SnowyShiloh
Well-Known Member
My second ratty, Peppermint Rattie, died today 
It occurred to me that I hadn't seen one of the girls all day and part of the piece of homemade bread I'd given them for a snack was still there. She didn't come out when I tapped on the cage, shook a box of treats and gave her sister a treat. Usually they all come running if I go near the cage. I knew she was dead then and had to go digging through the towels and blankets in the cage to find her. Stevie McQueen seems rather subdued tonight- she doesn't seem ill at all and looks fat and healthy, I think she just misses her sister. I can't believe I've lost two girls in less than a month! Cranberry Hootycreek died a couple weeks ago. Where are all my babies going?!
I have to admit that Peppermint Rattie was my favorite of the three girls. She was the most adventurous, sweetest and tiniest. I actually almost got a different rat instead of her, she was the smallest one in the tank at the pet store and sleeping away from all the other rats. Just last week, she escaped from her cage and was running around the living room! I feel guilty because for a split second, I was hoping it was Stevie who had died and not her. The girls look exactly the same, the only difference in appearances is that Stevie is a bit fatter. Hard to tell by looking at a live rat and a dead one, though... I also looked at how they interacted with each other to tell them apart. Still, I'm pretty sure Minty is the one who died.
Rest in peace, my dear, I'm glad to have known you and now you can cuddle Cranberry in heaven. At least Stevie McQueen and Colby Jack will have each other, hopefully it will go well... Stevie is rather aggressive and dominant, but hopefully it will be okay.
It occurred to me that I hadn't seen one of the girls all day and part of the piece of homemade bread I'd given them for a snack was still there. She didn't come out when I tapped on the cage, shook a box of treats and gave her sister a treat. Usually they all come running if I go near the cage. I knew she was dead then and had to go digging through the towels and blankets in the cage to find her. Stevie McQueen seems rather subdued tonight- she doesn't seem ill at all and looks fat and healthy, I think she just misses her sister. I can't believe I've lost two girls in less than a month! Cranberry Hootycreek died a couple weeks ago. Where are all my babies going?! I have to admit that Peppermint Rattie was my favorite of the three girls. She was the most adventurous, sweetest and tiniest. I actually almost got a different rat instead of her, she was the smallest one in the tank at the pet store and sleeping away from all the other rats. Just last week, she escaped from her cage and was running around the living room! I feel guilty because for a split second, I was hoping it was Stevie who had died and not her. The girls look exactly the same, the only difference in appearances is that Stevie is a bit fatter. Hard to tell by looking at a live rat and a dead one, though... I also looked at how they interacted with each other to tell them apart. Still, I'm pretty sure Minty is the one who died.
Rest in peace, my dear, I'm glad to have known you and now you can cuddle Cranberry in heaven. At least Stevie McQueen and Colby Jack will have each other, hopefully it will go well... Stevie is rather aggressive and dominant, but hopefully it will be okay.
