🐀
The Origins It all started the way most completely unhinged pet stories start: my sister made an impulsive life decision and I decided to double down. 😅 Growing up, we’d had a rather extensive list of pets, especially rodents including a rat our mom had named Maynard. So when my sister randomly decided she wanted a rat, she and my mom drove over to Northwest Seed & Pet in Spokane. She picked out a sweet little black-and-white hooded baby, named him Dimitri and brought him
How to Avoid Some Common Pet Rat Mistakes
Common Beginner Mistakes with Pet Rats (And How to Avoid Them) 🐀 I f you’re new to pet rats, let me start by saying this: mistakes happen . Rats are not as straightforward as many people expect and most of us didn’t have a single comprehensive, ethical resource when we first started. This is exactly why Small Town Ratties exists. I’ve made mistakes. Big ones. Expensive ones. Some that taught me lessons the hard way. But each of those mistakes taught me very valuable lessons.