{"id":15189,"date":"2017-08-27T20:19:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T00:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/?p=15189"},"modified":"2017-09-06T18:59:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T22:59:25","slug":"millie-sweat-pea-tessa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/millie-sweat-pea-tessa\/","title":{"rendered":"Millie, Sweat Pea, &#038; Tessa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These girls came to us on 7\/16\/17 because their owner had an oops litter and was overwhelmed with the number of rats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fostered by Kristin in Augusta, ME.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ADOPTED!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><del>#2017333N, &#8220;Millie&#8221;, Rat, Agouti, , Standard Ears\/Standard Coat, Female, DOB: 08\/04\/2016, Spayed\/Neutered?: No (Mom)<\/del><\/p>\n<p><del>#2017345N, &#8220;Sweet Pea&#8221;, Rat, Black, Hooded, Standard Ears\/Standard Coat, Female, DOB: 08\/04\/2016, Spayed\/Neutered?: No<\/del><\/p>\n<p><del>#2017347N, &#8220;Tessa&#8221;, Rat, Pink Eyed White, , Standard Ears\/Standard Coat, Female, DOB: 08\/04\/2016, Spayed\/Neutered?: No<\/del><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 8\/27\/17:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think they are fairly young. \u00a0They are super playful! \u00a0They play wrestle with each other a lot and during cage free time they are always running and exploring. <b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Sweet Pea<\/b> is accurately named \u2013 she is a really sweet, gentle girl. \u00a0She loves to be held and likes to climb on my lap, shoulders and chest. \u00a0(I have a lot of &#8220;action&#8221; photos of her trying to get me to hold her.).<\/p>\n<p><b>Tessa<\/b> does not want to be picked up, but she does like to climb on my lap and into my arms. \u00a0So I guess she likes being held when she&#8217;s the one who initiates it. \u00a0She is a friendly, curious, playful girl who simply doesn&#8217;t like to be picked up.<\/p>\n<p><b>Millie<\/b> is also very friendly, loves to play, likes to be held and have her head rubbed. \u00a0She nibble grooms really hard! \u00a0When I &#8220;eep&#8221; she backs off, and she only nibble grooms if I offer my fingers to her. \u00a0She is extremely dominant!<\/p>\n<p>These three girls are very bonded with each other and should all be adopted together. \u00a0However, because of Millie&#8217;s dominance, I&#8217;m not sure they would make good cage mates with other rats. \u00a0Or, it would take A LOT of patience and work. \u00a0I&#8217;ve been trying to introduce them to my different rats and Millie gets pretty aggressive. \u00a0She hasn&#8217;t drawn blood, but she is relentless \u2013 even when another rat submits, she continues trying to pin and dominate them. \u00a0If she senses other rats, she also drags herself around scent marking everything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Millie<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i242.photobucket.com\/albums\/ff234\/MaineRatRescue\/2017%20Fosters\/Kristin%20W%20-%20Augusta%20ME\/Millie%20Sweet%20Pea%20and%20Tessa\/millie_zpscra5ofay.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sweet Pea<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i242.photobucket.com\/albums\/ff234\/MaineRatRescue\/2017%20Fosters\/Kristin%20W%20-%20Augusta%20ME\/Millie%20Sweet%20Pea%20and%20Tessa\/sweetpea_zpsgfp0dy9m.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tessa<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i242.photobucket.com\/albums\/ff234\/MaineRatRescue\/2017%20Fosters\/Kristin%20W%20-%20Augusta%20ME\/Millie%20Sweet%20Pea%20and%20Tessa\/tessa_zpsegdarvjd.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These girls came to us on 7\/16\/17 because their owner had an oops litter and was overwhelmed with the number of rats. 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