Ace is a hairless.

When I applied to adopt Ramsay, the rescuer who had him told me she was soon to be taking in two young hairless rats from a lady who claimed they were biters. She knew that I already owned hairless and were familiar with their specific care, so asked me if I would like to take these two along with Ramsay.
Of course, I said yes!
However, these boys were not yet with the rescuer, and soon it became clear that they were in a dangerous situation as the lady who owned them wanted them gone NOW. She was so keen to get rid of them that she was going to drop them at the local RSPCA, where bitey rats are usually euthanised right away. With her living a good way from any of us, it really became a race against time to get these rats off her before she took them to the RSPCA. Even the knowlege that the rats would be collected soon and that they already had a home lined up didn't seem to make any difference to the owner.

For several days I worried, cried, fretted and felt depressed about these rats; I felt so helpless. However, thanks to efforts on the part of some members of the rat forum, the babies were eventually brought to safety. I was so happy when I found that out.

I picked Ace and his brother, Giblet, up along with Ramsay. The first thing that became apparent about these two rats was that they did not bite, and had likely never bitten. Its surprising how many people think a nibble on a finger is a bite. Trust me, you know about it when a rat bites you. These two were still babies, so nibbling of fingers is to be expected! They were both a little timid when they arrived, but they at least had each other. As they were young, they both went into the boys cage without issue, and now they both live happily there.

Ace is a strong willed, intelligent, calm rat and would make a fantastic alpha. Since he first went into the cage, he always preferred to hang around with the high ranking rats, copying their behaviour, and never behaved in a typical baby rat way. He now holds a fairly high rank within the group, while his brother seems unconcerned with such nonsense and would rather just play and pester everyone.

Why Ace? I struggled for a name for this boy for a while. One day, while looking through pics of Queens of the stone age, I saw a pic of Josh wearing a t-shirt with an ace of spades on it. So Ace it was.