Your Brutus could be an exact copy of my little girl, Andromeda. How cute! (I admit, I'm particularly taken with little Nicodemus' friendly expression. I could just squeeze his little whisker-face!)

ahhh ratties. :3 love these! I have two boys currently. Third one just passed away ;_;

so adorable! such a cute idea, i should get badges for my 4 boys and put them on their giant cage. <3 rats!

Just be careful they don't chew them up, they can be little stinkers like that. lol

Oh don't I know it, I have some awesome newspapers from WWII that someone got knocked on top of their old short cage and they chewed it to bits :<
Now they've got an awesome bookshelf I made into a cage so things can't fall into it now

I've had curtains chewed, christmas lights that were hanging on the wall, and once a robe that got dropped too close to the cage got pulled in and turned into nesting material. I've learned to keep things well clear of little grabby paws. lol

but we love them still, those cute little fats

Ratties get badgies too, yay! XD

OMG I never thought of ratty badges . .sooo should have gotten one for Aphrodite and Lil Lamb for FC this year would've saved us alot of time introducing them, so we could answer other questions more fluidly
>.> . . maybe i will for next year . . .hmmm . . .
By the way your Nicodemus looks so much like my Cloud I had many years ago, same silly face and every thing! And i have a boy who looks very much like Tobias seeing as how you say he's much lighter, only Dionysus' markings only go to his shoulders

Dumbo faces are my weakness when it comes to rats. lol They're definately my favorite, especially when they're naked too. >u<

Nekkid dumbo is my fave, still trying to get one!

I know getting them at pet stores isn't always the best choice but Petsmart almost always seems to have them, have you tried there? If they don't, you might be able to ask them to order one for you.

Our PetSmart only seems to get solid colors or berks and hooded :C I could ask them next time though. We also tend to look round for local dependable breeders

Cuuuuute!

You're sooo lucky you have rats! With class and work I don't have time to take care of one, and I never had one growing up because I couldn't convince my parents of how awesome they are as pets.

x3 So long as they don't eat the badges, they like it. Simple as that! Very adorable work <3 all three of them ^.^