Just so you know, the image is of my stud Beige hooded, Troi just before his death in the fall of 2003.
Well…this is a tribute to my many ratties I’ve had over the years 🙂 Unfortunately I only have pictures of Troi and Nosecone on my computer, so please bear with me. I will also tribute those rats I’ve had owned over the years and I’ve been forced to give up. Life really sux sometimes, you know? Overall I love all my ratties, even when they did things that hurt (both physically and spiritually) and I apologize to those that I should have cared for better. I especially tribute Wheel and Axel, the two beautiful does that started it all. Axel died of old age around January 2000 and Wheel died during surgery to have a tumor removed in 1999. **hugs** They both had accidental litters when I got them. In 2 days
I went from 2 to 16 rats!!
Then there was Bungee, Wheel’s daughter. She died in early 1999 to something i don’t know about. Then came Stripe, Armageddon and Termite. All them died of old age. Stripe was my first male and was a biter even when I got him neutered. However, he was really sweet and was fun to watch when he attempted to drag piece of paper bigger than he was into his cage. His room mates, Termite and Armageddon were a hoot to watch. They were always on the move and they were always **ahem** ‘attended’ by Stripe when they were in heat. I actually had to separate them from Stripe just so they’d get some peace. Armageddon was my first free ranged rat. I could NOT cage her. I tried. She would wander from the living room to climb the book case in my studio and chew on my books there. Many of my books still bear her legacy.
Fehja’s Catsnack was a teeny tiny REW who was about 8 weeks old. I had him for 3 days before he was killed by Stripe. I had to learn the hard way that adult males, even neutered, are NOT reliable around baby rats. I’m sorry Catsnack 🙁
There was Mother Nuit, the old doe who I had to put down because of a sever ear infection that I couldn’t treat. I feel TERRIBLE for having to put her down. We didn’t get along, but she had many good points. Unfortunately my only memories of her were of when she was sick. Oh..and her building a nest with Slick in my CD tower 😉 .
Slick was Nuit’s room mate. She was the jumpy kind of rat who always made it to the floor to wander. Unfortunately she has some bad memories associated with her, but she was only doing what ratties do, even if it meant following her predatory instincts. She was a feisty little booger and I miss her. She bore a beautiful litter of 10 babies. I kept one of her boys, a beige hooded named Nosecone. He was super cute. I was proud of breeding him myself. He didn’t look anything like his dad, Troi, who was a burly but friendly fawn hooded. Both Nosecone and Troi died of old age. Nosecone was about a year and a half when he died. Troi was pushing 3.
Then there was Bleached Osirus, the teeny tiny REW baby rat that I had to handfeed. Unfortunately he died at the age of 7 days. He was a sweet little guy I nick named Tiny Tim.
Then there was Lady Lick, (I mean, Lady Isis) who was an adorable REW who loved to lick and lick and lick and lick and lick. She would hold open your nostrils to get to your boogers. Then she would crawl into your mouth
if you were not careful!!
That brings me to my two male mice Mousetrap Macawber and Mcleod. Both didn’t have very pleasant deaths. One was due to accidental neglect **blush** and the other due to a would that would NOT heal. I’m sorry guys. I’m doing better with the house mice 🙂
Red prowl, the last of the three ratty room mates including Troi and Nosecone, should be dying soon. Mind you, he’s been ticking 6 moths longer than I thought he would. He’s over 3 years right now!!
My last two deaths were my first two hairless ratties, Arcee and Springer. I had plans to breed them but they both died very prematurely for unknown reasons. Arcee was very very young. At most she was 4 months old and Springer died Christmas day 2003 at the age of 4-5 months. I miss the little boogers. Especially Arcee because she was so personable. She LOVED partying on my bed and
nesting in my blankets. 🙂
Recently I’ve had to give away some of my rats (landlord thing….I had to take emergency measures to reduce my ratty population). I’ve given away 3 girls and it hurts like hell. Especially Katana, who is my favorite stud’s sister. She was my first dumbo girl. I miss her to pieces and I feel like I’ve abandoned her **cries** I hope she had a good life wherever she is 🙂 I also miss Ghost and Chanti. Both of them were only 3 moths old, but they went to some excited kids and their mother seems to know what she’s doing. I especially miss Ghost because she was just like Meier, my brood doe. I barely knew Chanti, but she was turning out to be a wonderful companion 🙂 Chanti and Ghost get along beautifully, so they should be ok in their new home. I still have to give up four more of my rats. Starscream and Hot Rod are going to hurt when I give them up. They are soooo sweet and cuddly 🙁 I will miss them horribly 🙁 Same with Elita and Link, my two of my older females. Gawd. It hurts to give up my rats. I don’t have this problem when i give up some of my birds!! Baby birds are soo hard to part with, too.
Akheh, wee ones.
May the Old One guard you well 🙂
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