Belial 7 - Fancy rat

This picture is featured in my rat photography book Fancy Rats - Portraits and Stories published by Amherst Media


Another shot of my beautiful old boy, he looked so innocent and sweet here...
Maybe not as funny or cute as the one with the strawberry but this photo really tells a lot about how sweet he was
I miss him VERY very much RIP my little angel...

It is one of my all-time favorite photos, I really think I captured him here. I may have to print it for myself, this picture is quite dear to me. 

Bélial, black husky (roan) dumbo, born inbetween June 2007 and january 2008, deceased August the 5th 2010...

He was a rescue rat so I didn't know his exact age.
He was rescued from a breeder who abandonned all his breeding stock : over 60 rats…
All of them suffered from several diseases, many of them died because they had suffered too much and couldn't heal anymore.
I took six of these ratties home as a foster family and adopted two of them. The four other ones have found great families, the other ratties from the same rescue mission have found homes too.

Bélial was a very cuddly rat, not an energetic boy (he much prefered having his head scratched, licking fingers and sleeping on my knees). He was very smart and although he was the alpha rat, he was always gentle and protected the newcomers. He was also a sweetheart who loved people and always asked for cuddles, he would fall asleep on his back when I scratched his belly...

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