Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope you and your family and friends and furry friends are having a wonderful day!
I’m at my parent’s house for a couple of days and the rats got to come with me. Flower and Annie love Thanksgiving. Well, they love just about any holiday or event that involves food! One of the fun things about having pet rats is that there is only a very short list of things that rats can’t eat. So, the rats got a little bit of turkey, some sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, dressing, green bean casserole, and cranberries!
Can you guess what they liked best? Scroll down to the bottom of the post for the answer!
Flower sampled the sweet potatoes and turkey first, but ultimately I think both rats decided that they loved the mashed potatoes the best! Flower kept trying to pick up a huge bite of potatoes and then carry it off to the side so that she could eat it.
I’m thankful for my wonderful family, Ginger dog, and of course the rats! Also, I’m pretty thankful that Flower is doing so well this week, after the scare she gave us last week. She seems to be healing quite well after her surgery.
What are you thankful for this year?
Oh Mary, this warms my heart. Thanks so much for posting these sweet pictures. How much butter was in the mashed potatoes?
Hi Eileen,
I’m not sure how much butter was in the potatoes… but I also thought they were pretty tasty, so I can see why the rats liked them!
cheers,
Mary
My thoughts exactly! Butter or cream! 🙂
I am thankful for my dog and my cats and my bunnies
I am all so thankful for the giveaways you have on hear it will help if I win 1 so I could use them for Xmas I don’t have a lot of money to git Xmas gifts this year
Happy Thanksgiving. Do you follow Pawitively Pets? She has two rats also.
I do follow her blog!
I loved the rat Thanksgiving pictures that she posted earlier this week. 🙂
Your rats are ADORABLE!!! Looks like a great Thanksgiving was had by all. Happy Leftovers Day!
These photos are adorable!
Aw, they are absolutely precious!
You know, I never thought I’d say this but Those rats are adorable!
OMD! that is adorable!!!!
? husky hugz ? frum our pack at Love is being owned by a husky!
Happy Fanksgivin’ to yous. Hope yous day wuz pawsum.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
I’m so happy that Flower is doing well. It seems that the mashed potato tastes very well. Flower and Annie like so adorable.
My rats are a pain. I brought them dome beef fried rice and the cabbage from an egg roll whichbthey didn’t eat. Tonight they turned down pepperoni pizza. i have three types of rat blockbsnd they hoard it, but don’t seem to eat it. I can!t seem to tame them either and zi have tried the trust training. So discouraged.
Hi Carolyn,
Your ratties sound pretty picky! My three SPCA rats (Amy, Izzy, and Chloe) were very picky at first. It took them a while to learn how to eat fruits, veggies and other good stuff. How old are your rats and how long have you had them?
Could you send me an email at mary@stalecheerios.com?
I have a very good friend who has a great discussion group for training rats to be friendlier and more comfortable with people. I would love to put you in touch with her.
Best,
Mary
Great photos. I’m glad the ratties and you had a nice Thanksgiving.
They are just adorable! How sweet that they got to be in on the Thanksgiving day fun!
They always want to be involved if something might involve food… LOL!
They are so cute! I just saw them on the Pet Parade.
Thanks for stopping by!! I think they are pretty cute too.
And we were so happy to be featured on the Pet Parade today. 🙂