#dumbo ear

So I did a thing... yesterday while I was at lecture one of my good friends at Animal Welfare texted me. I knew I was in trouble before I even opened the message. Sure enough. She had sent me a photo of this adorable floppy eared boy named Snoot. He’s about 2 1/2 years old and a Dumbo Ear. My friend informed me the woman who brought him in no longer wanted him and his cage mates had already passed. So.... now I have welcomed another smol baby into my home.

Goblin is a double rex with dumbo ears and a much greyer complexion than Pickles or Shmeaty.  We kept him separated for about 3 weeks as we feared he had mites, but it ended up just being some dry skin and untrimmed nails.  Once his skin started to look better after a few coconut oil rub downs, we began introductions with The Shmeats.  Goblin was FEARLESS the entire time... We started with bath tub intros, and then bed intros, and carrier intros that seemed to work best. This way they couldn’t just run to one end of the tub and avoid interaction entirely.  There were a few wrestling matches, but for the most part they left Gooby alone. We moved Goblin in with Pickles and Shmeaty after a few weeks of intros. Pickles seemed to be the one to have the biggest beef with him. He did NOT like Goblin touching his favorite hammock; even after a deep clean and new cage arrangement...  It has been over a month since moving Goblin in permanently with the Shmeats, and they LOVE each other.  I was so worried it would be a Nips situation all over again, but they took to him very quickly and began to play tag and play wrestle with Goblin. Now Goblin flips Pickles and Shmeaty and wrestles them and pounces on them and I’m sure they wish they had gotten a few more pounces and flips in when Goblin was still a little timid.   He has the WORST habit of doing everything within his power to get under the fleece... We made the mistake of thinking “Oh how cute how funny!” when he was being housed in his quarantine cage... But now he does this to the DCN platforms... And runs full speed into EVERYTHING while underneath the fleece; making loud bangs and bumps at roughly 3-5AM every morning...  As annoying as it can be, it’s still hilarious to see his little head pop out from underneath the fleece, or see Shmeaty try to fit his big butt under with him, and see one little lump and one giant lump from under the fabric.   Shmeaty is slowly teaching Goblin how to gallop around the room, and he has already gotten a hang of smooshing as many treats as possible in his mouth, and coming back for more immediately...   We absolutely adore Goblin, and we are so happy to have added him to our Shmeat-Clan!  He is an amazing, bouncy, hyper addition to our mischief. And a shout out to my friend Grem for recommending the name! It fits him perfectly!   [*Do not remove description from photo*]  Tumblr: Mischief-Bleppers Instagram: Mischief.Bleppers Twitch: MischiefBleppers

Some of my boys C: The two black ones are Obsidian(left) and Arkose(right) The photo with two Siamese rats are Opal(dumbo) and Topaz, The American Blue rat with the chubby cheeks is Apollo(RIP), The photo of the Siamese outside is Finnigan(RIP) and the Russian Blue with a white blaze is Grunt (RIP)

I adore him.

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dweezily by PartyNoParty on Flickr.