Valhalla Hanako (Black) Hana has the biggest eyes I've
ever seen on a rat, something which I'm hoping to keep in the
line, and although she's very 'curvy', she's still beautiful.
She's getting more feisty as she gets older! She had a litter in
April 2009. Her name means
'flower girl' in Japanese.
Warrensark Polly (Mink) Polly is the Mary Poppins of
rats; practically perfect in every way! She went back to
Warrensark to have a litter in early 2009, but returned to me once
her babies were weaned.
Milo Lyra (Spotted Downunder) Lyra was a blatant GMR from
Sarah at Milo Stud, and I haven't regretted it for an instant.
She unfortunately developed a headtilt when she was fairly
young, but copes wonderfully with it, and lives with my group
of much younger does as a sort of kindly, bimbly, chubby
matriarch. She's named after the heroine in Philip Pullman's
His Dark Materials trilogy.
Milo Gwen (Spotted Downunder) Gwen is the sweetest,
gentlest doe I've ever had here; she's always been very calm
and loving, and a good influence on her cagemates. She had a
litter in November 2009, all of whom are equally sweet. A really
lovely girl. She's named after a character from the game
Guild Wars.
Coastboat Merrow (Ivory) Merrow is from my very
first litter here at Coastboat, and has been a joy to know and
raise. She's one of the silliest does I've ever met, bouncy and
playful in the cage and sweet and soppy out of it. Her name is
the German word for a river mermaid.
Coastboat La Bosse (Agouti Berkshire) I had decided
to keep Bosse before I even knew how well she'd turn out,
simply because I'd just lost one of my favourite rats of all
time, Dentagnion (better known as Denty!) and one morning soon
after he'd gone, I noticed that one of Mab's kittens had a
little dent in her head. I immediately decided she was staying,
and she is actually the nicest marked doe of her sisters! 'la
bosse' is the French word for 'dent'.
Coastboat Ebb (Ivory) Ebb was going to be a mummy for
me but her litter was sadly stillborn. However, she's everything I want in a
Coastboateer - outgoing but cuddly, adventurous but calm when
held, and obviously, gorgeous!
Caledonian Mae (Russian Dove) Mae is an absolute darling
but knows how to get her own way; she's a very confident, bouncy
girl and has been barging her way around the Explorer with my
other younger ladies since she arrived, despite being half their
size then!
Tenebrae Talini (Ivory) Talini joined me after a few
months of trying to arrange transport, and eventually arrived on
a day that saw the heaviest snowfall I can remember. Her name is
an Inuit word for 'snow angel' and she more than lives up to it
by being a beautiful, gentle girl. She had a litter in February
2010.
Coastboat Starboard (Ivory) Star is one of Talini's
daughters, and equally as beautiful as her mum.
Coastboat Jib (Silvered Black) Jib is also one of
Talini's daughters but much more outgoing (and naughty) than her
sister, though just as pretty.
Coastboat Etta (Black Berkshire) Etta is small but
incredibly naughty, much like her mother. She's named after a
character from Robin Hobb's Liveship trilogy.
Alpha Centauri Mina (Golden Himalayan Dumbo) Mina is
a very relaxed young lady, much calmer than most of the does who
live here, and is absolutely beautiful.