He was a blue Dumbo Siamese rex. very beautiful rat and very loving. Loved to just curl up in the crook of your neck and sleep for hours. He will be sadly missed but is now with his three brothers who were waiting for him..
To my beautiful rit-rat. . . my faithful companion. . . eater of socks, scarer of cats. I will always love you & miss you. You were the sweetest, cutest marshmallow rat ever.
He was my best friend, he really was - I work from home as an illustrator and he spent every day with me, rumaging around me, visiting his usual haunts around the living room. He followed me around and would climb back up my leg if I tried to put him down. We had our porridge together every morning and he spent most of his time curled up on my knee during the rest of the day, boggling and bruxing while I stroked his head and ears. After a while we didn’t bother with his cage as he was so content to just be with me and then go to bed in his padded kennel.
He was from a pet shop where rats are bred to feed reptiles and he wasn’t in a great state. I knew I would only probably have him for a short time (just under two years) because he had a bad chest and shocking skin (he hated his baths). What I wasn’t prepared for was just how much I would love him. I miss him so much - sooooooo much. I would draw with him on my shoulder, sometimes he would try to get under my hand as I drew for a pet, or lie accross my drawing hand - it wasn’t easy drawing with Wilf - but to be honest, I think I’d rather draw with him than without him. My morning was so strange today, only porridge for one. We really were inseperable. This is a link to a picture of Wilfy asleep on my knee - he often slept on my lap like this:
http://www.inkyminx.smugmug.com/gallery/1135672#59891076
All my love to you Wilfy - I wish you were still here.
In the past three months I have lost three good friends.
Leroy was a present from my boyfriend on Valentine’s day. He was a rex dumbo rat who was white and grey. He had a great personality and enjoyed many kinds of food except he didn’t like fruits and vegtables. He was euthanized two months ago because of cancer.
Skillet was purchased as a companion for Leroy. He was found in a nasty pet store who had rodents mostly just as feeders. I had done some research and decided to drop my hand in an aquarium of about thirty rats, to see if anyone was interested. Out of the great mass emerged the cutest ugliest rat I had ever seen. He was a double rex dumbo who had a patch of fur on his buttisimo and nowhere else. He had an adventurous spirit and a very funny personality. I miss him dearly.
Today Rascal went into surgery to have a mass removed, I had a really good feeling that he was going to be fine (I’m usually not the most positive thinker). I received a call from the vet saying the surgery went well and he was doing fine, and about 30 minutes later I got a call saying he was dead. I really wish I would have realized that this morning would be our last morning together.
I have one rat named shoe left and I know he is lonely.
To Leroy, Skillet and Rascal
You were wonderful companions with unique personalities. Shoe, Mike and I will never forget you.
RIP
I adopted Splinter from a local pound about a year and a half ago. He already had a respiratory infection, but I did not want him to die alone in the shelter so I adopted him and from the first time I held him, he was the sweetest rat ever. He never tried to bite me. He loved avocado, cheese, rice gerber baby cereal, garbanzo beans, soy beans, and peas. He loved to be scratched between his shoulder blades. I kept him in a cage for awhile, but eventually I made him a bed in my bottom desk drawer and he ran around my room as he pleased, in and out of tunnels I made for him whenever I got a box. He loved people and would climb on anyone who came in the room. He was extremely active until he began to get very sick. The entire time I had him, I treated him with antibiotics off and on and took him to an exotic vet occasionally. But when he wasn’t able to breathe easily, I made the decision to euthanize him because I adopted him to keep him from suffering and to make sure he was comfortable and had a good quality life. When it was apparent that he was not happy, I choose to end his suffering. Now I know he is at peace and I will see him again, where he will be healthy and happy, playing with other rats, and eating garbanzo beans. I love you Splinter (or “rat rat” as I called him).
you were my love and i will always have you in my hart i wish i could bring you back i miss you so much i forget your gone every time i come into my room i take a quick look at your cage and it takes me a sec to remember that your gone i wont forget the last breath you took in my arms as i fought throw the day to keep you alive paris i love you and i wish there was more that i could of done for you. you will always be my baby and i will never forget you and i hope we see each other agin love your mommy
Our beloved Trap.
We miss you so much.
Even though you had a temper, you were the coolest rat around.
Sleep well little buddy.
I’ll look after Kaige for you, he misses you the most.
Tissot, my hooded pet rat, passed away in my arms on Monday the 16th of April 2007. I cared for him during his last moments and I miss him dearly. My other rat, Bando (also a hooded rat) is sad and lonely amd misses him dearly. Does anyone have any idea how long it should take for him to feel a bit more happy and when the best time to intoduce a new friend is? Obviously no rat will ever replace Tissot but for Bando’s sake I need to introduce a new rat to him, does anyone have any easy to follow rat introduction steps? I love ratties so can someone put a pic of there rat in their post or their comment?, thankyou.
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My rat was the best .I ever had . she never did nothing bad. she was the best .i had a bad week . i wish i could tell her goodbye.
She was nice rat.She played with my sister.My friends & brothers where scaryed of her .They always ran from her when i got her out of the cage . She had a heart problems .I was thinking about if i didnt take her what would happened to her .She died MARCH 27 .I got her DEC.11 .SHE WAS 6 MONTHS old.It was bad the way she died.