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It has been a weird week, but the girls have been coming out of their shells a bit. Cookie is very explorative but I still have not managed to hold her. Muffin WAS shy, but now she has become pretty brave to come up to my hand and climb on it and nibble my fingers. They both have begun nibbling my fingertips and nails lol, when it gets a little too hard I make a squeak sound to try and let them know it “hurts” but they never do it hard! Cookie takes treats from my hand, and they both sort of accept pets but very cautiously lol.

The rescue is coming tomorrow ❤️ I’m feeling a bit sad, but this week has shown me that I just can’t give them what they need in terms of free roaming and getting them out for enrichment. (if you haven’t seen my previous posts, I rescued them from a snake situation with the intention to rehome) I love my dog Peaches so much but she has separation anxiety and will not let me out of her sight to play with them in a different room. The rescue said that Cookie & Muffin will most likely be permanent residents unless a perfect match happens to come up! This makes me happy because they have been through a lot and I know that they will be in the best hands.

I wanted to shout out to Wolfstep Hollow Rattery, the rescue taking them in!

I believe they are on a temporary hiatus as they are full, but I think they are still adopting out to vetted adopters. So, if you are in Ohio and looking to rescue or adopt, check them out! The owner has been SO amazing and the fact that they were willing to take in the girls despite being full really just proves how much they care about rats.