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| Perpetually_Confused |
Week 1: Orientation
Smarty, the last of my four girls died just over a week ago. She was
actually over three years old (my other three tuned out at around 2.5). What
a depressing few months that was. Ever notice how your hand seems to be the
only place they wanna be when death nears? That's tough, gut-wrenchingly
tough, even for a heartless old ******* like me. So I told myself "no more
rats" and "never again" and "They're pains in the ass, wire-chewing, clothes
destroying pests, balls and chains", yada yada, I've got two new boys. Grey
on top with black streaks, and fluffy white underneath. They look like
little wolf cubs. Amazingly gorgeous looking rats. Four months old, never
been handled (or possibly badly handled). Absolutely jump-for-your-life
terrified of human hands. Had to corral one of them into a carrier box at
the store because I was afraid he was gonna hurt himself if I kept trying to
catch him.
They had socialized babies in the back, the guy said. "Yeah but who's gonna
take these poor buggers." says I, and he replies "Unfortunately, nobody,
they've never been handled". So I figured if I didn't take 'em, they were
snake-food and since I couldn't hear any sniffling or sneezing, and since
they were so gorgeous, I took 'em (why do I always stick up for the
underdog). I never got bit during the ordeal, and that amazed me. I tossed
'em into my rat-hilton-hotel, to which they formed an imediate
Alice-In-Wonderland-like fascination) for a day, opened the door the next
and tried to touch 'em. Same thing...mortal terror when my hands got close.
I dunno, maybe this is normal for unhandled rats, but my gut tells me
someone did a rotten job of handling them at one point coz the few times I
did catch 'em (at first), they seemed to be bracing themselves for something
terrible.
So after that long-winded intro, here's my observation: As terrified as
these two particular animals are of being handled, they still have a STRANGE
and undeniable affinity for humans. My cage is right next to a futon on a
tile floor. It's a big parrot cage with hammocks, old-sweater platforms,
corner shelves at various heights and even plastic tubes and bungie cords
here and there. When the big front door's open, they can get onto the futon
(via a wooden chair), where I sit in wait, making whistly/kissy/clicky
noises. After the usual and hilarious ritual of jumping out-in-out-in-out of
the cage, within about ten minutes they are right up to me, running away
whenever I move, coming back, jumping on my lap, exploring the surroundings.
That was a few days ago. Now I can pet Locke, and Charlie still shuns my
hand, except when he's standing on my chest examining my face. If I tickle
his butt when he's doing that, he freezes, looks down at my hand, evidently
decides it's a fair tradeoff and continues trying to pry my lips open.
Last night Charlie falls off the futon, hits tile, and I think "Crap..this
bugger's gonna be a tricky catch". Holding my hand down made him shy away as
expected, but only a few inches..."holy crap!" I think..."Am I his safe-zone
already?" I roll down my sleeve and present an upholstered forearm and he
hops on! Elevator up to the futon, he jumps off, darts around with some
apparent delight and comes right back to me. It blows my mind that these
guys, despite being very much afraid, feel some need to not only check out a
human, but apparently befriend a human. Those little buggers don't just run
all over me and the couch, they dart around, and they romp around...clearly
amused. And it's not like they're desparate to escape or find food and are
willing risk exploring in my presence(there's a big water-bottle and a big
full bowl of rat mix...which they're eating at an alarming rate)...they will
boogie along the edge of the futon to follow me when I walk past, almost
hopping with pleasure when I get close, and they're not associating me with
treats yet.
There's nothing unique about an animals ability to socialize, but the rat
has a surprising tendency for interspecies socializing. I predict these wild
ones nobody wanted are gonna be as tame as my girls were within the next
week or so. It just blows my mind how readily these tiny little rodents will
form social bonds with another species of animal...especially since it just
happens to be the animal on top of the food chain...the animal most
creatures fear the most.
I'm just deperately trying to fight the urge to go back and grab their two
brothers who got left behind at the store...same adorable wolf-cub looks,
same sad predicament. But even my big cage seemed like it coulda been bigger
for four little girl rats, so four big boys might be too much.
Update: I've held off posting this for a couple days and as expected, I can
now pet them both as they've learned I only do it for 5 seconds at a time
and now tolerate it, heh heh. And though they still resist being picked up,
they will hop on my hands to get on/off my arms. Didn't take them long to
make a playhouse out of my shirt either.
Anyways, virtual ciagars all around, I've got two baby boys (if 4 month-olds
can be considered babies) and they've already become a huge source of
laughter and amazement.
Buying two rats: $15
Having two wildish animals that are 200 times smaller than you adopt you as
their playmate within days: Priceless.
Hard to believe I was trying to give my parrot cage away for free a couple
weeks ago...and I couldn't find a taker!
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| OldGeezer |
Woops...I guess I should be using my old usenet handle.
I'm OldGeezer in case anyone remembers me ranting about my girls way back
when.
Rob
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| Tania |
Aww, what a lovely post! Congratulations on your new additions, they sound
absolutely gorgeous!!
It's excellent how they trust you so much more already too :-)
Do you have pics we can see??! :-)
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"Perpetually_Confused" <Nope@NotGonnaHappen.com> wrote in message
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> Week 1: Orientation
>
> Smarty, the last of my four girls died just over a week ago. She was
> actually over three years old (my other three tuned out at around 2.5).
> What a depressing few months that was. Ever notice how your hand seems to
> be the only place they wanna be when death nears? That's tough,
> gut-wrenchingly tough, even for a heartless old ******* like me. So I told
> myself "no more rats" and "never again" and "They're pains in the ass,
> wire-chewing, clothes destroying pests, balls and chains", yada yada, I've
> got two new boys. Grey on top with black streaks, and fluffy white
> underneath. They look like little wolf cubs. Amazingly gorgeous looking
> rats. Four months old, never been handled (or possibly badly handled).
> Absolutely jump-for-your-life terrified of human hands. Had to corral one
> of them into a carrier box at the store because I was afraid he was gonna
> hurt himself if I kept trying to catch him.
>
> They had socialized babies in the back, the guy said. "Yeah but who's
> gonna take these poor buggers." says I, and he replies "Unfortunately,
> nobody, they've never been handled". So I figured if I didn't take 'em,
> they were snake-food and since I couldn't hear any sniffling or sneezing,
> and since they were so gorgeous, I took 'em (why do I always stick up for
> the underdog). I never got bit during the ordeal, and that amazed me. I
> tossed 'em into my rat-hilton-hotel, to which they formed an imediate
> Alice-In-Wonderland-like fascination) for a day, opened the door the next
> and tried to touch 'em. Same thing...mortal terror when my hands got
> close. I dunno, maybe this is normal for unhandled rats, but my gut tells
> me someone did a rotten job of handling them at one point coz the few
> times I did catch 'em (at first), they seemed to be bracing themselves for
> something terrible.
>
> So after that long-winded intro, here's my observation: As terrified as
> these two particular animals are of being handled, they still have a
> STRANGE and undeniable affinity for humans. My cage is right next to a
> futon on a tile floor. It's a big parrot cage with hammocks, old-sweater
> platforms, corner shelves at various heights and even plastic tubes and
> bungie cords here and there. When the big front door's open, they can get
> onto the futon (via a wooden chair), where I sit in wait, making
> whistly/kissy/clicky noises. After the usual and hilarious ritual of
> jumping out-in-out-in-out of the cage, within about ten minutes they are
> right up to me, running away whenever I move, coming back, jumping on my
> lap, exploring the surroundings. That was a few days ago. Now I can pet
> Locke, and Charlie still shuns my hand, except when he's standing on my
> chest examining my face. If I tickle his butt when he's doing that, he
> freezes, looks down at my hand, evidently decides it's a fair tradeoff and
> continues trying to pry my lips open.
>
> Last night Charlie falls off the futon, hits tile, and I think "Crap..this
> bugger's gonna be a tricky catch". Holding my hand down made him shy away
> as expected, but only a few inches..."holy crap!" I think..."Am I his
> safe-zone already?" I roll down my sleeve and present an upholstered
> forearm and he hops on! Elevator up to the futon, he jumps off, darts
> around with some apparent delight and comes right back to me. It blows my
> mind that these guys, despite being very much afraid, feel some need to
> not only check out a human, but apparently befriend a human. Those little
> buggers don't just run all over me and the couch, they dart around, and
> they romp around...clearly amused. And it's not like they're desparate to
> escape or find food and are willing risk exploring in my presence(there's
> a big water-bottle and a big full bowl of rat mix...which they're eating
> at an alarming rate)...they will boogie along the edge of the futon to
> follow me when I walk past, almost hopping with pleasure when I get close,
> and they're not associating me with treats yet.
>
> There's nothing unique about an animals ability to socialize, but the rat
> has a surprising tendency for interspecies socializing. I predict these
> wild ones nobody wanted are gonna be as tame as my girls were within the
> next week or so. It just blows my mind how readily these tiny little
> rodents will form social bonds with another species of animal...especially
> since it just happens to be the animal on top of the food chain...the
> animal most creatures fear the most.
>
> I'm just deperately trying to fight the urge to go back and grab their two
> brothers who got left behind at the store...same adorable wolf-cub looks,
> same sad predicament. But even my big cage seemed like it coulda been
> bigger for four little girl rats, so four big boys might be too much.
>
> Update: I've held off posting this for a couple days and as expected, I
> can now pet them both as they've learned I only do it for 5 seconds at a
> time and now tolerate it, heh heh. And though they still resist being
> picked up, they will hop on my hands to get on/off my arms. Didn't take
> them long to make a playhouse out of my shirt either.
>
> Anyways, virtual ciagars all around, I've got two baby boys (if 4
> month-olds can be considered babies) and they've already become a huge
> source of laughter and amazement.
>
> Buying two rats: $15
> Having two wildish animals that are 200 times smaller than you adopt you
> as their playmate within days: Priceless.
>
> Hard to believe I was trying to give my parrot cage away for free a couple
> weeks ago...and I couldn't find a taker!
>
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| Joanne |
OldGeezer wrote:
> Woops...I guess I should be using my old usenet handle.
>
> I'm OldGeezer in case anyone remembers me ranting about my girls way back
> when.
>
> Rob
>
>
Holy smokes, welcome back Rob!!!
--
Joanne
Owned by 13 rats, plus a sweet rescue just joined my crew and soon 2
more will be mine coming all the way from New Brunswick.
Making it a total of 16!!!
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| Joanne |
Perpetually_Confused wrote:
> Week 1: Orientation
>
> Smarty, the last of my four girls died just over a week ago. She was
> actually over three years old (my other three tuned out at around 2.5). What
> a depressing few months that was. Ever notice how your hand seems to be the
> only place they wanna be when death nears? That's tough, gut-wrenchingly
> tough, even for a heartless old ******* like me. So I told myself "no more
> rats" and "never again" and "They're pains in the ass, wire-chewing, clothes
> destroying pests, balls and chains", yada yada, I've got two new boys. Grey
> on top with black streaks, and fluffy white underneath. They look like
> little wolf cubs. Amazingly gorgeous looking rats. Four months old, never
> been handled (or possibly badly handled). Absolutely jump-for-your-life
> terrified of human hands. Had to corral one of them into a carrier box at
> the store because I was afraid he was gonna hurt himself if I kept trying to
> catch him.
>
> They had socialized babies in the back, the guy said. "Yeah but who's gonna
> take these poor buggers." says I, and he replies "Unfortunately, nobody,
> they've never been handled". So I figured if I didn't take 'em, they were
> snake-food and since I couldn't hear any sniffling or sneezing, and since
> they were so gorgeous, I took 'em (why do I always stick up for the
> underdog). I never got bit during the ordeal, and that amazed me. I tossed
> 'em into my rat-hilton-hotel, to which they formed an imediate
> Alice-In-Wonderland-like fascination) for a day, opened the door the next
> and tried to touch 'em. Same thing...mortal terror when my hands got close.
> I dunno, maybe this is normal for unhandled rats, but my gut tells me
> someone did a rotten job of handling them at one point coz the few times I
> did catch 'em (at first), they seemed to be bracing themselves for something
> terrible.
>
> So after that long-winded intro, here's my observation: As terrified as
> these two particular animals are of being handled, they still have a STRANGE
> and undeniable affinity for humans. My cage is right next to a futon on a
> tile floor. It's a big parrot cage with hammocks, old-sweater platforms,
> corner shelves at various heights and even plastic tubes and bungie cords
> here and there. When the big front door's open, they can get onto the futon
> (via a wooden chair), where I sit in wait, making whistly/kissy/clicky
> noises. After the usual and hilarious ritual of jumping out-in-out-in-out of
> the cage, within about ten minutes they are right up to me, running away
> whenever I move, coming back, jumping on my lap, exploring the surroundings.
> That was a few days ago. Now I can pet Locke, and Charlie still shuns my
> hand, except when he's standing on my chest examining my face. If I tickle
> his butt when he's doing that, he freezes, looks down at my hand, evidently
> decides it's a fair tradeoff and continues trying to pry my lips open.
>
> Last night Charlie falls off the futon, hits tile, and I think "Crap..this
> bugger's gonna be a tricky catch". Holding my hand down made him shy away as
> expected, but only a few inches..."holy crap!" I think..."Am I his safe-zone
> already?" I roll down my sleeve and present an upholstered forearm and he
> hops on! Elevator up to the futon, he jumps off, darts around with some
> apparent delight and comes right back to me. It blows my mind that these
> guys, despite being very much afraid, feel some need to not only check out a
> human, but apparently befriend a human. Those little buggers don't just run
> all over me and the couch, they dart around, and they romp around...clearly
> amused. And it's not like they're desparate to escape or find food and are
> willing risk exploring in my presence(there's a big water-bottle and a big
> full bowl of rat mix...which they're eating at an alarming rate)...they will
> boogie along the edge of the futon to follow me when I walk past, almost
> hopping with pleasure when I get close, and they're not associating me with
> treats yet.
>
> There's nothing unique about an animals ability to socialize, but the rat
> has a surprising tendency for interspecies socializing. I predict these wild
> ones nobody wanted are gonna be as tame as my girls were within the next
> week or so. It just blows my mind how readily these tiny little rodents will
> form social bonds with another species of animal...especially since it just
> happens to be the animal on top of the food chain...the animal most
> creatures fear the most.
>
> I'm just deperately trying to fight the urge to go back and grab their two
> brothers who got left behind at the store...same adorable wolf-cub looks,
> same sad predicament. But even my big cage seemed like it coulda been bigger
> for four little girl rats, so four big boys might be too much.
>
> Update: I've held off posting this for a couple days and as expected, I can
> now pet them both as they've learned I only do it for 5 seconds at a time
> and now tolerate it, heh heh. And though they still resist being picked up,
> they will hop on my hands to get on/off my arms. Didn't take them long to
> make a playhouse out of my shirt either.
>
> Anyways, virtual ciagars all around, I've got two baby boys (if 4 month-olds
> can be considered babies) and they've already become a huge source of
> laughter and amazement.
>
> Buying two rats: $15
> Having two wildish animals that are 200 times smaller than you adopt you as
> their playmate within days: Priceless.
>
> Hard to believe I was trying to give my parrot cage away for free a couple
> weeks ago...and I couldn't find a taker!
>
>
What a truly wonderful story!!!
We all say the same thing when going through that heart ripping pain of
those losses but in the end, that sweet innocent rat wins our heart each
and every time.
I hope you stick around this time, I love your writing style and rich
descriptions.
--
Joanne
Owned by 13 rats, plus a sweet rescue just joined my crew and soon 2
more will be mine coming all the way from New Brunswick.
Making it a total of 16!!!
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| OldGeezer |
Thanks ladies!
Oh I'll have pics alright, heh heh. But I think I'll wait a week or two
before I start dazzling them with a flashbulb. It'd probably just freak them
out too much right now.
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| Tracey |
"Perpetually_Confused" <Nope@NotGonnaHappen.com> wrote in message
news:DTPZf.4346$pZ3.608353@news20.bellglobal.com...
> Week 1: Orientation
>
> Smarty, the last of my four girls died just over a week ago. She was
> actually over three years old (my other three tuned out at around 2.5).
> What a depressing few months that was. Ever notice how your hand seems to
> be the only place they wanna be when death nears? That's tough,
> gut-wrenchingly tough, even for a heartless old ******* like me. So I told
> myself "no more rats" and "never again" and "They're pains in the ass,
> wire-chewing, clothes destroying pests, balls and chains", yada yada, I've
> got two new boys. Grey on top with black streaks, and fluffy white
> underneath. They look like little wolf cubs. Amazingly gorgeous looking
> rats. Four months old, never been handled (or possibly badly handled).
> Absolutely jump-for-your-life terrified of human hands. Had to corral one
> of them into a carrier box at the store because I was afraid he was gonna
> hurt himself if I kept trying to catch him.
>
> They had socialized babies in the back, the guy said. "Yeah but who's
> gonna take these poor buggers." says I, and he replies "Unfortunately,
> nobody, they've never been handled". So I figured if I didn't take 'em,
> they were snake-food and since I couldn't hear any sniffling or sneezing,
> and since they were so gorgeous, I took 'em (why do I always stick up for
> the underdog). I never got bit during the ordeal, and that amazed me. I
> tossed 'em into my rat-hilton-hotel, to which they formed an imediate
> Alice-In-Wonderland-like fascination) for a day, opened the door the next
> and tried to touch 'em. Same thing...mortal terror when my hands got
> close. I dunno, maybe this is normal for unhandled rats, but my gut tells
> me someone did a rotten job of handling them at one point coz the few
> times I did catch 'em (at first), they seemed to be bracing themselves for
> something terrible.
>
> So after that long-winded intro, here's my observation: As terrified as
> these two particular animals are of being handled, they still have a
> STRANGE and undeniable affinity for humans. My cage is right next to a
> futon on a tile floor. It's a big parrot cage with hammocks, old-sweater
> platforms, corner shelves at various heights and even plastic tubes and
> bungie cords here and there. When the big front door's open, they can get
> onto the futon (via a wooden chair), where I sit in wait, making
> whistly/kissy/clicky noises. After the usual and hilarious ritual of
> jumping out-in-out-in-out of the cage, within about ten minutes they are
> right up to me, running away whenever I move, coming back, jumping on my
> lap, exploring the surroundings. That was a few days ago. Now I can pet
> Locke, and Charlie still shuns my hand, except when he's standing on my
> chest examining my face. If I tickle his butt when he's doing that, he
> freezes, looks down at my hand, evidently decides it's a fair tradeoff and
> continues trying to pry my lips open.
>
> Last night Charlie falls off the futon, hits tile, and I think "Crap..this
> bugger's gonna be a tricky catch". Holding my hand down made him shy away
> as expected, but only a few inches..."holy crap!" I think..."Am I his
> safe-zone already?" I roll down my sleeve and present an upholstered
> forearm and he hops on! Elevator up to the futon, he jumps off, darts
> around with some apparent delight and comes right back to me. It blows my
> mind that these guys, despite being very much afraid, feel some need to
> not only check out a human, but apparently befriend a human. Those little
> buggers don't just run all over me and the couch, they dart around, and
> they romp around...clearly amused. And it's not like they're desparate to
> escape or find food and are willing risk exploring in my presence(there's
> a big water-bottle and a big full bowl of rat mix...which they're eating
> at an alarming rate)...they will boogie along the edge of the futon to
> follow me when I walk past, almost hopping with pleasure when I get close,
> and they're not associating me with treats yet.
>
> There's nothing unique about an animals ability to socialize, but the rat
> has a surprising tendency for interspecies socializing. I predict these
> wild ones nobody wanted are gonna be as tame as my girls were within the
> next week or so. It just blows my mind how readily these tiny little
> rodents will form social bonds with another species of animal...especially
> since it just happens to be the animal on top of the food chain...the
> animal most creatures fear the most.
>
> I'm just deperately trying to fight the urge to go back and grab their two
> brothers who got left behind at the store...same adorable wolf-cub looks,
> same sad predicament. But even my big cage seemed like it coulda been
> bigger for four little girl rats, so four big boys might be too much.
>
> Update: I've held off posting this for a couple days and as expected, I
> can now pet them both as they've learned I only do it for 5 seconds at a
> time and now tolerate it, heh heh. And though they still resist being
> picked up, they will hop on my hands to get on/off my arms. Didn't take
> them long to make a playhouse out of my shirt either.
>
> Anyways, virtual ciagars all around, I've got two baby boys (if 4
> month-olds can be considered babies) and they've already become a huge
> source of laughter and amazement.
>
> Buying two rats: $15
> Having two wildish animals that are 200 times smaller than you adopt you
> as their playmate within days: Priceless.
>
> Hard to believe I was trying to give my parrot cage away for free a couple
> weeks ago...and I couldn't find a taker!
Have to say, you write so beautifully! What a wonderful story, those two
newbies sound gorgeous and I suspect will be trusting you implicitly before
you know it. I would love to see pics of those adorable wolf-cub looks!
..... Please :o)
Tracey
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| Phlip |
Perpetually_Confused wrote:
> So after that long-winded intro, here's my observation: As terrified as
> these two particular animals are of being handled, they still have a
> STRANGE and undeniable affinity for humans.
I just checked up on our sweet, timid little rescue. Two days ago she
excreted all over us whenever we tried to pick her up.
Right now my daughter is sitting in the warm sunshine, in our backyard,
wearing a big floppy warm bathrobe. The new rat is just sitting in her hand,
falling asleep, with her eyes half open, warm sun on her, and warm bathrobe
behind her.
Quite the difference from the crowded little cage you were in a few days
ago, huh, little rat?
--
Phlip
http://www.greencheese.org/ZeekLand <-- NOT a blog!!!
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| Tania |
She sounds so cute! :-)
--
Tarn ...............
Barney, Yoda, Yogi, Beau & Sebastian <:3_)~~~
At Rainbow Bridge: Buttons, Patch, Cookie, Fudge, Apollo, Zeus,Ben, Neptune,
Morpheus,Ulysses, Pluto, Jerry & Smokie <:3__) ~~~
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"Phlip" <phlipcpp@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Perpetually_Confused wrote:
>
>> So after that long-winded intro, here's my observation: As terrified as
>> these two particular animals are of being handled, they still have a
>> STRANGE and undeniable affinity for humans.
>
> I just checked up on our sweet, timid little rescue. Two days ago she
> excreted all over us whenever we tried to pick her up.
>
> Right now my daughter is sitting in the warm sunshine, in our backyard,
> wearing a big floppy warm bathrobe. The new rat is just sitting in her
> hand, falling asleep, with her eyes half open, warm sun on her, and warm
> bathrobe behind her.
>
> Quite the difference from the crowded little cage you were in a few days
> ago, huh, little rat?
>
> --
> Phlip
> http://www.greencheese.org/ZeekLand <-- NOT a blog!!!
>
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| OldGeezer |
Yup, I got pooped on a couple times...only on the first day. Now,
thankfully, they run to the cage to poop....often. These two males are
turning rat food into poop faster than my four girls combined did. They're
gonna be big boys!...can't wait.
It's cool that your rat is relaxed outside in the sun. Mine hated going
outside (houserats I guess).
"Phlip" <phlipcpp@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:iMc_f.23769$NS6.3316@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com...
> Perpetually_Confused wrote:
>
>> So after that long-winded intro, here's my observation: As terrified as
>> these two particular animals are of being handled, they still have a
>> STRANGE and undeniable affinity for humans.
>
> I just checked up on our sweet, timid little rescue. Two days ago she
> excreted all over us whenever we tried to pick her up.
>
> Right now my daughter is sitting in the warm sunshine, in our backyard,
> wearing a big floppy warm bathrobe. The new rat is just sitting in her
> hand, falling asleep, with her eyes half open, warm sun on her, and warm
> bathrobe behind her.
>
> Quite the difference from the crowded little cage you were in a few days
> ago, huh, little rat?
>
> --
> Phlip
> http://www.greencheese.org/ZeekLand <-- NOT a blog!!!
>
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| Jeannine |
I really liked your story and your boys sound gorgeous!
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| Phlip |
Tania wrote:
> She sounds so cute! :-)
Thanks. The rat's nice, too.
Here's Ashley & one dependent, from like 4 years ago:
http://www.greencheese.org/luckyAndAshley.jpg
Her aunt Nancy was dying of cancer, so Ashley and my wife Iris went up to
San Fransisco to be with her.
During that week, while I worked in San Diego, Iris called to tell me Nancy
had finally died. I went to a pet store and got two babies. One's in that
picture. Then I drove them up to SF to surprise Ashley with them. She went
crazy.
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http://www.greencheese.org/ZeekLand <-- NOT a blog!!!
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Aww, she looks very happy! No surprise she went crazy when you surprised her
:-)
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Barney, Yoda, Yogi, Beau & Sebastian <:3_)~~~
At Rainbow Bridge: Buttons, Patch, Cookie, Fudge, Apollo, Zeus,Ben, Neptune,
Morpheus,Ulysses, Pluto, Jerry & Smokie <:3__) ~~~
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"Phlip" <phlipcpp@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Tania wrote:
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>> She sounds so cute! :-)
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> Thanks. The rat's nice, too.
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> Here's Ashley & one dependent, from like 4 years ago:
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> http://www.greencheese.org/luckyAndAshley.jpg
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> Her aunt Nancy was dying of cancer, so Ashley and my wife Iris went up to
> San Fransisco to be with her.
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> During that week, while I worked in San Diego, Iris called to tell me
> Nancy had finally died. I went to a pet store and got two babies. One's in
> that picture. Then I drove them up to SF to surprise Ashley with them. She
> went crazy.
>
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> Phlip
> http://www.greencheese.org/ZeekLand <-- NOT a blog!!!
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