Espresso spinning with a ghost mask on! I made this mini mask back when I was making tons of rat costumes, only I modeled off a larger rat! Even so she tried her best - great job Espresso! . I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

Espresso spinning on harness on my porch...then deciding she's done with it and asking to climb back onto my shoulder by reeling in the harness lead! She was very effective at her communication! . I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

Blackberry doing her tissue chain trick! Here she had to fetch me a tissue, then trash it after I "use" it! . I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

Aww, I found some photos of Chickpea and Feta with Raisin when they were getting to know each other <3 I love the first photo of Feta sniffing Raisin and Raisin sniffing Chickpea in particular - its a sniffapaloosa!

So I found this mini cabinet prop at my local thrift shop, and of course I had to get it for the rats! It's a bit small so I put it on a platform to help Cracker figure it out. Great job Cracker! . I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

Had to get the rats out early for free-range yesterday and its safe to say that some of the girls weren't quite ready to get up 😆 Poor Cinnamon initially thought I was offering treats and accidentally did a tiny chomp to my finger - then she immediately started licking it afterwards as an apology 🥺

Coffee practicing some fun agility! I want to get back into doing more agility with my rats, its something all my girls really enjoy so I'm excited to do more courses with them. Go Coffee! . I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

This week’s paw paintings by my sweet rats - all the rats did an amazing job! . If you would like to commission your own rat paw painting, you can do so here: ratpaintings.etsy.com

When your taking a bath but need some moral support...a scenario I'm sure we can all relate to!

Cracker is learning how to take a pan out of the oven! Just step one on her way to becoming the real-life remy :P . Want help with training your rats tricks? I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

I was putting my girls up from free-range and I found a bunch of them snuggled up in their little bee hide 🥺 I felt so bad about having to move them, they were so comfy and cozy and clearly loving it! Luckily after moving them back to the cage they found another fun hide to snuggle in ❤️

Feta is doing her best to copy old lady Tofu's success cosplaying as "the creature"! Tofu told her that she still has a ways to go to match her success (she has a critics eye!), but I think Feta did a pretty good job!

Latte doing her "go to crate" trick! This sort of trick is so much fun to train, and it's a great way to utilize the string pull trick that we train with drawer fetch - great job Latte! . I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

Cinnamon practicing some weaves! I really didn't think any of my current rats would be following in Raisin's footsteps with her love of weaves, but Cinnamon seems to have learned well from her! . I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

Crumb's blooper video with the ferris wheel! This was her 1st try fetching w/it, and she was a bit too enthusiastic! Poor Cinnamon was more confused than anything (no worries, she wasn't hurt!) . I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

I got this cute rat-sized ferris wheel from a local thrift shop, and it turns out the seats are the perfect size for our usual wiffle balls! Nicely done Crumb! . I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

Comparing my ~1.5 year old standard Coffee and my ~1.5 year old dwarf Pumpkin Seed - it really cracks me up that Pumpkin is about the size of Coffee's head lol, its like comparing a chihuahua to a dane 😂 Also guess who wears the pants in this relationship? Its not Coffee...

Feta is learning flyball! I adore this little rat so much, she's so much fun to train with and really just such a sweet and motivated little bean! . I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

One of my favorite things about Feta's molting is that in the several months I've had her she has always had a bald head! Its so interesting, even when she's grown fur in other places like with this molt (which is a bit of a rarity lol), she still retains her bald cranium!

Chickpea is learning to fetch from a drawer! . I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

This week’s paw paintings by my sweet rats - Pumpkin Seed, Tofu, and all their buddies did a great job! . If you would like to commission your own rat paw painting, you can do so here: ratpaintings.etsy.com

So I'm slowly starting to upgrade my rat wall again, and I've switched out a lot of the velcro hooks for photo hooks which seems to make the double shelves extra stable. I still need to add a few items that I've thrifted recently, but this is the progress so far!

Cracker's scent work trick! Here she has to sniff out the correct ball (scented with cinnamon), then fetch it back to me - great job Cracker! . I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

Ok guys, I have a very important question for you: Which of these 3 photos of the gray trio (aka Crumb, Pumpkin Seed, and Cinnamon) is the cutest? This is a very important question because I 100% want this to be a future calendar pic, so choose wisely! :P

So I started training Coffee to rollover, and I thought it would be fun to post a progress clip! . I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

"There was an old lady who lived in a shoe...and because she was a rat that was actually quite nice!" - Toast

Happy New Years everyone (and everyRAT!) from me and my sweet rats! Another year gone, another year yet to come, hopefully full of more ratty cuteness and fun tricks! . I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

Our custom rat paw paintings are now open again! You can find them on our etsy shop "Rat Paintings" here: ratpaintings.etsy.com

Oreo doing her ring toss (well ring stack!) trick! She was my first rat to really learn how to stack multiple rings, and I think its cool to see her figuring it out in this clip! . I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

Many thanks to Ratty Box for letting me review their December 2025 box - check them out here! www.therattybox.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=bROu...

Espresso when she was learning to stack cups! Like her sister Oreo, Espresso was the first rat I trained multi-stacking with - and she did a great job! . I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

Chickpea is such a silly smooshy rat! I adore her silliness, she spends most of free-range trying get me or the other rats to play with her!

I found this adorable mini fridge toy & of course I knew it would be perfect for my rats! Cracker immediately recognized it as a fridge prop and fetched the mini food from it accordingly! . I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

I hate to say it, but in the opposite of a Christmas miracle my sweet rat Popcorn passed away yesterday afternoon 💔 Popcorn was an amazing rat, and one who I am so so glad I got to love and care for. Rest in peace sweet Popcorn, you were the best ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=THst...

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from me and all of my amazing rats! I hope everyone (and everyRAT!) had a good year, and has a good year to come! . Want help with training your rats tricks? I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

My sweet Raisin is gone. I feel so lucky to have had such an amazing rat like Raisin - she gave me an amazing first experience with werewolfs, being healthy and sweet her whole life. Goodbye my sweet wrinkly changeling girl - I miss you already ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8gV...

Coffee and her adorable buddies!

Blackberry (1st rat) and Cream (2nd rat) doing their take on the "clean up your toys" trick! . I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

Tofu and Crumb are learning to use this tiny piano prop! Crumb was the one I was trying to train this trick...but old lady Tofu decided that she's a senior, not a slacker, and that she wanted a go too! . I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

This week’s paw paintings by my sweet rats - Popcorn Cinnamon, and all their buddies did a great job! . If you would like to commission your own rat paw painting, you can do so here: ratpaintings.etsy.com

Peaches the santa rat!

Another of my favorite sleepy ratto clips! In this case my sweet dwarf Tater Tot (at the time a senior) was getting the full snuggle puddle treatment!

Pickle doing a fun agility course, with some appropriate mario sound effects added in! I can't help but hear those boing noises whenever rats jump lol, they just have such a bouncy hop! . I have a rat training book here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

I'm excited to say that I now have a Patreon! If you'd like, you can check out my Patreon here: www.patreon.com/Shadowtherat

My sweet Shadow - the first rat I trained, and one of the most amazing pets I've had <3 Shadow was an amazing rat, and learned things so quickly - here she was doing her paint with a paintbrush trick! . I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

You ever get the feeling that your going to find some poop in your shoes later? Because for some reason I'm feeling like some of my rats may be holding a slight grudge on me...hmm...

So I'm going through some of my more recent rat photos and I wanted to reshare these gems lol - these were taken when Chickpea was first meeting my "difficult" girls, ie the ones who don't intro super well to new rats. Poor older girls didn't know what hit them!

Another of my favorite rat clips, this time featuring Toast and her silly habit of holding food in her mouth when sleepy lol. Here we were doing intros and Toast still wanted to save her snack for later - she is one dedicated little foodie bean!

Tiny Butter bean doing her drawer fetch trick for the first time - this was taken when she was maybe 4 months old, and she was so dang tiny! . I have a rat training book available here! www.etsy.com/listing/1605... amzn.to/484u2Mv

Another of my favorite rat clips, this time because its so dang adorable! Seriously it should be illegal to be this cute - and idk how but having poor Pistachio sadly sleeping next to the pile because she can't fit in somehow just makes it even more adorable 🥺❤️