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It seems the best place to be when 'mum' has her camera out is inside one of the lens bags!

This is Mav, short for Maverick. Yes, as in Top Gun. Her partner is Goose. Yes, I said 'her'. You see when we got them both we thought they were boys. They weren't. Mav had eleven babies. Yes, ELEVEN!!

We re-homed 6 babies, 3 boys went to live in my boys room and 2 girls stayed with Mav & Goose. They've all got different characters, Mav is sweet and quite gentle and she absolutely adores Goose.

[Linda Dedman]

can't say I blame her.....Goose is adorable....lovely shot Jo :)

[Jo]

@lindadedman it's true, he is adorable. The most docile rat I've ever known for sure.

[Humphrey Hippo]

Beautifully lit shot. She looks very sweet. :)

[reciprocity]

Great lighting and sense of texture

[Yvonne]

oh.my.gosh! i see a little story line here...

[Jo]

@humphreyhippo I didn't quite mean to get a shot like this, but I suppose we have to leave our minds open - especially when dealing with animals! ;)

[Helen]

Looks very sweet peeping out of the bag! I used to look after the pet white rats at school - they were so gentle!

[Judith Greenwood]

Love this - in fact FAV. I love Top Gun as well though I think I've fused it in my memory with An Officer & A Gentleman!

[Mr Foxon]

I shall also be FAVing this one! What an adorable picture... and with a Top Gun reference? More than enough to make me click that button. Great work :)

[Jo]

@yvnn you'll see them all eventually I expect :)

[Jo]

@elsbels they are amazing little creatures aren't they? Goose definitely knows his name. They're so intelligent too.

[Jo]

@judithg Top Gun is my hubby's favourite film so he got to name the rats. In fact one of their daughter's is called Meg after Meg Ryan as her character's name wasn't right. Can't remember what it was right now. It'll come to me later.

[Jo]

@mrfoxon lol now I know how to win you over!! Thank you :)

[Mr Foxon]

@jlhopgood HAHA! keep it to yourself!

[Chun-Han]

This is a lovely and delicate picture, the lighting has really caught those little whiskers >^_^

[Ashley Myers]

Aww, this is precious! I also love what you did with the lighting :)

[Tarynn Huitt]

Adorable - lighting is perfect

[Mikhail Karetin]

so amazing!!!!

[Deb B]

Fav! it's absolutely perfect.

[Kevin]

Superb in every way, great lighting, absolutely professional model. Excellent.

[Ramona]

just gorgeous!

[Jeff]

I love the lighting in this!

[jerry plume]

So cute! I love the lighting!

[Livia]

Maverick and Goose! I enjoyed Top Gun... wow, it was so many years ago I can't recall exactly how many. Great shot, there. The lighting is simply fabulous!

[Cavemonster]

I love this shot - and the story :) The whiskers are amazing. /how did you get her to stay still? Or is this captured with a flash?

[keith]

very nice click...

[Kylie Martin]

aww so cute

[Jo]

@cavemonster no flash - just hundreds of dud photos!! ;) Perhaps I should try the flash eh? ;)

[Julie Epp]

magical quality to this shot! beautiful.

[Misty]

Love the light! Great picture!

[Francois van Jaarsveld]

Great photograph!

[Elizabeth]

Love this! so cute.

[Vignesh]

This is PRO work !! :) Great Lighting :)

[Jo]

@vignesh wow! Thank you!! lol

[Sandra K.]

I absolutely love the lighting on this!

[Natalie Durell]

love the story, love the whiskers :) Meg played Carole, Goose's wife :)

[Megsy]

OMG totally love this - cute

[Jo]

@natdurell Yes! That's it! Not quite a fitting name for a rat which is why we went for Meg

[Natalie Durell]

@jlhopgood couldn't agree more, Carole is SO not suitable! :)

[Sabaa]

Adorable!

[Trina P Holub]

That's adorable! I love little rodent friends. :-)

[Jo]

@5unflow3r thank you Paula. We've had hamsters before and they're lovely, I took some nice portraits of my last hamster. These rats are a whole different ball game, amazing little critters.

[Anna]

very cool! and cute:)

[MaryBeth Dailey]

Wonderful photo...title is PERFECT for the pic or pic is perfect for the title...whichever way that should go.

[Bobbyj]

such a cute shot!

[Tabbycat]

Such a sweet portrrait! I love this SO MUCH!!

[Anja]

Lovely shot, so cute!

[Sabrina]

Brilliant lighting! Mav is really a cutie!!

[Jo]

@espyetta aww lol thanks!

[Jo]

@tabbycat oh cool! Thanks so much for commenting :)

[Jo]

@sabrinaromahn thank you Sabrina, I'm so glad the lighting worked :)

[Juliette Packham]

a fav for me - great light and composition and very cute!!

[Jo]

@sparkle oh thank you Juliette, very much appreciated :)

[trude]

this is so cute, awesome shot:)

[☯ Sarah ☁]

Beautiful shot, love the comp & lighting & of course Mav :)

[Nic Taylor]

love your photos and love your sence of humour :) follower

[Jo]

@rainbowsnic42 following ya back! You're photography is very cool.

[Gabriel Siqueira]

Jo, i love the simplicity of your images. The use of negative space. This balance is not very easy to achieve, so congrats! (just browsed through all - like it all - but this on best).

[Netkonnexion]

Lovely light.

[Shez]

What a beautiful shot! Such a cute little nose