I'm a pet lover living in the NW Chicago suburbs currently owned by a mischief of  rats collectively known as "The Twitchy Nose Brigade."  I've owned a variety of animals from macaws and horses to mice and hamsters for the last 32 years, and consider my pet rats to be among the most  amazing animals I've ever had the privilege to share my home with.  All animals have stories to tell, but rats tell the best tales.  Listen closely, and they'll tell you some.

The Twitchy Nose Brigade roll call (in order of join date):

• Adam One: Fawn bareback male, dumbo ears
• Jamie: Agouti self mock hairless female, top ears
• Eve: American lilac hooded rex female, dumbo ears
• Lucas: Agouti berkshire mock hairless male, dumbo ears
• Pink: Black masked mock hairless female, top ears
• Magpie: Black berkshire female, top ears
• Toby: Slate blue hooded rex male, dumbo ears
• Zero: Slate blue mismarked blazed bareback male, top ears
• Batman: Black mock hairless male, top ears
• White Fang: Pink-eyed white female, top ears
• Buffy: Fawn self female, dumbo ears
• Willow: Agouti self female, dumbo ears
• Zoe: Mink variegated female, top ears
• Tilly: American Blue Berkshire female, top ears
• Ben: Black hooded male, top ears
• Jerry: Black hooded male, top ears
• Lily: Champagne female, dumbo ears