[Sketchy]

Female, Albino.
Shows a partial Manx mutation and carries the mutation Manx(tailless).
Seems slow to trust others.
Official Date of Birth: March 3, 2012
Date of Adoption: March 17, 2012

For more information, please head over to: Chitter Squeek Rattery



Image & CSR (c) Stephanie "Sketchy" 2012

[perros1234]

Username:perros1234

Ratlet Number: I´d love to take home #4

Why do you want to adopt? I have seen this thread many times, I have always looked at the adorable ratlets up for adoption, they are all so cute! I just couldn´t bring myself to adopt one, I mean all adorable. So I was looking at the Ratlets. I liked them all, but when I came to #4, I just instantly loved her. I woun´t forget or neglet her. So I looked at her description, that she was slow to trust others, I don´t know why but the name ¨Skitters¨popped up in my mind when I saw and read about her. I couldn´t help myself to fill out a form! XD I plan to draw her on paper(I´m better at paper drawings that computure). My sketch book would be filled with Skitters. XD I´ve always wanted a rat, But I don´t think I would have time for a real rat

Rat Name: I would name her Skitters

Personality: (Likes, dislikes, how they react to people, other rats, etc.)[b Skitters is pretty shy, she is really quiet among other rats., but she sometimes warms up to a rat. Skitters loves running on her wheel, another thing she likes to do, this one is relaxing, is lying on her back and watching sunlight flicker through the window. She loves the patterns it makes. One thing she hates above all, cats, they annoy her. Though she finds them annoying she is a little bit scared of them. SHe is slowly learning that people mean her no harm, and just want to play and take care of her. So she usally shys aways from them, once or twice she has nipped someone because they wouldn´t leave her alone. But her nipping someone is rare, and when she does she doesn´t give you a large deep bitemark on your finger. Skitters is a little bit of a loner. Skitters avoids other rats, she has been slightly shunned out from the others because she is an albino. When she was a ratling, her brothers and sisters thought her of a ¨weirdo¨. So Skitters was a outcast. Once Skitters is completly comfortable with you she turns into the sweetest rat you could ever dream of, but thatof course means that she has to trust you. That is a long process. Slowly she will become less and less shy. In Skitter´s mind she is extremly indepent, and she doesn´t need someone with her all the time. In reality she allways seems to fall paws first into mischeif and trouble! She hates going to the vet, she doesn´t seem to get that the vet just wants to make sure she is in good condition, though she doesn´t appreciate it! XD She also dislikes it when a cooking timer goes off in the middle of her nap. She´ll burrow herself in a mountain of bedding to block out the sound. SKitters doesn´t like it when someone trys to teach her a nice trick. She gets worried that she won´t do it right, and just not do it at all. SInce Skitters is a loner she doesn´t get to socialize with other rats, she usally wanders off to find a place to hide in. Or to play with socks in secret, or to roll marbles around the floor.

]Quirks[/b]: (Little things like "Enjoys sleeping on her back", "Loves hoarding candy wrappers", etc.) Crakers!! Skitters loves crackers!! XD If there is a peice of it on the floor, she run at it and eat if all before you can say¨Skitters!¨. Also she likes playing in socks! Sometimes she takes them. She also likes to sleep in them! Likes watching sun light flicker through windows. Skitters also likes rice and lentils for a treat, XD she likes those. Skitters likes to hoard marbles. Yep, marbles! SHe seemes to like them. She likes to roll the around and stare at them. For some reason she never gets bored of them!! Yep that might sound silly. If you are ever missing marbles just go find Skitters, you are bound to find her playing with them or she's hoarding them away! Also do the same things for socks, she can't resist taking them with her, once or twice she has destroyed a sock to make a nice warm nest! . She also has a tendancy for hiding in dark places, examples: Your sock drawer(there she gets to play hide-and-seek and she gets to play with socks!!). Skitters likes to run on her wheel, it´s a simple activity but she enjoys running around. She also likes swimming! XD

What do you plan on doing with your rat? (Roleplay, Make art of, Hoard art of, etc.) The roleplay sounds fun! So if I won Skitters I´d like to roleplay her. Also I´d like to draw here in my sketch book. I think she´d be amusing to draw. So making art of her, would be one. I´d also like to feature her on my siggy. She´d be so cute! XD I´d like to use her everywhere I can!!

If you feel you can no longer care for your Rat, will you return it here to find a new home? Yes, but I doubt that would be nessaceray I love her so much! XD

Artwork/Story? I´m not a good artist so her is my story
Skitters stood on her little house(you know that little place where they curl up in, like a dome?) streching her neck up to seing everyone passing by. Blinking she scurried down to her wheel. Her wheel was one of favourite things.SHe happily clambered onto it, and started with a slow trot. Soon she felt hungry so she went to look at her good bowl. She sniffed it, and frowned. No crackers.. she thought. She nosed through them and nibbling away. Then she went to doing one of her favourite activities, she liked this one because it was extremly relaxing. Lying on her back she stared at the sunlight flickering through the window. Soon the room was dappled with warm, golden light. Smiling Skitters let the warmth heat her. She lay watching the patterns dance and feeling the warmth. When a clang distracted her from her favourite activity. She stretched, and hopped onto her hind paw. She caught sight of larg hand reachign out to her. She shyed away, backing away into the corner. The owner of the hand did not perster her and pulled it´s hand out and closed the door of her habitat. With a sight Skitters resumed to her acticity. Soon she fell into a dream like trance watching the patterns. It always happened with this activity. Time itself seemed to stop and there wasn´t a noies. She began to think about her history. She frowned, her life had not been exactly a piece of cheese(trying to make a rat expression, you know like a piece of cake? Mine isn´t very good). She had not been orginally born here. She was born in a home. Suddenly, all her merormies came rushing back. It all started with a error. A little girl finally convinced her parents to get her a rat. They searched on internet to find some baby rats. They quickly found a perfect match, Skitters mother. As soon as she was weaned they brought her home. They named her Aspen. They loved her, but when the girl went to school and her parents went to work, Aspen got lonely and bored. The family decided that they´d go find her a friend. Aspen was still very younge so they could introuduce her to a friend. They brought home another rat, they called Pine. The vet made a mistake, the vet thought the ratlet was a female, not male. So the family never suspected anything. They didn´t think it was nessacary to spay or neture their rats. They family was surpised to see when one day Aspen was sluggish and sllow. Her belly was larger than it had ever been. Worried they brought her to the vet. Aspen was pregnatnt. The family had been shocked to hear the news. How on earth did this happen? they wondered. Soon they took Pine to the vet to get his gender checked again. The vet saw that it was a male. The family, took care of both rats. When Aspen could be spayed(never can remember if thats for males of females sorry! ) they made it happen and Pine got netured. Aspen gave brith to a fair amount of ratlings. SInce Skitters was a albino the other ratlings reased her and made fun of her. She was always excluded from their games. Aspen was too busy with the other ratlings to help her, she always said ¨Don´t worry, all will be fine, they will forget it´s their loss that they won´t play wit you.¨ At first Skitters belived it, when her brothers and sisters wouldn´t stop, she retreated to a coner. Her mother felt sorry for her and tryed to make the other ratlings play with her. They spoke to her as if she were some type of alien, it was awkard playing with them. So Skitter just stopped looking misrable, her mothe belived that she was happy and didn´t do much. Though Skitter was still sad, and lonely. The mother and father of the girl spend every spare minute trying to find all them homes. Almost all of them got a home.They girl was delighted to her that Skitters didn´t get home, after all she thought she could keep her. Her parents refused, saying that two rats was a lot fo work and that she wouldn´t have time to take care of Skitters. Heavy hearted the family brought her to the animal shelter. The workers were very nice and played with her, Skitter recalled, but it wasn´t the same as having a home. The animal shelter closed down, they found all their pets homes or gave them to another shelter. Skitters was brought to a home. Her new owner, didn´t pay much attention to her. Mostly leaving her food and water, and cleaning her habitat(cage). But he never really played her with her. Soon he releazided he didn´t have time to keep Skitter happy. He brought her to women who had always dreamed of a rat as a pet. She immenditaly smothered Skitters with love, Skitter liked the women, she played with her gave her tons of crakcers. But her joy was short lived, sadly the women became alleric to rats. Heart broken the women went to find her a forever home, she did not succsesful. So she brought Skitters to Chitter Squeek Rattery hoping that Skitter would find a home. She sighd hoping that she had not been brought here in vain. She hoped she would have a forever home.



Art of Skitters:http://www.chickensmoothie.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=1095461
Will make more

[perros1234]

Fan art

made by myself

With Hover!

done by myself also

[perros1234]

reserved for story on how she meets Hover

She rode apoun the shoulder of her owner, perros1234, they were going to find her a friend. No matter how much perros1234 played with her, she wanted some rat time. perros1234 whispered
¨Just here to take a look, I hope we find you a friend Skitters.¨ With perrmision perros placed her next to a small green ratlet. He had a ruby coloured throat and his tail was swaying behind him slowly. He reminded her of a bird. . ¨Now you go play¨. perros then left them alone, peering at rats and playing with them. Commenting. ¨look! He reminds me of a badger!¨ In the distance Skitters spotted a black rat with white markings like a badger. Her eyes darted around. She remebered how she had been adopted from here, perros1234 loved her and never stopped playing with her. She never got bored of Skitters..
¨........never though I´d be here again...¨She whispered. So quietly the rat next to her didn´t catch it.
¨Hi! I didn´t hear you, do you mind repeating?¨He asked exicted. ¨..Sure....I guess...I said I never thought I´d be here again.¨ She said, he heard it this time but barely.
¨Oh!!!! He squealed then frowned ¨what do you mean by ¨never though I´d be here again?¨He asked curiously ¨were you here before?¨ Skitters frowned, she hated it how rats couldn't keep their mouths shut! Sometimes they were so nosy!
¨Yes I was here before, until I was adopted. I miss it here but I like my home too.¨ Skitters awnsered.
¨Okay! Whats your name? I´m Hover by the way.¨He squeaked grinning at her
¨Skitters¨
¨ I like that name!¨
¨thanks?¨ she said with a smile. This was the longest conversation with a rat she'd ever had!
¨Your welcome!¨¨
¨You´re funny¨She said quietly a small smile creeping on her muzzle
¨Thanks! No one ever really talks to me¨ He said
¨Welcome to my world.¨ Skitters said, she knew what it was to be ignored like the other rats.
¨You are like me?¨
¨Depends by what you are like.¨ Smilling a small grin.
¨well nobody talks or plays with me.¨
¨my owner plays with me, but apart from that nobody else does. So I guess I am like you in a way¨
¨tell me a bit about yourself.¨
¨...... My name is Skitters... I like marbles?¨They both burst out laughing.
¨Nice! But I meant like what you dream about that sort of stuff. Here, I´ll start, but first promise you won´t laugh¨
¨Promise.¨ Taking a deep breath
¨I want to fly, like a bird.¨
¨So? I don´t see a problem.
¨¨ Really? Now you tell me.
¨Promise you won´t laugh!¨she said imatating Hover's voice
¨Promise¨He said iminating her back.
¨I want a friend, a really good one. One that won´t leave me in the dust.¨ He grinned with excitment, his eyes misted as Hover left reality. ¨You think I´m weird don´t you?¨She asked slamming him backt to reality.
¨NO! In fact I also want a friend.¨ he insisted.She smiled at him. ¨Tell you what I´ll show you what I like to do, and you show me what you like to do.¨
¨Fine.¨
¨I´ll go first.¨He scampered to the window sill. She scurried after him. Heaving herself up next to him.¨I like climbing, it´s the closest the sky I´ll ever be.¨ He said, she didn´t respond, and whispered
¨look! Do you see that bird?¨
¨yes, it´s a Stellars Jay, this one comes here quite a bit.¨
¨You know a lot about birds.¨
¨Yes, but only about birds.¨ He laughed.
¨shh!!¨she said a annoyed, she wanted to see the bird!
¨Another bird is coming!¨He smiled,As a hawk swooped low, Skitters jerked back, her paws slipping on the window sill. She didn't utter a single word just eyes widened and slipped. Hover leaped foward catching her by the tail. His tail lashing in a wild beat.
"Hey! Stop pulling on my tail!" Skitters snapped dangling in front of. Pulling her up she said "thanks, I haven't seen much hawks around."
"It's okay, the first time I saw one I did fall off!"
"Were you okay?"
"Just shaken, but I was sore for a while after."
"Ouch" Skittes said.
"Yeah, not making that mistake again!"
"heheh........Hover.......I have just one question....."
"Ohhh! And it is......?"
"When was the first time you ever wanted to fly?" Skitters asked in a quiet voice. He gulped
"well.... I was just opened my eyes..... You know... when that happens you want to see everything! So.....I remeber the day... I had been sitting around trying to ignore comments directed to me...oh yes I remebered one..."bird brain"....oh yes and " He thinks he can grow wings and fly away". I was sad. My tail dragging behind me I went home to the little hut in my cage. Hurt, I crawled next to her, sobbing. She told me to go to sleep. I tried...I really did..... but sleep never came. So it was dawn, first light flickering throught the window weakly. I climbed to the window sill(that took forever!) and sat their. Outside, there were a couple bird feeders. Then I caught a flash of brilliant green, so I turned my head to look. I saw a ruby throated humming bird. The pale light reflecting against it's green metalic feathers, making it seem to glow. I stared caught in a trance, never taking my eyes off it, not for a second. Then it flew... it flew as if it was the easiest thing. Flapping so fast it's wings were just a blurs against it's sides. Since that day, I've longed to fly, it woke some part of me up. Like I was releasing a bird, it was free, swooping and soaring throught the sky and staying close to him, warming him. He confessed.
"Thank you Hover, that was a beatiful story..... I loved it, I hope you do get to fly." The thought of flying made him giddy with excitement." And his tail started swinging in the air like a helicoptor, spinning so fast it was a flashing blur. "Carful! If you spin fast enough you just might lift off!" she joked.
"Really???!! You think so?
"Oh yes!" . Hover didn't read the sarcasm in her voice, and spun faster. His tail knocking into Skitters
"Hey!" She yelped before being tossed away.
"Sorry!" He said his tail stopped spinning.
"It's okay," she sighed " I am the one needing to thank you, so again Thank you!"
"No problem!" He beamed at her, I want to show you more, and dragged her off to get his book. It was filled with sketches of birds and feathers, information was neatly put into catagorys (example: Name: Stellars Jay, Nesting: Blah blah Blah! Feathers: Blah Blah Blah! Ect.) and the were acutal feathers on it. "What do you think?"
"that you are the smartest rat around!"
"thanks!"
"Now you have to do what I want!" She laughed and dragged him off. The two found a lone sock laying on the floor,
¨Hmmmmm.....wonder who´s sock this is.¨Then he notcied that Skitters fur wasn´t close to him, he swung his gaze to see that she had started attacking the sock, wrestling and crawling in it. He stood amusement flickering in his eyes.
¨Well, are you going ot sit there like a pillar or join me?¨She snapped though there was amusent in her voice, he laughed. He laughed and threw himself into the sock wrestling in it, squealing as he was engulfed by darkness, though he like it, His tail swishing behind him he nibbled one side of the sock while Skitters worked on the other side nipped at it and pulling out threads.
"This is fun!" He giggled
¨Of course it is! Why else would do it?¨
¨Ummmmm???? I have no idea!¨ He laughed, She snorted. Soon SKitters brought him to play with marbles, she stared at them with such intensity he wondered what she saw in them, he found them slightly boring but he changed his mind when they rolled them around and chased them. Skitters and him ate crackers until they couldn´t find another crumb in their stomachs.
¨This is so good!¨Said Skitters
¨Uh huh!¨He agreed. After a while of sitting and chatting. The person came back, gently picked him up,
¨I think, Skitters has taken a liking to you little guy.¨ the person said, glancing at Skitters.
¨So you coming, or have you decided that you´d like to spend the rest of your life like a blade of grass? Never moving.¨Asked Skitters with a small smile
¨Really?I can´t belivive it!¨He was squeaking like a newborn now. ¨Yess!!¨He blushed when Skitters gave him a quizzacal look. ¨ummmmm..¨She said embrassed.
¨Lets go home, said the person. Scooping him up, and placing him on her shoulder and Skitters rode on the other, and walked out of Chitter Squeek Rattery.

Still need to change it a bit!

[perros1234]

Likes and Dislikes-
Just posting Skitters Likes and Dislikes
Likes
-Hover and Lutta(her two best friends)
-Marbles! Skitters favourite thing to play around with
-Climbing
-Crackers(Skitters most loved food)
-Watching sunlight flicker through the window
- Running on her wheel
- Sock wrestling!
- Swimming
- Hiding in dark places
Dislikes
- The cooking timer
WIP