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Ratanooga - Rat index of terms Category: Animals and Nature > Rats Date & country: 09/08/2014, USA Words: 24

Sockitry
The obtuse intolerance rats have for socked feet. Almost always results in nipped socked-toes. Closely entwined with Pednipology

Squish
A large, fat rat that succumbs to gentle squishing during cuddles with its human.

Torpedoes
The general term for rat balls. Usually best used whilst in the company of others not-so-fond of rat chat.

Zap-Zap
The action of poking your rats on the belly, whilst they hang on the bars loving the attention. Normally done in a silly voice when no one else is around.

Mischief
The collective noun for a group of rats.

Pea-Fishing
The game where rats fish for peas in a shallow bowl of water. Often resulting in scheming rats who hate water. Also see corn-fishing.

Pednipology
The study of why rats love to bite socked toes. Also see Sockitry.

Raisins
The balls of an older rat

Rodentist
A rat skilled in human teeth cleaning and oral hygiene.

Marinate
What male rats tend to do in their hammock, after they

GGMR
Acronym for Gotta Get More Rats. Usually a syndrome from which a rat-owner suffers from periodically.

Gnaw
What rats need to do to keep their teeth in proper shape and length. Generally best done on raw-hide/calcium bones and hamster wood blocks.

Lick
The action of an overly-friendly rat (most likely a dumbo named Bradley). Or often seen done by greedy rats.

Drive-by grooming
The act of a dominant rat sidling past an innocent bystander-rat, only to furiously groom the victim

Eeper
A term for a young rat.

Fuzzbutt
The loving nickname for a ratty in your family.

Buck grease
The orange, oily coating that hormonal male rats get on their backs.

Cage fright
The terrible feeling of horror when you

Cling-on
A rat who is determined not to let go of your clothing, even while you

Corn-fishing
An alternative to pea-fishing when your rats greatly dislike peas.

Brux
The act of grinding teeth in a rat

Boggling
The movement of eyes reverberating in the head, witnessed in some rats during a brux. Boggling is also actually due to a common deformaty in rat skulls. Not all rats can boggle.

Aquafrenzy
A fit of uncontrollable terror involving anatomically inconceivable twisting and writhing, ear piercing screeching and maniacal claw shredding exerted by a rat who dislikes baths.

Awwwww
The uncontrollable word you utter when viewing a new baby rat, or whilst watching your own rat do something cute.