I couldn't afford much, but I love to help out with things like this. ^^

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3541527/

And I would love for you to sketch this character. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3514890/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3518769

Is this alright?

perfectly fine <3 thank you so much for donating!

I'll do a bust shot for you so I can include the wings ^_^

Alright! Thank you so much! <3

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3543342 sorry it took so long, i had a project i was working on this evening. Hope you like! Thank you so much for donating!

read the stuff
i do have two female rats that are young and healthy
it says they provide cage ect if a foster home is desperately needed for them i can foster up to two ratties i know it says homes without rats but i figured i'd offer a home up since i know its hard to get homes to foster rats and small animal ect ect
i can note you with my email/number if needed
hope all goes well for the little guys i love rats =)

That's awesome, are you in the New England area? We have a whole foster network from Maine to Connecticut and parts of New York. If you are in those areas, the place to contact is here under "Foster": http://mainelyratrescue.org/rattieb.....g2/?page_id=28 the foster coodinator will send you a questionaire (so they know what kind of rats to pair you with) and get you started. Response time is usually <24 hours. I've been fostering with them for over a year, they're a wonderful organization to be a part of. I highly recommend them.

yeah i'm actually in CT =) i'll check it out and send them a message my mate was part of a foster program for dogs so he knows how all the stuff works (i'm sure its a bit different but similar) and i have had animals all my life from cats to dogs to hampsters i'll let you know how it goes ^^

Awesome ^_^ If you do end up fostering note me some pics, I always love to see happy rescued ratties <3

sure =D will do and i sent them an email hope to hear back soon if they do well here prehaps could even adopt one or two more ^^
riku - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2677995/
skittles - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2678001/
those are my two babies right now well when they were much smaller looking into getting/building them a huge rat manor =D

Oh I love hoodeds! My first ever rat group were all hoodeds, and one PEW. i have a soft spot for black hoods <3 Both are quite cute, hehe. Sounds awesome ^_^ I have a ferret nation that I got when they were on sale around Xmas a couple years ago, sometimes wicked good cages appear on craigslist too--when I go around fleamarkets and yard sales in the summer I snap up cages to give to people that do fostering and the like. That said, I don't know what I'd do without my Petco Rat manor or FN--the manor fits all shapes and sizes, babies to adults though it's not great for very old rats, and the FN is the easiest cage I've ever cleaned--and I've owned a lot of cages! I have 7 rats in mine at the moment, I cant imagine cleaning up after that many rats in other kinds of cages O_O

The two rats peering through the bars in my journal link are my fosters Ray Wilson and Phil Collins, hehe.

awww yes they are adorable
yeah been trolling craigs list for a big one but most arent the shape and size i'm looking for want to get them one that is wide enough for them to run around =)
but i think i found a good one on ebay actually that way i can keep the smaller for in case (heaven forbid) one of them gets sick and or if i buy/adopt more
i might invest in a tank topper too since we have so many tanks (dearc use to have somewhere around 20 snakes and a couple lizards)
btw if you every wanna chat bout ratties and forstering or anything my aim is Voodoomoonwolf =)

I like tank-toppers for other pets, do NOT recommend them for rats though because rats are prone to URIs which are exacerbated by tanks--I've gotten surrenders in tanks before that were OK but I've also seen some with chronic respiratory issues.

Mine's Stormslegacy28, I'm not always chatty online because my tendonitis acts up if I'm on the computer too much, but i do love to talk pets ^_^

yeah tis true honestly was thinking of just building them a big cabinet cage when i get back from FCN would be fun for me to do and good for them

Man, I'd love to foster some of these guys, but I'm in Houston and already have two. Lemme see what I can cook up for a donation. <3

Thank you! Even a couple dollars helps, as little as $10 covers antibiotic costs for 5 male rats. A lot of the intakes were sick and need them. Every dollar makes a difference.

My fiance grew up in Houston, I'm strictly a New Englander myself, though sometime I want to try living elsewhere. There are a couple rat rescues out your way, but I'm not as familiar with them.

BAZAM! <3

OMG Thank you ^__^ For that I can do a full color piece <3 what character would you like done, what expression, and what rating would you like? Tasteful nudes are a specialty of mine, but anything else is fine too. You can note me the details if you want.

All my references are here. You can do pretty much anything with Satori or Ikaris. Any pose, any rating. Feel free to come up with something and I'll approve it, or I'll come up with some sort of pose/mood combo. XD

Is this sketch of Satori alright for coloring? Hope you like ^_^
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3567111/

Heck yeah, that's awesome! <3

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3572927 Finished! If you give me an email address I can send you a full-size 600DPI scan file if you would like ^_^

Sure! It's Taigitsune[at]Gmail.com :3

I can certainly pitch in a few hammocks. As soon as I have my budgeting figured out I will also donate.

Awesome, hammocks can really make the difference for some rats, it offers them comfort that can go with them to their new home <3 (That and they're fun for people too...I LOVE decorating my cage XD)

Any recommendations of where to find patterns?

yanno, I swear there used to be an awesome site with all sorts of patterns but I can't find it! Thankfully hammocks are wicked easy, and no-one minds if you put your creative spin on it ^_^

The best site I see right now is: http://dapper.com.au/toys.htm#hammocks that said, what I do for hammocks (I like fleece backed with a pretty flannel, but I've found most scrap fabric works fine as long as it doesn't have loops like towels which can catch rat claws) I cut 2 equal sized squares or rectangles (1ft by 1ft is a great size) and pin the hem together wrong sides facing in. I pin small loops of ribbon to the corners for hanging (some people just put grommets in the corners when they finish it or even nothing at all and hang them with paperclips) I sew around 3 of the edges and leave a space for turning it inside out, sew the remaining part and then I do a row of stitching about 1/4-1/2 inch from the edge to make it difficult for the rats to chew the edges--as an owner I've found it adds a significant amount of durability as well as looking more professional. Example:
http://rachelsrathammocks.weebly.co.....40/7520628.jpg

You can vary it too, sewing 2 together to make pockets, making large triangles, etc. Here's some good example pics:
http://dapper.com.au/hammocks.htm

My rats love it when I sew the opposite edges of a regular together to make tubes to snuggle in. As a variant, I often take old jeans, cut off 10 inches or so from the leg and line the inside of it with fleece. I sew loops of fleece or ribbon to the top (usually between the lining at the front and back of the tube, two 3 inches apart on each side like here: http://dapper.com.au/hammockloft.jpg

I've also made cubes, where I sew 2 cubes out of fabric (one for the main part and one for the inside) and have a door cut into one panel: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3177.....976b566d9b.jpg (it's easier to make than it looks, though one of the more time consuming ones--pocket ones are just fine! I thought you might want something fun if you're feeling creative) I've seen pyramids and other shapes, each one is pretty awesome.

There's also no-sew patterns which can be adapted:http://www.suzsugargliders.com/nose.....ccessories.htm

http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/.....K/donation.jpg

I love rats and hope these guys get better and find a great home. I have 5 of my own in a large Ferret Nation cage. One of mine is nearly 2 years old and starting to show his age. He is absolutely adorable and loveable. I cant think of how someone can mistreat these lovely creatures! I work in a pet store and someone let loose 3 adult male rats into our store (where dogs are allowed to come in on a leash). They could have been crushed by machinery, killed by a dog, gotten out and starved to death! When we caught them they were afraid of people, would bite, their fur was gross and dirty, we got them homes but I still cant believe they would do that.. There was an SPCA about 3-4 miles down the road. Luckily they were spotted in the store probably about 2 days after they were released into the store. I hope they do well and respond to antibiotics... rats are such fragile things when a respitory infection gets to them.

Reference:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2176973/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2383750

Im a pine martin/squirrel mix, that has more of a face of a pine martin with canines and squirrel incisors, squirrel like ears as well. If you can throw in a male bear with nonspecific markings that would be fine too.

Hope it helps, Ill donate later next week around Friday.

Just realized you cant see the link

http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/...../donation2.png

and a pic of my old ratty!

http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/.....r-K/Orion6.jpg

Thank you so much! I haven't done a pine martin before ^_^ Is a tasteful-nude kinda thing alright? You have an adorable character, I always hate covering up nice markings XD

Goodness, he's adorable ^_^ Such pretty slate grey colors, and I love the faces of older male rats--the skull shape is appealing, hehe.

When I decided to get into animal rescue I actually chose rats because of how much society seems to excuse mistreatment simply based on "it's just a rat." The same people that are horrified by cruelty to a cat or a dog think nothing of telling me I should feed my pets poison as a joke -_- Even "animal-lovers" hate rats often. It's a shame too, because rats are certainly as intelligent as the average dog. Just very small.

Orion, the blue rat, is my child, when he passes away I think I'll be more upset over him then any of my other animals passing. They are such wonderful pets, if hes out of his cage long enough he'll fall asleep somewhere on me or on the couch if Im doing something. I adopted a blind dumbo rat, he gets around fine, he just looks odd with cataracts. Hes had cataracts since I got him at about 3 months old. At the pet store I work at we dont sell live feeder rats or mice, we only sell frozen and we only feed our snakes frozen mice. I used to buy feeder mice as pets.

Tasteful nude is fine, just make the face kind of a mix of a marten and a squirrel, the tail can be fluffy like a squirrels but a shorter length if that makes any sense to you. XD I have a bunch of self drawn pics of my character only no scanner so Im sorry I dont have more references.

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3594776/ Hope you like!

i wish I was closer XD I'd love to hook up with them, I myself just took in 5 more rats on last monday D: and the hairless female pair were in such bad condition the one will forever have no eyes ;-; expensive naked ladies.

Imma message them and see if they'd take sleep sacks (fleece tunnels) as well as hammocks.

eek. My one-eyed rat just passed away, I actually got him from this rescue. I'm so sorry to hear about the girl, I hope she's alright otherwise! it is amazing how adaptable they are though, they can recover from a lot of things! <3

I'm pretty sure they do, but not 100% sure.

oh they are the sweetest rats too. Despite the neglect, they are still full of love <3


Alright, I'll message them about it. They need an Ohio chapter XD