Catastropeas

The other night the girls had peas, which they were excited about as always. They quickly tore them apart and ate the insides. However, being exceptionally lazy rats, they then went back upstairs for a nap, leaving a complete mess behind.

A mess of peas.

Later on that night they came back downstairs and cleaned up the empty shells. They need a maid service.

Hammock Rats

I think we need a different hammocks. The girls blend into their's a bit much and often when I can't find them in their cage, they are simply in their hammock.

Hammock rats!

Out of Town

I am in Pennsylvania this week for a meeting. There are three things in this picture I miss desperately.

Sushi's Tooth

Sushi needs to get to the vet this week. It will be four weeks since her last teeth trimming on Friday. Her upper incisors are outside of her upper lip on the left now, and her right cheek is starting to poke out a bit from her lower incisors. She's still eating like a beast though.

Sushi's not purposely holding her mouth open in this shot - her teeth are doing it for her.

Pancakes

We had pancakes for breakfast the other morning, which meant that the girls also got to have pancakes (although a much smaller amount). I'm sure they would have preferred a bit of blueberry pancake, but Dave kept all of those for himself. They had to content themselves with good old fashioned buttermilk.

Saké enjoys her pancake breakfast.

Books

I rarely see my computer's desktop because of the amount of things I always have open. On the rare occasions when I do though, I'm greeted with this:

I've had this picture as my background for so long that I don't remember where it came from, but I love it and it makes me smile every time I see it.

All of this makes me think I need to do a photo shoot with Sushi and Saké on our bookshelves.

Sushi Plays

Lately I have been reading the fourth book in the Song of Fire and Ice series, A Feast for Crows. Because that book is nearly impossilbe to put down, I've spent hours reading instead of doing other things. In order to feel like I'm still accomplishing something, I've been letting the rats out while I read, so they can get their exercise. This means that I lay on the bed and read and they use me as a springboard, jumping off my shoulders onto the bed, climbing back up, jumping again, etc. They've gotten a lot of exercise while I have been reading a nearly 1000 page book.

Sushi contemplates her next move.

Stretching

This was after she climbed on the book and knocked it out of my hands.

Sushi looks cute but she's pure trouble.