Spice Rack Rats

14/02/2025

Happy Valentine’s Day from the Spice Rack Rats! 🌿💖

ID: the herbal mischief of rats explores a brand new Valentine’s theme set up

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💛fancy.brothers 🎩

RattieLove

15/01/2025

Dear Friends, my name is Mr. Mercury🕺and I’m just looking for Somebody to Love! I’m a Good Old-Fashioned Lover American Chinchilla Boy, approximately 2-3 years old, neutered, and looking for a home to call my own.

I was found as a stray bun in the Inland Northwest. I was released with lots of friends from a byb operation and have had to survive outside on my own for the past two years. I Want To Break Free of my past as a byb bun and learn more about this Crazy Little Thing Called Love 🩶🩶🩶 I’m still pretty young and have lots of love left to give!

Now I’m Here and loving life as an indoor bun with my foster mom. My Life Has Been Saved but I’m Under Pressure to find a furever home so more of my friends outside can be saved too!

I’m okay with being picked up and will stay on your lap for pets. I melt for nose and cheek rubs and do teensy binkies for snacks. I’m in a multipet home but dogs and cats used to chase me so I prefer we don’t interact and would like to have my own space maybe with a Sweet Lady bun 🐇

Please DM my foster mom with any questions!

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ID: pics and video of Mr. Mercury, a large American Chinchilla rabbit in foster care.

11/01/2025

Melrose 💕🐀

Melrose was diagnosed with a pituitary tumor a month ago soon after a long recovery from a mammary tumor removal. Within a week she was lethargic and puffy with a pretty severe head tilt. However she had shown some pretty dramatic improvement following a steroid shot so we wanted to give her a chance. She is now on prednisone and cabergoline.

After about two weeks on her meds she was showing very few symptoms of her PT and has really been enjoying her extra time with her sisters (who have been absolute thieving GREMLINS this whole time). Fortunately Melrose is the sweetest girl ever and doesn’t mind Sandia trying to pull her ears or Kashmiri stealing all of her snacks!

I wanted to share this positive side of palliative care. I was so concerned that I would have to say goodbye so soon after all she went through to recover from her tumor removal (including a very scary hematoma).

ID: pictures and videos of Melrose rhe black hooded rat after her PT diagnosis. The older footage shows her condition soon after being diagnosed with PT last month.

Socials and Etsy in our linktree 🐀🌶️

The Spice Rack has some cool pawtners:
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👾rats_germany.official 🛠️
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💛fancy.brothers 🎩

01/01/2025

Happy New Year from Tellicherry, Melrose, Kashmiri, and Sandia of the Spice Rack Rats🥂

ID: photos of four hooded rats posing for the camera, with a few bloopers in between including a toothy yawn and a tongue sticking out.

Socials and Etsy in our linktree 🐀🌶️

The Spice Rack has some cool pawtners:
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👾rats_germany.official 🛠️
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💛fancy.brothers 🎩

28/12/2024

Ratmas Oops🎅🎁🎄

ID: the spice rack rats try to eat the decor, steal a ride on the rat-sized sleigh only to fall off, and give awkward poses in front of rat-sized Christmas decor.

Socials and Etsy in our linktree 🐀🌶️

The Spice Rack has some cool pawtners:
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💛fancy.brothers 🎩

27/12/2024

Ratmas Photo Shoot (1) with the Spice Rack Rats🎅🎁🎄

Tomorrow I’ll post the Ratmas bloopers 🤭

ID: fancy rats curiously sniffing Christmas decor on top of their cage and posing for pictures. The first two are of sweet Melrose, who looks like she’s smiling.

Socials and Etsy in our linktree 🐀🌶️

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👾rats_germany.official 🛠️
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💛fancy.brothers 🎩

26/12/2024

Ratmas family photos of each of our mischiefs!

For now we actually have three mischiefs!!
1. The Spice Rack rats: 4 litter mates (Kashmiri, Melrose, Tellicherry and Sandia). I’ve decided to not add more rats to this group due to their chronic URI issues (pictures 1-2 include all four in front of their new foraging bin with Pom poms!)
2. The Herbs (1): 2 older rescue girls Eucalyptus and Patchouli. Euca is estimated to be over 2 years old and Chouli is around 1.5. (Pictures 3-4 are of the two exploring the Christmas decor on top of their cage. Euca faceplants into a small wooden bowl)
3. The Herbs: 3 pet store drop outs (Catnip, Oregano, and Sweet Cecily). These girls are under a year old and this is their first Christmas! They’re a little wild for the older girls and cause lots of chaos! (pictures 5-6 are of the youngsters in front of a small Christmas tree helping their human get ready for a Christmas lunch)

Socials and Etsy in our linktree 🐀🌶️

The Spice Rack has some cool pawtners:
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👾rats_germany.official 🛠️
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💛fancy.brothers 🎩

14/12/2024

Have a Holly Jolly Ratmas! From Santa Paws and the Spice Rack Rats 🐀🎅🎄

Santa was so good with Kashmiri, Melrose, Sandia and Tellicherry. Sandia especially was smitten and kept going back to snuggle in his beard! 🎅

ID: pictures of Santa Claus holding four black hooded rats and posing for the camera.

Socials and Etsy in our linktree 🐀🌶️

The Spice Rack has some cool pawtners:
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👾rats_germany.official 🛠️
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💛fancy.brothers 🎩

13/12/2024

My favorite photos of ChiChi 🐀 I loved taking pictures of her. Her face was so calm and stoic looking (definitely hiding all the mischief making behind the scenes!) and she would pose perfectly mid-snack for pictures 🤭

Chicory was such a sweet, confident, sassy soul. I am so grateful for all the time we had to spend together. Thank you for everything you taught me and for all the wonderful memories we shared

ChiChi, Jan 2022-Nov 2024 🌈

ID: montage of photos of Chicory the black sable rat snuggling with her sisters, enjoying free roam and posing mid snack for the camera.

Socials and Etsy in our linktree 🐀🌶️

The Spice Rack has some cool pawtners:
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👾rats_germany.official 🛠️
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💛fancy.brothers 🎩

07/12/2024

The spices visit Santa Claus 🐀🎅

ID: pictures of two black and white hooded rats interacting with Santa and snuggling in the crook of his arm

Socials and Etsy in our linktree 🐀🌶️

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👾rats_germany.official 🛠️
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💛fancy.brothers 🎩

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04/12/2024

They’re the same picture…

ID: The Office meme showing a picture of a white rat in a blue bilbo and a white round rodent stuffie in a tiny blue bilbo. Then full pics of the rattie and the stuffie

Socials and Etsy in our linktree 🐀🌶️

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💛fancy.brothers 🎩

29/11/2024

21/11/2024

If your pet could answer three questions, what would you ask?

Just got the Pet Table Topics cards and I’d love to hear what y’all think about starting a series based on random cards I draw from the pile 🤗

I would ask:
🐀 What makes you happy?
🐀 If you could write your own post on the ratstagram, what would you say?
🐀 What are the most important items on your bucket list?

ID: Eucalyptus the naked rat and Patchouli the husky rat peer over a table topics card and pose for the camera.

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💛fancy.brothers 🎩

16/11/2024

Melrose ❤️‍🩹

She is doing pretty well and has a good appetite. We are concerned with how much swelling is in the area with the sutures. But considering the size of the incision I don’t think it’s unexpected.

ID: Melrose the black and white hooded rat is recovering from a mass removal and is pictured in a sock post anesthesia and in a baby cone made out of a Dixie cup

Socials and Etsy in our linktree 🐀🌶️

The Spice Rack has some cool pawtners:
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👾rats_germany.official 🛠️
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💛fancy.brothers 🎩

28/10/2024

“It’s just a rat” 🐀

ID: a popular Sponge Bob meme with four panels. First panel shows a sheet of paper with the words “It’s just a rat,” later panels show Sponge Bob looking at the paper and throwing it into a small fire and warming his hands.

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👾rats_germany.official 🛠️
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💛fancy.brothers 🎩

19/10/2024

Boo 👻 🐀

ID: collection of pics of a black, a beige and a white rat exploring some Halloween decor on top of their cage during free roam.

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👾rats_germany.official 🛠️
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💛fancy.brothers 🎩

30/09/2024

Rat up your sleeve? 🐀🐀🐀🐀

ID: four pet rats peek out of their human’s sleeve (a large floofy robe). In one picture they are stacked up pyramid style.

Socials and Etsy in our linktree 🐀🌶️

The Spice Rack has some cool pawtners:
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👾rats_germany.official 🛠️
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💛fancy.brothers 🎩

29/09/2024

Catnip 🌿

Catnip really soaked up the spotlight when we did our photo shoot for 🍯 she went from being our most timid girlie to our most adventurous ☺️ And she always has the cutest impish smile to her eyes now 🌶️ 😍

products are conveniently found on amazon. While most products are for smaller animals like hamsters, the girls have really enjoyed these adorable honey themed additions to their free roam space 🐝

ID: a black Berkshire rat poses with honey themed products from Tafit Pets including a honey pot, honey themed bowl, and wooden corner hide with a beehive shaped entrance.

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The Spice Rack has some cool pawtners:
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👾rats_germany.official 🛠️
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💛fancy.brothers 🎩