{"id":33921,"date":"2025-03-04T14:35:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T19:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/?p=33921"},"modified":"2025-04-25T14:41:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T18:41:02","slug":"alfie-carnelian-gregg-jerbear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/alfie-carnelian-gregg-jerbear\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfie, Carnelian, Gregg & Jerbear"},"content":{"rendered":"

These boys came to us on 1\/25\/25 because their owner no longer had time.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\n\tSenior<\/a> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>

Fostered by Kristen in Brookfield, CT.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

ADOPTED:<\/strong><\/p>\n

#2025029N, “Carnelian”, Rat, Brown, Self, Standard Ears\/Standard Coat, Male, DOB: 08\/25\/2023, Spayed\/Neutered?: No<\/del><\/p>\n

#2025026N, “Gregg”, Rat, Cream, Self, Standard Ears\/Standard Coat, Male, DOB: 08\/25\/2023, Spayed\/Neutered?: No<\/del><\/p>\n

#2025025N, “Alfie”, Rat, Pink-Eyed-White, Pink-Eyed White, Standard Ears\/Standard Coat, Male, DOB: 08\/25\/2023, Spayed\/Neutered?: No<\/del><\/p>\n

#2025028N, “JerBear”, Rat, Brown, Self, Standard Ears\/Standard Coat, Male, DOB: 08\/25\/2023, Spayed\/Neutered?: No<\/del><\/p>\n

All are considered Seniors<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

UPDATE 3\/4\/25:<\/strong><\/p>\n

They’re all VERY friendly. I honestly don’t notice much difference in their personalities or preferences. Even the previous owner said Carnelian is a bit more reserved than the others but I don’t see it! In fact, the 2 brown boys are usually first in line to get to me. Alfie can be a little more standoffish but I’m pretty confident it’s a vision issue and not a lack of interest. I think he gets equally excited but is like “where is she??” He stands on his hind legs and sniffs around. I think if his sight was better, he would be right up front too.<\/p>\n

They’re highly food motivated and will climb right up onto me when I open the cage. I can handle them with ease and give them good rubs and tickles.<\/p>\n

They can be a bit high energy and seem to lack fear so cleaning their cage has been fun. They’re climbing all over everything and I’m freaking out that they’re going to fall. So I give them a yummy treat to keep them occupied. I could also put them in another cage if needed but the treat has been effective. I also like that there’s a reward for tollerating a full home invasion.<\/p>\n

The bonus to their bravery is that they’re awesome with play and free roam. Again, Alfie is a little less confident but for good reason. They’re CHEWERS and have been keeping me on my toes with their house maintenance. They love snuggling in fleece, I’ve tried a few different bedding options but they always chose the fleece.<\/p>\n

I don’t have a single hesitation or word of caution. Other than supervision during free roam because they WILL climb! So just maybe a fall risk. Lol but they’re the best!<\/p>\n<\/div>

Alfie<\/strong>
\n\"alfie\"<\/p>\n

Carnelian<\/strong>
\n\"carnelian\"<\/p>\n

Gregg <\/strong>
\n\"gregg\"<\/p>\n

Jerbear<\/strong>
\n\"jerbear\"<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":33926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[128],"class_list":["post-33921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-previously-adopted-2025","tag-senior"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/alfie_thumb.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Jamie Cross","author_link":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/author\/jamie\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33921","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\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33921"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34362,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33921\/revisions\/34362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainelyratrescue.org\/rattieblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}