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What a square

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Shannon Larratt

Charm‘s friend Lindsey’s wrists are now a little more rectilinear thanks to Mason Baybruck at Darkwave in Boston. I’m going to assume that a hairless rat (or whatever cute little nightmare that is) is probably clean enough to let crawl on a fresh tattoo…

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58 responses to “What a square”

  1. Phalaeo Avatar
    Phalaeo

    No, rats are not good to put near a healing wound. I have 11 rats, and no matter how clean their cages are, they still pee where they lie. I would never put a rat near a wound- that’s asking or infection.

    Ok, grumpy hat off…. cute rat!!

  2. Mahekun Avatar
    Mahekun

    Aw, that’s a sweet sleepy rattie!

  3. rattus! Avatar
    rattus!

    oh, hairless ratty luuuuurve – my late gf had a hairless rat, we named him mochi, he was very very odd but we loved him dearly =)

  4. fantasien Avatar
    fantasien

    oh i wish we could get hairless ratty boos in wa, but there are none 🙁

    so gorgeous 🙂

  5. pobres Avatar
    pobres

    it´s horrible! ,, you´re all crazy

  6. Mangaartist Avatar
    Mangaartist

    I love this sentence in the brackets : “or whatever cute little nightmare that is”

  7. slimynolegs Avatar
    slimynolegs

    AW. what do you use to draw on him?

  8. Madi Avatar
    Madi

    You should NOT draw on your animals! Most of all hairless variety. Hairless animals have very delicate and sensitive skin. Does anyone else notice how very swollen and unhealthy this rats eyes look? Yeah, I’m pretty sure that is a bad reaction to whatever ink she is using on his skin. Animals eyes can say a lot about the health of your pet. Even “non toxic” or “water based” markers are safe for humans but still not meant to be used on skin or ingested. Please, if you are the owner of this rat and you read this, PLEASE stop drawing on your pet. If you love him and don’t want him to be sick. Get a coloring book. 🙂

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