, Spayed\/Neutered?: Yes 06\/20\/2016 UPDATE 6\/3\/17: &#8220;They seem to like<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":14910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-previously-adopted-2017"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/b904c380-0aed-4e1c-84db-d4dce6602f55_zps7fcdlmmo.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Lena Maurer","author_link":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/author\/lena\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14909","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\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14909"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15340,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14909\/revisions\/15340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}