22nd October 2009

We celebrated the 3rd birthday of CAVE Nimh today!  Three years is a rare gem in ratties, and Nimh is still going strong. Everybody got cake!

5th September 2009

CAVE Cassie gave birth to a litter of 8 beautiful kits!  Annie is not the greatest mommy, so Cassie takes on her 2 babies as well. 

3rd September 2009

CAVE Anastasia gave birth to a small litter of 4 kits; two survive over the next few days.

20th August 2009

CAVE Tink gave birth; she produced 2 beautiful babies that she doted on non-stop.  We had some scares, but everything turned out great! 

4th February 2009

Dmnt. Dott's babies -- eight girls and one bouncing boy, are old enough to head out to new homes! 

24th December 2008

Dmnt. Dott gave birth to 9 gorgeous babies today!  CAVE Alex is the proud daddy.  We're hoping for some gorgeous satin and velveteen rats.

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5th October 2007

Five PEW lab rat pinkies were adopted by CAVE Emily today!  Somehow these babies lost their mommy, and the WSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital asked me (and Emily) to raise them up. Emily's proud of her new, bigger litter too!

26th September 2007

CAVE Emily, my little agouti roan, gave birth to 4 fat pinkies today!

22nd September 2007

We traveled the six+ hours to Port Orchard this weekend for the RatsPacNW Fall Show!  All the 'kids' had fun and little CAVE Black n' Blue, from our last litter, won Best of Variety and Best of Section.  We're also started work on two co-litters with Denise and FURR Rattery in Kirkland, and I was interviewed as a rat expert for a future PBS special on Rats!

12th September 2007

CAVE True Blue gave birth to 12 healthy pinkies!  If you missed out on the last litter of blues, this one's for you!

30th August 2007

This summer has been a hard one here at critter cave; I lost several of my older ladies, including my wonderful Autumn, Schmoo and Curley Sue  :(  Their sweet personalities will be very missed.

31st May 2007

We have babies! My beautiful blue girl tBBR China, gave birth to her first litter today!  There are 11 squeeking pinkies, and their daddy, CAVE Freddy, couldn't be happier!

5th May 2007

We attended Rat-a-Rama in Boise, ID and we did GREAT!  My beauty China won Best of Show and my adorable boy Freddy won Best of Show Kitten!  It was fun too!  : )

21st April 2007

We celebrated Earth Day at WSU!  Representing the club we're working to start here, The Rat Pack, with a ratty display showing how to reuse items for rats!  LOTS of people came past our table to enjoy the company of my does Curly Sue, Scout, Willow and Marie, and my buck Kenmore.

31st March 2007

Our World Rat Day celebration was a blast!  LOTS of people came over to visit my ratties and learn more.  With all the interest, I've decided to work to create a local rat club!

24th March 2007

The RatsPacNW Spring Show!  We didn't do too badly either!  One of our recent babies, CAVE Nimh, won best of her section, and my beloved Squidge won Best Pet!  He's just too squishy to resist  ; )

 February 2007

CAVE Sophia and CAVE Johanna gave birth to a total of five beautiful babies.  Though the litters were much smaller than hoped for, we are none-the-less blessed!  Keep your eyes open for these beauties at the March show!

16th January 2007

CAVE Fritz & CAVE Sophia and CAVE Heidelberg & CAVE Johanna moved in together for their honeymoons!  We'll be expecting some pretty babies for adoption in March!