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Alright guys and dolls, this is for those of you who shamelessly spoil your critters;
Christmas is just around the corner, and boy oh boy, amidst present shopping, sorting out who's going to who's for dinner on what day and how the heck you are going to stretch your bank balance to make it to January 1st, it's easy to forget the furballs of your family!
Now, when you consider our lovelies only live 2 to 3 years, that means that they don't get that many christmas'! Therefore! WE need to make an EXTRA special effort for them at this time of year!
What do YOU do for your rats at christmas?
My household is geared up for this time of year, so my furballs (and not-so-furballs) get extra special treatment coming up to christmas! A few rat-orientated ideas to make your rats xmas special;
* Stockings! I make sure all my rats have stockings hung up for Santa to come and give them yummy treats! (If you live in the UK, BHS do a great stocking for cats and dogs - it's small enough for el ratto's to enjoy) I then give the rats their stockings on christmas morning to explore and find their way into!
* Sugar cookies! I make special batches of TINY cookies for the furballs as treats. They seem to love them.
* Mince pies are good treats - I usually cut a mince pie into quarters and let them scoff (as a christmas eve treatie) why should Santa get all the pies? Lol
* The 'Rat Tree' - I have a collection of christmas tree ornaments, bought specifically for the rats. I have bought each of my current rats (and rats that have passed) an ornament each, that I put their name on and hang on the rats very own christmas tree. I think it's a nice way to remember those you love and have lost
* The 'BIG' one - I usually make the effort to buy a big present for free range time (as well as the odd 'maintenance present' e.g. an extra hammock here or tube there). Last year, I bought the Tower of Doom from the Early Learning Centre (it's a castle for kids aged 5+ to play with) and it's lasted the year quite happily! Plenty of rat hidey holes inside, and towers to get stuck on top of! This year, their toy is a remote controlled car (NOT to be used while moving) but more of a cute 'posey' present (ah, I can't wait to get pics of the rats with their ride)
* Wrapping paper! Come christms day, DON'T trash your paper! Shove some screwed up paper in the rats cages, they'll forget all about their presents and run amock for an hour or so hiding and jumping around in the paper
Those are my ideas, I would love some more, darnit!
Christmas is just around the corner, and boy oh boy, amidst present shopping, sorting out who's going to who's for dinner on what day and how the heck you are going to stretch your bank balance to make it to January 1st, it's easy to forget the furballs of your family!
Now, when you consider our lovelies only live 2 to 3 years, that means that they don't get that many christmas'! Therefore! WE need to make an EXTRA special effort for them at this time of year!
What do YOU do for your rats at christmas?
My household is geared up for this time of year, so my furballs (and not-so-furballs) get extra special treatment coming up to christmas! A few rat-orientated ideas to make your rats xmas special;
* Stockings! I make sure all my rats have stockings hung up for Santa to come and give them yummy treats! (If you live in the UK, BHS do a great stocking for cats and dogs - it's small enough for el ratto's to enjoy) I then give the rats their stockings on christmas morning to explore and find their way into!
* Sugar cookies! I make special batches of TINY cookies for the furballs as treats. They seem to love them.
* Mince pies are good treats - I usually cut a mince pie into quarters and let them scoff (as a christmas eve treatie) why should Santa get all the pies? Lol
* The 'Rat Tree' - I have a collection of christmas tree ornaments, bought specifically for the rats. I have bought each of my current rats (and rats that have passed) an ornament each, that I put their name on and hang on the rats very own christmas tree. I think it's a nice way to remember those you love and have lost
* The 'BIG' one - I usually make the effort to buy a big present for free range time (as well as the odd 'maintenance present' e.g. an extra hammock here or tube there). Last year, I bought the Tower of Doom from the Early Learning Centre (it's a castle for kids aged 5+ to play with) and it's lasted the year quite happily! Plenty of rat hidey holes inside, and towers to get stuck on top of! This year, their toy is a remote controlled car (NOT to be used while moving) but more of a cute 'posey' present (ah, I can't wait to get pics of the rats with their ride)
* Wrapping paper! Come christms day, DON'T trash your paper! Shove some screwed up paper in the rats cages, they'll forget all about their presents and run amock for an hour or so hiding and jumping around in the paper
Those are my ideas, I would love some more, darnit!