How can this possibly be comfortable? I mean Sven here is folded in half. Have no idea why he decided that this was the best position to take a bath, but here he is. To be fair to him most of our rats have sat like this at one time or another. At least the boys have. The girls have all been a bit daintier than this.
This guy is a clean freak. If something touches him and he feels it, that spot must be licked immediately. Of course once you have begun cleaning one patch you are obligated to wash the entire body; twice. Well, maybe a third time just for good measure. Sven has a lot of fur so this is not a short endeavor.
When he is interrupted as he was with the taking of this photo, it will often throw him off causing him to start all over at the beginning of the bathing process. I admit to bugging him on purpose just to see if I can distract him. It doesn’t take much honestly. Touch the ear, light tug on the tail, little tickle on the side or even a pat on the back. And we’re right back at the beginning of bath time…
