Meet Alice

This is Alice. She is a young (we don't know her age) common albino rat.

Amanda bought Alice at Petco over the weekend, and we spent much of Saturday playing with her. She's already pretty comfortable around people, and seems to rather enjoy sitting alone in the corner of Amanda's couch.

Alice hasn't given anyone any problems out of the cage, but has bitten several people (myself included) when we've put our fingers near the bars of her cage, and has bitten Amanda when she tried to lift her out of her cage. Amanda's research indicates that this is just a training issue, so we'll be wearing gloves to liberate her until she learns that hands are not food.

For the record, her tail is soft, not scaly, and she cleans herself thoroughly every time she is handled.

September 08, 2003 - 09:21 AM