New rats

I don't think I wrote about our recent rat news. Anyway, we had Oatmeal (one of our original rats) and Raisin (who replaced Cookie). A few weeks ago, Oatmeal took a turn for the worse. She had some big tumors on her belly that were really starting to impede her ability to walk and move. Anyway, we had an appointment for her to see the vet, but the day before that appointment, she couldn't get up the ramp to her food and water. She was really disoriented, and we didn't think she'd make it through the night. We were right.

Raisin didn't seem to know what to do as an only rat, so we looked up a local rat breeder to find her a new sister. We met with the breeder and two of her female rats. We ended up choosing one with curly fur and whiskers. She uses her tail almost like a monkey! She's a hoot! Her name is Rummy. We actually wanted to take home both of the girls, but someone else had spoken for one. We told the breeder that we were interested if the other buyer fell through. The other day she contacted us to say that the other rat is now available, so Marc picked her up today. She has big, round Dumbo ears. We've named her Butter (Get it? Like Hot Buttered Rum?).

Rummy and Butter seemed to recognize each other, and Raisin didn't have any problem with the new sister. I'll take some pictures soon and post them here. I never minded rats, but I never thought that I'd find them to be so cute. :)

And that, my friends, is the story of how we came to have three rats and three cats.