Hrm.....

[oyceter]

So remember when I said I had the dorkiest rats ever?

Apparently I have the sneakiest rats ever.

The cage door sprung open while I was sleeping, but when I investigated, ratties were still curled up inside, all snuggly and asleep. But there were lots and lots and lots of crumbs by the door. I shrugged it off and figured that they'd somehow managed to chuck stuff out of the cage, which they do.

When I went over to feed them after work today, I discovered that the bag of rat food by their cage has quite a few holes chewed in it.

The sneaky rats crawled out, snuck lots of food, probably ate it right at the door, and then crawled back in to go to sleep!

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Rats are like cats

[daedala.livejournal.com]

If I leave the cat food in the grocery bag, it's fair game; the kitten will try to eat through to the food. (The big cat, of course, is a good girl, and would never mess with the food.)

But once the bag of food sitting open on the floor in the kitchen, the evil kitten doesn't mess with it. Even if the food is run out. She knocked the bag over once, but I think that was accidental clumsiness -- she is very clumsy -- rather than intent. She certainly hasn't shredded it the way she does when it's in a grocery bag.

Pets are weird. I think the kitten is an alien.

Re: Rats are like cats

[oyceter]

Truly they are. I told my sister the story, and she said, "Could they open the door by themselves?" I thought they couldn't, and then I thought again... I think if they climb on the door, it'll spring open. My guess is that they've figured this out and have been feeding themselves when they're hungry!

Ooooh, is your kitten one of those ignore all expensive toys in favor of the paper bag ones? My rats are too.

Re: Rats are like cats

[daedala.livejournal.com]

Smart rats.

The kitten is not a smart cat, though. At one point she was managing to open my backpack to get inside, but she didn't actually learn how to do it -- she was just pawing at it until her claws caught in the zipper, and this has not been repeated. ALL things are toys, including the older cat's tail, the refigerator, any boxes I have lying around, my hairbobs, power cords, and the remains of dismembered fur mice. Plastic bags are just as good as paper ones, and funnier for me, because she gets herself stuck in one and runs around the apartment with a plastic bag around her middle, often with stuff like my lunch tupperware still in the bag.

Re: Rats are like cats

[oyceter]

HEE!! Poor older cat ;).

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

They are sneaky ninja rats!

[oyceter]

HEE!! My rats, the sneaky ninja rats!

Er. My rats, the fat and only sometimes sneaky possibly-not-really-failed-chuunin-exams ninja rats ;).

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

Sneaky rats indeed. But adorable!

[oyceter]

And I think they actually know how to open the door! If they climb on it, it'll probably pop open under their weight. I need to set up a camera or something, because I'm pretty sure that's what they're up to.