By Hannah Van De Peer

Meet the rats with a passion for painting who use their paws to create mini masterpieces which have been snapped up for more than £2,000.

Ella Woodland, 18, decided to see if her eight pet rodents - Gubler, Rumple and Reid, aged one, and Hotch, Morgan, Luke, Rossi and Gideon, six months - had an artistic flare when she let them play with some paints in February 2025.

She got the idea to explore their creative side when after seeing a Facebook creator, TooGoods Tiny Paws , selling her rats' artwork online.

To nurture their talent, Ella bought watercolor and kids' paints and encouraged her rats to run through them - using their paws to 'paint' on mini canvases - and is thrilled at the colorful abstract results.

The student, who is currently waiting to start a

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