Olive and Donut attended a live event - pretty proud of how these amazing girls did! Leash review video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y4Ok26dsoM6YfaQ.html

I've never done an event where I sat at a table and people came up and met my rats. That sounds like a super fun thing to do, and I would very much like to! But I have done the pet parade at my hometown's yearly festival for many years. They are usually quite a few people, especially kids, who would like to meet my rats and pet them, so I'm careful, of course, to only bring rats who are chilled out and comfortable around people. I hadn't thought of bringing treats to have people feed the rats, but that's such a good idea! I'm sure it would make my rats a lot more happy to do it, if they associated new people with treats and food.

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh that's so cool! I chose Olive and Donut for the same reason, both are quite chill and like people a lot so I wasn't worried about them spooking or nipping. The treats were definitely a hit, especially the liquid ones which encouraged licking (a lot of people would ask if they would bite first, so I would model it by first feeding some treat off my own hands, and then people were much more likely to say yes to doing it as well).

As a rattie owner for several years, I can say that rats are the ideal pet: intelligent, responsive, loving, and often hilarious in their antics and behaviors. The only downside is that they don't live for long. Maybe, one day, domesticated rats will live as long as cats and dogs? One can hope.

How wonderful, getting people used to the idea of having pet Rats to have and to hold. Those cages bring back memories of many years ago, myself being terrified at first. Yet, little did I know the love and joy three little ones can bring. Wonderful job Shadow, Olive and Donut, keep up the wonderful work and keep the Rattie Love growing and glowing everyone🐀❤☺.

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

It really was so awesome seeing people come around to them after meeting them!

Thank you Olive and Donut for showing everyone that ratties are the best 💖

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

I was so happy with how well they did and how many people went from nervous to confidently petting them - such an awesome experience and they did great!

@Hunnie_B

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShadowTheRat Thank you Shadow for sharing your sweet ratties to all......so pleased to hear that it was a great experience 😊

Omg how cute!!! Congrats shadow and the wonder twins!!!

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it was a ton of fun and they did amazing!

@Alistaire79

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShadowTheRat they looked so cute who could resist hahaha awesome job too shadow :)

What an awesome idea! Educating people how wonderful rats are is so important 😊

They look so cool, you forgot they are already super stars! they can handle the crowd

Glad to hear you had a good time, and had a good talk with other rat owners. :)

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it was definitely a lot of fun to talk with other rat owners and meet other rats!

I've taken my rat Justin to Lowes and they posted his picture on the wall.

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

Aww that's adorable!

Olive and donut is so cute rats and smart 🐀🐭🐀

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

If rats didn't live such a short life I would own them again

Great little ambassadors!

I’d love to see pet rats somewhere. I miss my rats so bad, I need to hold a rat

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

Lol same - I'd be that person coming over asking to pet them (which is exactly what I did here lol)!

Hi Esther, I am so happy you had a wonderful time at the event with Olive and Donut; they have such beautiful personalities. I look forward to your videos.

great ambassadors both you & olive donut

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it was a lot of fun for sure!

Amazing! well done you beautiful sweet babies for showing any humans with any doubts how amazing and intelligent pet rats are and for doing it for all your fellow pet rat brothers and sisters all around the world XXX Posey and Rosey send all their rat love and cuddles to you both XXX

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, they did an amazing job!

@lyndseytester9226

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShadowTheRat bless them they are amazing and they are taught by the best xxxx give them a big cuddle from me xxxx

Beautiful event!

Olive and Donut are getting so big.

what good girls!! they did amazing :) edit: hot girl summer for olive i see

Love Donut

Hey congrats to you, too! Successful fundraiser! I wonder if there's something like that in my area

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it was so much fun!

Ima steal those fluffy beans

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

Lol exactly how I felt - like okay rats, everyone is coming home with me now! 😂

@theratlord3

2 жыл бұрын

😂 also I'm a big fan of u I can't believe u replied to me! 💕

Haha olive saw the dwarf rats and was like “woah! 😦”

Các bé chuột de thương đáng yêu quá đi. Tôi nghiệp các bé chuột quá

It looked so fun! Glad it went well and you had a good time. Also Omg Dwarfs they're so cute! I have 4 dwarf rats myself.

That really looked like you girls had a very good time. I would love to go to one of those 😃😃

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

They did such a good job! It was an amazing experience, definitely makes me want to attend similar things in the future.

@christopherhorton5269

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShadowTheRat we could never see your smile but I bet it was ear to ear. And I have to get us some of the winged leashes 👍👍💗💗 Thank You Girls!!

Sounds like fun

Omg they are adorable!

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

Ve ry good cute. Bé chuột 🐁 thông minh lắm

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

YaY!!! Pepper likes to climb me and sit on my shoulder too. As soon as I take her out of her condo, lol, I attach her to my shirt like velcro and up she climbs. She feels safe and if scared she runs and opens the top of my shirt and climbs in. Then she will peak out with her head to see if its safe. Lolol. How I know she feels safe and comfortable is because she will start cleaning herself and take a treat. When Pepper is scared, she shakes and refuses food. Her twin Natasha was the opposite. For Natasha, food was food. Lol. Pepper is now 2.5 yo and cancer free. Thank you lord. 😊 I'm so proud of you.🥰

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad she's doing so well! I love when they shirt dive when spooked, its so cute to see them jump in and then stick just the barest bit of their nose out!

Love this so much 🥰 a ratty meet & greet, i only wish that they did them here in the uk 🐀🐁🐾🐾🥰🥰 x

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

It was so much fun! They aren't common in the US sadly, actually I tend to see posts about rat shows in the UK much more than here :( You might be able to find some rat shows locally if you check facebook rat groups, often people will post about upcoming ones they are going to there!

@sambishop2691

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShadowTheRat thankyou for your reply i will check my local Facebook group's as my girl ratty's would love a meet & greet 🥰🐾🐀 x

Awwww so cute

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

Nice

BABIES

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

Lol exactly what I said when I saw all the other rats!

Two Halloweens ago my husband and I took our friendliest rat to the trunk or treat at my job. He just held Constance the whole time, she was too excited to be in her cage. The kids ADORED her, the parents not so much, but she loved it, sat on people, kissed people really changed a lot of people's thoughts on rats!

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

Ahh that's awesome! I remember with one of my first rats I took her to my brothers soccer games and she was also a huge hit with the kids!

This is so cool. So proud of your little girls and such a great experience for both the rats as well as getting people to interact with them. A great way to put people's fears at rest and give them a different view of how smart and clean they actually are.

I had two drawf rats and 16 half dwarfs

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

Aww that's awesome - one day I'll have some dwarfs, but for now I was super happy to get to meet some in person!

@scoutl4t875

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShadowTheRat They're such lovely little one's they tend to be very odd, and don't breed well, so be prepared to be on a waiting list. Best of luck to you.

Awesome video! Would love for you to tell about more events if you go to them ^^

AWW THEY ARE SO CUTE

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

My 2 babies, Happy and D'Artanan are still a bit nervous about me but have started getting used to my smell. They are now 14 weeks old. They are spoilt rats, I watch your videos to learn more about what I can do to make them happier and comfortable. Roughly how long before they get used to me does it vary? Xx

I just love all your rats, I use to raise rats as a kid, and now again as an adult, and right now my girls, are still new, and I got a harness for them, and I feel like an idiot because apparently, I was putting it on wrong, though it didn't help that my girls weren't holding still for me to put them on. Anyways, love the video. I used to take my rats, when I was a kid to things like this, and they were great with people, but don't know if my girls now would be good with it or not, again love the video.

Comes down to one thing...trust. They trust you enough to relax and have fun. Glad to hear it went well.

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

They are such trusting little rats, definitely made the experience go better because they really like people in general.

2:04 OMG, is that a serpent on the left? 😳 It's really cool that a bunch of people brought all different animals to the event for people to see and experience, but I'd be afraid of the rodents freaking out being so close to that snake! 😬 I also find it really sad to consider what exactly those owners feed to their reptiles 😥 In any case, I'm at least glad people got to see some of your ratties and maybe hopefully their impressions of these creatures have softened somewhat and they gained an appreciation for how great rats truly are! ❤

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, there were quite a few snakes there. Pet rats don't really seem to care about predator smells in my experience though, either they had that instinct bred out or its a learned one that they never have a chance to learn. I was more afraid of the barking dogs behind us (not seen in the clips) scaring them, but they didn't seem fazed by them either (although the dogs were definitely intrigued in a less than good way by the rats lol - so I'm glad their owners decided to keep them well away from the rat table!) Its not all that uncommon for snake owners to also have pet rats, or breed pet rats alongside feeders - most snake owners do try to be very humane with feeding in my experience, doing frozen/thawed when possible or even using an alternative meat substitute (sorta like a lab block for snakes, only its hard to get many snakes to accept it). I couldn't have snakes myself, but I can see why people like them and given that it gets a lot of people into rat ownership as a side its pretty interesting to talk to people who have both.

I'm in a shadowtherat video!!

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

It was so awesome to meet you!

Really nice video about the experience. I bet they slept well that night.

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Surprisingly they bounced back super quickly and still free-ranged for hours lol - crazy little energetic rats, they definitely have more energy than me!

Oh,NOW I REALLY WANT A RAT 😍

@Miarije

2 жыл бұрын

two or three rats* :)

@june4893

2 жыл бұрын

They are amazing! Definitely do some research on proper care for them and make sure you get at least 2 but I would recommend 3. 2 are ok though! ❤️ they are really good pets and I would recommend them 100% just look into proper cages for rats, what toys and stuff they need in their cages, and how to bond with them etc and what their diet should have! They are amazing pets just make sure to do research

@june4893

2 жыл бұрын

Also I would definitely recommend getting them from breeders! They do way better when they come from breeders

@DANYDANY.TC3

2 жыл бұрын

@@Miarije 👍🐀

@DANYDANY.TC3

2 жыл бұрын

@@june4893 👌🐀

🇧🇷👍🐁🐀🐭

Go rats I am getting rats in a month

so - are acrobatics in Olive and Donut's future? (I already suspect you'd say no, but ya know, I bet they'd be a talented as any rats in any endeavor)

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

Heh probably not, but they will hopefully be going to another event or two!

Hey Gigi pennington Oso cute Don’t forget about the RATREATS😉🐀

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

Treats = ratty love!

@gigipennington2882

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShadowTheRat I know right Thanks for like my comment Have a great Night bye🐀🍌🐀

Very nice! I'd love to see if I could take one of my girls outside on a harness but I'd be a bit nervous about other animals like dogs coming up to me and be not so nice. How would you deal with that?

@gregbernard7861

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t think I would risk it.

@mitsukitai2713

2 жыл бұрын

I'd stick to places you know other animals won't be, like your own yard. Just be careful if birds of prey, corvids, or owls (they can hunt during the day) if they're commonnin your area

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

That's a big fear for me as well - actually earlier this year I was walking with Pickle on a harness outside and my neighbors dog charged me :/ The dog wasn't looking to hurt anyone, just excited to say hi, but of course I know that once he saw the rats it likely wouldn't have gone well. Thankfully my brother was with me so I had him distract the dog (who is people friendly) while I ran back inside. Anyways after that I stopped going out for a bit, then when I started up again I picked a time I notice my neighbors are rarely out (usually between 6 pm and 8pm here). I usually stick around my yard, and in this case we stuck to the part table for the most part which kept risks minimal.

@Chealder

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShadowTheRat I think my heart would skip a beat if that happened. I'm glad it ended well! I live pretty high up in a flat and I'd take the elevator to go outside. (So also no backyard.) Some people in my flat own dogs and they're not always on a leash when they come into the elevator to go on a walk. Maybe I'll see if I find some sort of rat pouch where I can keep them enclosed in where other animals can't reach, and let them out once I'm in a saver area. Do you have any experience with such pouches? (Video tip??)

Aaw were they pooped out at the end of the day?

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

A bit near the end of the event, but during the drive home they rested and by the time we arrived they were ready to play again lol. I expected them to be so tired at night but nope, they still ran around for hours! IDK how they do it but I'm glad they seemed to enjoy it!

Good luch for you Esther. I was so moved by your historical politically motivated precedent setting hypocrisy it gave myself hope you are free to run for office with rats as your vice president and headier party.

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

😂

I am a little concerned, if this isn't too much stress for those neophobic pets and if the harnesses aren't a choking hazard... plus the risk of them getting sick since pet rats don't have an immune system accustomed to being outside (unlike many cats or dogs). Please take those things into consideration when you introduce rats to an audience. But on the other hand, I am glad that you are taking steps to help improve the reputation of rats

@ShadowTheRat

2 жыл бұрын

The harnesses don’t go on the neck at all, instead going around their front limbs and crossing on the chest. They are perfectly safe in them, and my girls have used them for hours and hours well before I took them outside on them. That’s why people use harnesses actually - because it puts no pressure on the neck and prevents any damage to that sensitive area. As for them being neophobia that’s why I only chose my most confident rats. You can see that both girls were taking treats (something a scared rat won’t do), both were walking around and nicely relaxed when being held by people. I wouldn’t have taken them if I thought they’d hate it, and I’m happy to say they did an amazing job. They even did some trick there, and they have to be quite comfortable in order to respond to trick cues! Finally as for illness they were only kept on the table, and I take them for outside walks at home so they are used to that sort of going out. It’s still possible they could contract something, but not all that likely when they were being kept to their own area and away from other animals. Rats can only contract a few select things that aren’t passed on by rodents, so by limiting their exposure to other healthy rats and preventing them from going on the ground and encountering any bodily fluids like pee, you really reduce the chance of them contracting any diseases.

I don't know same people who have rats in South Africa pet rats is really not popular pet 😒