Rat girls looking for a home!

Our 4 little ladies are growing and learning every day and ready for their forever homes!!!

Edith and Agnes are staying with Mrs. Nelson until school starts, so they will be getting lots of valuable socialization, which is important for families wanting to enjoy a small pet.  One of the best things about this pair is how clean they like to keep their cage.  Mrs. Nelson put shavings on the bottom of their cage, and now the girls are close to "potty trained"--meaning, they typically eat up on their shelves and only go to the bathroom in the shavings.  The shavings are easy to scoop out and replace, which has made for a nice smelling cage!  (Our degus never quite figured this out...)  They LOVE yogurt and also eat lettuce, apples, and carrots to supplement their diet of rat food.  They are so sweet and like to cuddle sometimes too.  They can be adopted at any time and would love to meet you.

Sophia Grace and Rosie were pretty shy in the beginning, as many foster pets can be, but they have been making some great progress this week.  Both girls like to be pet on their backs, and Sophia Grace is learning that being held is actually not so bad!  Today they had a yogurt treat for the first time.  Mrs. Wilken pet Sophia Grace for long time while she nibbled on her treat.  Rosie kept to herself, but got some pets in too. They LOVE lettuce.  Sophia Grace will occasionally steal Rosie's--but Rosie always gets revenge later!  They spent a little time in their rat ball but couldn't quite figure out how to make it roll.  They'll work on it!  These girls are also liking the shavings on the bottom of the cage and that has been keeping their cage cleaner every day.  This week they are hanging out in the office with Ms. Johnson, Ms. Sunny, Mrs. Heemskerk, Mrs. Wilken, and Ms. Mone while summer school wraps up.  Next week the girls will be going back to the ARL in order to get lots of attention from the great volunteers there.  An empty school is no fun for these girls!  If you would like to visit them before they go back to the ARL to await their forever home, please contact Cindy Gerke via email at cgerke@arl-iowa.org.  They need a loving home to call their own!