Big rat day today. Drove to Kraaifontein in a windstorm to take Zen in for surgery, and deliver Peanut and Raisin to one of the other rat foster people. She's looking after them till Saturday, then they're being couriered to Johannesburg to their new home. She's also fostering a rat mom and her babies, so I got to meet them all. Tiny babies!

I left before sunrise to miss the traffic. My husband went with me as he was worried about me driving alone in the storm.
And he's right, it's a proper storm. Driving rain and strong wind. Trees down, branches on the road. Schools are apparently closed today and tomorrow.

Zen's surgery went well. She was spayed and had three mammary tumors removed. Now she's safely back home with Twyla again.

Twyla, who'd been alone all day, gave Zen a very thorough sniff inspection when I put her back in the cage. Then she crawled into my lap for a cuddle of her own. Also to ask for supper.

#rats #RatFosterDiary