Update: Rats! [ Help me with names, hurrhurr]

Thank you all so much for your tips and affection for these little rat creatures!! :3 Unfortunately, I decided it was best not to get one for now. Instead, I'm going to wait until I know a good local breeder before I get a cute rat of my own (because of possible health issues that may be passed down from pet stores).

and I had almost bought a chinchilla, SO CLOSEE (god DAMN IT ;A; the silver mosaic ones are SO CUTE) but I decided against that too. Not because I think we'd incapable of taking care of them, but because I would want to keep one until the end of its life. That's possibly 20 years. Uh, 30 maybe AT MOST. Yeah, we don't know where we'd be in a few decades from now. D:

You can probably guess what we did end up getting, since I have a lot more experience with them anyway. (Hint, it rhymes with babbit.)


She's the sweetest one I've owned before; she's very curious about things around the room, but she'll always stay in the same one as you. Oddly enough she's not curious with her teeth, and seems to have a disinterest in chewing wires (YES!). She seems very comfortable around me and is incredibly calm. Pretty open with affection, likes to "perch" on your shoulder while you're at your desk. Black and mostly white, she has a spot shaped like an 'i' (or '!') on her back. The only thing is, it's really hard for us to come up with a name for her.

Here were some suggestions so far:

-Meryl/Metal Gear: because of the !, obviously if we were to name her either of those we'd complete it with the urgent grunt that Snake does.
-Femto: It's a unit smaller than Pico, which was the name I had for my Dutch rabbit. Netherland Dwarfs are smaller. Therefore: Femto.
-Herculor
-Shalazar

The usual bunny names:
-foofoo
-munchie
-baby
-fluffy
-mooshy, etc.

And I would never name my rabbit this, but I thought of ihop for her HAHAH.


Okok to get to the point: Help me come up with a name I'll like and I'll reward you with a drawing in return. XD

okreadygoooo


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Old entry: I'm a fan of bunnies, but I've been suggested to try having rats as a pet sometime. I hear they're really social creatures, smart and just as fun as having a dog. I'm thinking of getting one.. tell me more about them if you've owned one before?

(edit: I'm open to other pets as well, as long as they're small. I've only ever had fish and rabbits before, something new would be nice XD)