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Post by wulfyskingdom on Aug 31, 2008 22:42:22 GMT 10
Teddy gets the most nic names. ommpa lumpa, squishy, fatty boom ba. all are terms of endearment. (I love him) Teddy sounds like one big cuddley buck!! lol  i like the name fatty boom ba |
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Post by cheekyratty on Sept 1, 2008 13:35:24 GMT 10
He is a gentle giant. he towers over my girls yet he is the most polite one out of the bunch. he is so gentle with the girls too. lets them sleep ontop him. never lying on them. he will rest his paws on them very softly. he is sooo sweet.
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Post by jaderattie on Sept 2, 2008 13:22:55 GMT 10
I call my rats lots of different names, Rattuses, Squishies, jelly babies, Ratikins, The Rat Pack, My Children, Wraskily Wratties, i call some of my males Buffoons, and some of my girls Cheeky Little Chicks. Most of the pople i know realise what i'm talking about.
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Post by asy on Sept 2, 2008 22:51:16 GMT 10
Ok, time to fess up, I guess... We call ours the Raticules. (pronounced Ratty-cools). Yeah, it's silly, but the kids came up with it (or maybe I did and am refusing to admit to it)  We thought it was fun... asy. |
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Post by lillian on Sept 5, 2008 16:37:52 GMT 10
Geez.....  I feel boring now..... I just call mine the girls or my ratties. Some times furry family members ;-) I talk to them like you do to babies tho.....lol People often think I am a little strange when it comes to my ratties. Lil.xx |
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Post by tassiebetty on Oct 14, 2008 18:18:34 GMT 10
I refer to my pet rats (all MALES) as my boys, my ratlets or just my ratties, OR my stinkies!..
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Post by flame on Oct 15, 2008 20:13:53 GMT 10
Ive taking to calling them ' the little guys' or 'sweeties'
veeeeeeery original , mmmmnot hehe!
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Post by pixiemishka on Oct 16, 2008 16:15:55 GMT 10
My babies. Or sometimes I call them my little bunnies!! In the right light they look like PEW'S. They're not really.
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Post by Prue on Oct 25, 2008 10:28:10 GMT 10
I refer to my pet rats (all MALES) as my boys, my ratlets or just my ratties, OR my stinkies!.. oh yeah. mine are usually referred to as 'the boys'. "well, we should head off, i have to go home and make the boys' dinner" which is usually followed by the question "can't your flatmates feed themselves?" When passing through the loungeroom or saying goodmorning its "gentlmen" with a tip of the hat (if wearing one). when battling for yoghurt dipped corn kernels they're definately the fatties. I have to refrain from saying "hello baby" ... my other half gets upset when he realises im not talking to him  Which brings me to another point... Who has been chatting with their rats only to have someone overhear and assume you are talking to them? A few winners in this house are... "what the hell are you eating now" (blitz chews his new shelves) "yes? what is it?" (kamikaze begs for butter treats) which is always followed by whatever housemate with a stunned sort of mumble then the "oh dear god you're talking to your rats" |
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Post by wulfyskingdom on Oct 25, 2008 11:39:26 GMT 10
Oh my gosh, that made me laugh rxfntklkaxs. Its probably good I dont live with flatmates or I'd get the same reaction. Unfortunately everyone is used to me having converstations with my rats so there are no strange comments or mumbles lol. Instead of saying hello baby, have you tried hello babies? hehe then you couldnt possibly referring him! lol  When I first get home or when I walk past a cage "where's my boys" in a super exited voice and they bounce around like mad and push and shove for my attention. Or some days they'll stare at me, yawn as if to say "too early mum, come back later" |
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Post by oldratmum on Nov 16, 2008 0:47:44 GMT 10
so i can safely call my (future) rat anything vaguely endearing?
what about regular names?
do you stick with the name given by the breeder?
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Post by wulfyskingdom on Nov 16, 2008 10:54:13 GMT 10
Its definitely ok to call them anything endearing! make up as many cute and adorable names as you want. They wont mind one bit mine get excited if it speak in a high pitched voice, they bounce around their cages till they get let out |
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Post by oldratmum on Nov 25, 2008 22:05:02 GMT 10
Quilters call fabric packages that come in the mail "Squishies" ....so, if fabric is all lovely and "touchy", then it suits ratties to a T! ...and...... I probably made a complete berk of myself tonight.... I met Kim, and got to play with her faux manx baby....and rex cats TOO much fun, and I was quite happy chattering away to them, Kim's little man has TONS of personality!! Her cats are really cool too |
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Post by wulfyskingdom on Nov 25, 2008 22:48:35 GMT 10
I probably made a complete berk of myself tonight.... oh my, that made me laugh, I've never heard of someone making a berk of themselves before. I'm going to have to use that one lol |
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Post by LittlePaws(Cat) on Nov 28, 2008 22:29:33 GMT 10
My girls usually get 'beautifuls'. Hiya beautiful, how are you today? What are my beautifuls up to? All except one, Cookie, who normally gets called "You rat! You total rat" or "What you up to Cookie Monster?" I love her to bits but she has to have rat ADHD or something, she does not stop. If you take her out of the cage she will jump onto anything nearby and if you manage to keep away from everything she runs to the end of your arm and you catch her with the other, which she runs to the end of and you catch with the other, and so on and so on until she is sleek and shiny and you put her back in her cage totally exasperated LOL And THEN she usually runs in the wheel  My boys are usually just 'da boyz' original I know, I also chuck a 'boy' onto the end of their names to mix it up a bit. Tommy boy, Gingie boy and Smokey boy |
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i like the name fatty boom ba 
I feel boring now.....
