RAT'S THE WAY TO MAKE CASH AS A STUDENT

Teen's artistic rodents make her £1,000

- MOLLY POWELL News Reporter

A STUDENT who trained her three pet rats to paint by guiding their paws with baby food has made £1,000 in a month from selling 120 of their paw-traits!

Ella Woodland, 18, began training Rumple, Reid, and Gubler to paint on 7x7cm canvases in March, showcasing their fur-midable talent on mini easels.

After listing the paintings on Vinted, one of her posts was shared on X, formerly Twitter, on March 3, where it quickly went viral, racking up over six million views.

Since then, A-level student Ella has been inundated with requests, selling over 120 paintings at £9 for small canvases and £30 for larger ones.

With her earnings, Ella upgraded her rats’ cage and added two new members to her rat family, bringing her total number of rats to eight.