Am currently sitting in the (dry) bath doing free roam with Peanut and Raisin. Peanut is actively seeking out cuddles my pushing under my hand.
Raisin has been much wilder, but she's graduated from "I will place my teeth gently upon you to remind you I can bite" to "ok so being stroked is kind of nice I agree to sit still for this"
The are both high energy girls.
I am working at getting Raisin used to my hands. I need to be able to pick her up quickly without scaring her.
Right now she has discovered my ear and is investigating with her whiskers. Tickles!
I'm exhausted so no photos (long complicated family day), but I'm looking after another rat foster's rats for the next few days.
They are ✨gorgeous✨ they look like little badgers, with dark patches and white blazes on their faces.
Tomorrow I will have the sad duty of constructing a euthanasia chamber for a pet rat. Poor Jenelle has a huge tumor and can barely drag herself to the water bottle. The euthanasia gold standard for small mammals is CO₂ — they quickly go unconscious and painlessly pass away. I will be filling a small aquarium with CO₂ produced by good old fashioned baking soda and vinegar.
Rats are particularly susceptible to tumors, particularly mammary tumors.
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