Fat Rat Central’s Memorial

Henry was a blue self standard dumbo buck.

On the evening of March 8, 2008 when I went to feed the boys before I went to bed, like I do every day, I found Henry laying next to the hideaway hut, when I went to move him out of the cage he was so cold and stiff, his eyes peacefully closed. This hit me so hard, so unexpected. To this day I still think I’m going to see him in the cage when I go to talk to Griffin.

Henry was one of the sweetest, cutest, nicest and most charming rats I’ve ever had the privelage to own and know. I know he has crossed the rainbow bridge and is now running and playing with all the ratties I’ve lost before him, Oreo, Houdidni, Carman and Pikki-Bikki. I know when the time is right, hopefully many years from now we will all meet again.

Last Saturday (March 22, 2008), I brought home the newest member of my “Rat Pack” another dumbo, but this time white with a black head and a white horizontal stripe down his face and a black spot on his back. His name still has not come to me.

I hope Henry is smiling down knowing that another nice rat has gotten a forever home.

It was one procedure too many for poor Monty who did not pull through after his latest trip to see the vet, although at least the vet allowed him to come home so he could die in our arms in familiar surroundings.

He has gone over the rainbow bridge now to join his brother Jack.

We will miss him. Sleep well little one

Mummy and Daddy xxxx

Our wonderful little girl, Pika, gently passed on last night. She was in my mom’s hands, and right after my mom gave her some kisses she just slipped away. She had been sick for a while, and as much as it has broken my heart, I am so glad that she is finally at peace. She and her sister, Boo, were my first ever rats, and this is the first time that I have had to say goodbye. She was a wonderful, beautiful little rat, always so full of life and love. She could climb anything you put in front of her, and would jump great distances for pure sport. She loved bobbing for peas and exploring the world around her, but in her older age Pika was content to sit on our laps and groom our fingernails. Yes, her little rat hands were so darn cute while she took one finger at a time and gave us little kisses. She was amazing, and I will never forget her. She will be oh so dearly missed by her family and her sister, but one day we will meet again in a better place. I love you Pika.

I go to a career center….and i’m in vet science….and we have 7 pet ratties!! 1 baby boy…..and 6 females…..2 of the females are my favorite!!!! 1 especially!!! Lilo is a dumbo female rat not even 1 yr old yet….shes all white with about 2-4 black patches on her back! soooo cute!!!! but yesterday i was cleaning their cages and i saw something red!?!….i was shocked and concerned….i showed my teacher and she said it looked it a protruded rectum….she took it to the vet….and it was a “prolonged rectum”….i think thats what she said…but anyway she said she has to be put down…that was yesterday…..i’m not sure when its gonna happen though….i’ll post when it happens!!!

Lola was my first rat, I got her about two and a half years ago, as soon as I held her in my hands, and she was calm as a cucumber I knew she was the one for me. As I driving home excited to make friends with my new rat, I was trying to come up with a name for her, just as I was about to give up, Lola by the Kinks came on, and that was that, Lola would be her name, Beans or beanies came afterwards, it just popped out of my mouth and I thought it was cute so it stuck. Lola was the best rat anybody could ask for, sweet, curious, and cuddly. I even eventually trained her to give me kisses when asked. She was also a huge dork, Lola loved to jump onto things, especially plastic bags, the look in her eyes was priceless, they looked up at me as to say, “let’s do that again, ” and surely enough when I’d put her on my shoulders, she would repeat the crazy jumping onto the bags. A year after I got Lola, I found another rat, who I couldn’t leave, so I got her, knowing it be trouble introducing the two, I had fears that something would go wrong, a few tiffs here and there, Lola and Ella eventually became friends, however as natural to anybody living with a room mate they had their share of fights.. Sadly Lola passed away on March 10th, almost two months since the passing of my cat. She had been struggling with her back legs for almost half a year, she was always a tough butt, never giving up, and she was like that till her last breath…. A sadness fills me whenever i look at her cage and i don’t see her jump up to greet me, i have Ella still, but i can tell she misses Lola just as much as i do, i wish i could just get her to understand that everything is fine, and that she still has me, but i can’t to the point where she would understand….

I love you Lola beans, and hopefully your with Lucky and I will see you both again someday.