{"id":19011,"date":"2019-06-05T19:44:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T23:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/?p=19011"},"modified":"2019-12-07T14:54:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T19:54:11","slug":"dusty-blaze-flash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/dusty-blaze-flash\/","title":{"rendered":"Dusty &#038; Blaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These boys came to us on 5\/23 as their owner didn\u2019t have enough time for them. They loved these boys very much and wanted a better life for them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fostered by Danny in Beverly, MA.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ADOPTED!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><del>#2019264N, &#8220;Dusty&#8221;, Rat, Black, Berkshire, Standard Ears\/Standard Coat, Male, DOB: 05\/31\/2018, Spayed\/Neutered?: No<\/del><\/p>\n<p><del>#2019265N, &#8220;Blaze&#8221;, Rat, Black, Berkshire w\/ blaze, Standard Ears\/Standard Coat, Male, DOB: 05\/31\/2018, Spayed\/Neutered?: No<\/del><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 6\/5\/19:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Dusty<\/em> is a big squish at over 2 lb. He\u2019s very friendly and as his size confirms that he loves his food! He\u2019s happy just climbing all over you to find out where you\u2019ve hidden all the treats.<\/p>\n<p><em>Blaze<\/em> is a little shy but is coming around after getting used to his new foster home. Blaze will need an owner who understands that Blaze is scared but lovable. I think that after some time in a stable home he\u2019ll start to realize that people aren\u2019t bad.<\/p>\n<p>These boys are very tightly bonded and would do well with an experienced rat owner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 6\/26\/19:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The boys have started to settle in a lot more. Their coats are now so soft and shiny and they love being out for play time!<\/p>\n<p><em>Dusty<\/em> has taken to sitting on my lap during play time, sometimes pancaking and boggling from happiness when I stroke his cheek.<\/p>\n<p><em>Blaze<\/em> has managed to train me in the way he likes to be handled, so now he loves sitting on me as long as I don\u2019t stroke him more than twice every few minutes. He\u2019s a very good people trainer&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>They have adjusted very well to our home and routine and are a joy to be around!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 7\/22\/19:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are doing so well! These boys have been so sweet. They&#8217;re very mellow, and mostly would rather sit on my lap than run and play.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dusty<\/em>, as you may have noticed, has a bit of a weight problem, and has gone on a regiment of diet and exercise to try and fix it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 10\/7\/19:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Dusty<\/em> has been doing great after his diet, and his weight is at a point that I am comfortable with. He can climb on his own now, and really likes to sit on my shoulder!<\/p>\n<p><em>Blaze<\/em> has made the most progress out of the foster rats, and has started to play fight with me when he is out. We&#8217;re still working on his manners and teaching him not to nip, but he has learned that kisses are perfectly acceptable replacements, and is using them more and more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dusty<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i242.photobucket.com\/albums\/ff234\/MaineRatRescue\/2019%20Fosters\/Olga%20S%20-%20Lexington%20MA\/Dusty%20Blaze%20and%20Flash\/dusty_zpsh8xj259p.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"799\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Blaze<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i242.photobucket.com\/albums\/ff234\/MaineRatRescue\/2019%20Fosters\/Olga%20S%20-%20Lexington%20MA\/Dusty%20Blaze%20and%20Flash\/blaze_zpsynl2z3rm.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These boys came to us on 5\/23 as their owner didn\u2019t have enough time for them. They loved these boys very much and wanted a better life for them. Fostered by Danny in Beverly, MA. ADOPTED! #2019264N, &#8220;Dusty&#8221;, Rat, Black, Berkshire, Standard Ears\/Standard Coat, Male, DOB: 05\/31\/2018, Spayed\/Neutered?: No #2019265N, &#8220;Blaze&#8221;, Rat, Black, Berkshire w\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":19012,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-previously-adopted-2019"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/edited-image_zpslrdd1nok.png","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\/19011","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=19011"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19679,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19011\/revisions\/19679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}