Reggie Angel: March 2010

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Birthdays are nice

Reggie was born in May 2007. He celebrated two birthdays in his little lifetime.

First Birthday - May 2008
For his first birthday, when he was still allowed to eat chicken, we gave him a whole chicken leg! Ok, we didn't let him eat the whole thing - that would've been irresponsible - but we let him drag it back to his cage and eat a piece that he managed to pull off it.

Unfortunately we only took video footage of this, so below are some blurry 'action' shots taken from the video.

"Wow, look what I found!"

"Now, should I eat it here or take it back to the safety of my cage?"

"Yup, better get to a safe place where I can eat it all in peace!"

"Nearly there and no one's stopped me yet!"

"Safe in my hammock -but darn, I left most of it outside my hammock!"

Second Birthday - May 2009

For his second birthday, we bought him various treats, one of which was a 'rip - tear tunnel'. He never really went in for these gnawing, ripping treats though - maybe they were too much hard work? But he always gave them a good once-over before discarding them.

"What's that??"

"mmmm... can I eat it?"

"Maybe I'll just pee on it?"

"Oh yeah, the sticky carrot log - my favourite!"

"Got to really get my teeth in there"

Monday, March 22, 2010

A drink and a scratch

Rats drink more water than other little critters. Reggie loved to drink water, but I was always worried that he wasn't drinking enough and so we would give him water off our fingers whenever we had a chance.

If he ever went off his water - if he was feeling unwell - I would give him watermelon or melon, which he couldn't resist.

Having a head scratch

Monday, March 15, 2010

Rats sleep a lot

Rats are nocturnal creatures and will sleep most of the day and play at night. Here are some photos of Reggie snoozing

August 2007 - baby Reggie would pass out in all sorts of positions

August 2007

September 2007 - sometimes sleep would grab him anywhere, and he would just bury his head where he was standing

September 2007 - curled up in his little hammock

July 2008 - in his big hammock - so comfy

January 2009 - 1 year, 8 months - he was so completely asleep in this photo, that he was even twitching away - maybe he was dreaming of eating

September 2009 - 2 years, 4 months - I took this looking down at him, so it's quite a close up.

September 2009 - sleeping in the bed. Sometimes he would join his daddy in the morning for an extra sleep in the bed

December 2009 - daddy just knew where to tickle!

December 2009 - sleeping baby

A naughty boy

Reggie was a really sweet, amazing, loving little boy - but he was also a naughty boy. Here are some photos to show some of the naughtiness he got up and his naughty little face. He was naughty and adventurous right until the end.

September 2007 - 4 months old - messing around with washing that's drying

October 2007 - 5 months old - with the TV remote in sight. He loved to walk over it and pee on it! yucky!

October 2007 - investigating the suitcase - when granny & grandpa visited

June 2008 - 1 year, 1 month - what we going to do now mommy?

August 2008 - inside his crinkle tunnel

August 2008 - just a naughty look

January 2009 - 1 year, 7 months - always getting into places - like over the chair and onto the box

July 2009 2 years, 2 months - an adventurous boy, he would take himself off to the bedroom to look for more adventure

November 2009 - 2 years, 6 months - in Dublin now and here he is chewing up a box of matches

Peek-a-boo

December 2009 - shredding an empty sweetie bag

December 2009 - chewing on an empty mince pie box

Shredding mommy's jeans because she's taking too slow to get dinner ready

Being demanding

Christmas morning 2009 - 2 years, 7 months

Yet more eating

Here are some more photos of Reggie at his favourite pastime - eating! Some of the photos are a bit blurry - its really not easy to photograph little critters who are constantly on the move.

Investigating the tub of ice cream