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This picture is featured in my rat photography book Fancy Rats - Portraits and Stories published by Amherst MediaAn Autumn themed background for Feirefiz and his beautiful mother, Stella. These two are just too cute!
Feirefiz, fawn hooded standard rat, born October the 23rd, 2010.
A very good friend of mine has taken care of a litter of 12 ratties which were meant to be used to feed snakes... she is searching for good homes for them and I went to take some shots of the babies to try to make some of my friends' hearts melt.
These babies are just too cute, very very sweet and cuddly, very friendly too, even with people they don't know
Feirefiz is the laziest one of them, he'd rather sleep than eat or play... He LOVES cuddles !
Stella, black berkshire standard rat (with a spot on her head), born April 2010.
She is a shy but sweet rat, I love her! She wasn't used to be handled at all as she was only used to "produce snake food" but she soon became quite sweet and slowly learns to trust people. She even asked for cuddles yesterday, she allowed me to pet her for at least 10 minutes, she was even shattering of happiness
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Canon EF-S USM 60mm macro
Green gift wrapping paper
Philips Living Colors lamp
Virginia creeper leaves
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Comments: 61
This is a nice loud raspberry to those who don't think rats can be cute!
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D'AWWWWWWW!! They make me miss my sweet rattie,Blackjack, so much! He was a very sweet and easy going rex. He passed away from old age (he was about 4) 2 years ago.
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my friend used to have one of those. i remember watching it groom itself every five seconds...i guess that's why they're called fancy rats.
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I love reading about the good progress the rescue ratties are making.
This is a lovely shot.
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If you don't mind, what does the name Feirefiz mean?
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Feirefiz is a character from the Arthurian legend, there's everything about him here : [link]
He was meant to be Parzival half-brother. I had a fawn rat named Parzifal, so I thought it would be nice to call another fawn rattie Feirefiz (although the original Feirefiz wasn't a redhead but black and white).
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Ohhh ok, I had read that when I was trying to figure it out, but I wasn't sure heheh =^_^=
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its just to cute to leave alone i love it[link]
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this is so cute you can really see the mother and baby relationship, because it looks like the mother is protecting the baby!
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awww, mama finally found somewhere safe to raise her babies <3
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I love how you blurred out the background except for the rats. To me, it looks very citrusy!!
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Aww! Now that is a proud momma! (I meant by you xD)
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You take wonderful pictures, I adore your rats, really! Do you ever make desktop wallpapers of them? I would love to open my laptop and see a cute little rat looking out!
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What cute rats. They look like ones I used to have.
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I really love mouses n_______________n
Very very veryyyyyyy cute animals!!
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This is such a sweet picture!! I always look forward to seeing your new work, but this one gave a little tug at my heart strings.
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They are such beautiful ratties, with such glossy coats and healthy whiskers! Gotta love mommy's little white speck on her head.
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OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!
*cuddle own rat* *-*
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I'm glad Stella begins to trust people. She's so beautiful. Yesterday your moment together must have been very awesome. Feirefiz, on the other hand, is more adorable than everything else 
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Aww, I'm such a fan of your rats. <3
Seeing you got a new picture up makes my day. ^^
And again, such a striking and adorable picture, very cute!
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Awwww.....
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awww so cute, they look just like my sisters first 2 rats that died
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