Datenshi Blue
Mom's Dumbo Eared Rat
Art by Pluto.
Datenshi Blue was a much loved lilttle rattie who went to conventions near and far, and loved a good stale piece of bagel. She is gone from us now, having gone to Rattie Heaven, but she will always be in my Heart, and our Memories.
Datenshi Blue was rescued in early 2001 from a pet store where she was destined to be snake chow. My daughter previously had owned a black Dumbo rat named Piewackit. Piewackit was the first Dumbo eared rat I had ever seen, and it was the fact that when I was selecting rats to feed to my snake, Piewackit kept coming up to me and standing up looking for attention. UNLIKE the regular white lab rats. I was very taken by this, and brought her home for my daughter.
It was after seeing how sweet and mellow Piewackit was with my daughter that when I saw this tiny little blue-grey rat with rabbit soft fur, black eyes, pink ears and feet in the rat drawer I KNEW I had to bring her home as a pet.
Datenshi Blue (named for a song from the Japanese anime series, Kaikan Phrase) lives in my home office with four snakes and lots of posters and toys. Her name translates from Japanese into Fallen Angel Blue. She loves pizza crust, and saltine crackers and peanuts.
Datenshi's first major outing was to be Registration Supervisor at YaoiCon 2001 in San Francisco in October 2001. She got her own name badge and enjoyed wowing hundreds of attendees at the Registration Desk and Art Show Control Desk during the weekend. The picture below was taken by Linus Liam and his news crew as they covered the convention.
On top of her cage with her Name Badge
On the couch with a cracker!
On the couch again.
Such pretty fur!
Parrish's Curly Rex Dumbo Rat
Parrish got his rat in December of 2001, again, rescued from being snake food at Connie's. She is a nervous little thing, but has the cutest curly fur AND whiskers. She is black in color with a whit patch on her tummy. At first her name was Dark Black (like the Night) he explained to me, then when his sister pointed out she looked a lot like her deceased rats, Piewackit I and II, Parrish renamed her Piewackit.
Exploring the couch..
Hmm... a blanket, perfect for hiding from this camera!
Striking a pose... Sorta.
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