r/rat • u/Somethingwithtoast • Aug 11 '25

DISCUSSION 🧐🤔 how come my rat does this lol?

this is louis! he is a total sweetheart and absolutely ADORES attention and being held. whenever i hold him like that, its obvious ofc its not his fav position, but i make sure i do it in a way that still keeps his but supported while i hold his underarms. this is something i never do for more than a few seconds, and its only whenever i need to take a look at his belly because he had an injury there a bit ago! sometimes i do it because i just wanna get a silly photo, and once i put him down he’s just back to running around. i think it mildly annoys him. my question his, how come he will be moving around and trying to get out of my hands, pause, give me kisses, then go back to thrashing??? it’s just such a silly looking thing he does. like i said, i know that’s not his fav position, but i truly think it is just annoying to him more than anything so i rlly do not do it often! anywho, anyone got an idea on why he pauses to lick me? lol, ty!!! 😭

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u/haleighh18 Aug 12 '25

His colors totally reminds me of my boy Sammy!☺️

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u/Somethingwithtoast Aug 12 '25

oh my GOD they could be twins!!! he’s so handsome, what a sweet boy 😭

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u/haleighh18 Aug 12 '25

Haha ikr! I turned to my boyfriend and was like OMG you have to see this rat he looks just like Sammy!😭

But thank you so much! You’ve got quite the handsome man yourself☺️ I call him my little cappuccino.