Re: a new addition to our family!

[Guest guest]

This guy just sounds more and more sympathetic!

Loved the picture! Very cute, both of them!

Cong-rats! ;-)

Inger

Sparrow:

> Today I had to walk to the store to get more of those little reinforcement

stickers you put on paper before you put them in three-ring binders. On the

way to the store, I saw a cage in someone's front yard with a little

buff-colored rat in it. Of course, I stopped to admire the rat!

> As I was admiring it, a man came out of the house. I felt like I might be

intruding so I explained to him, " I was just admiring your rodent! "

> " You can have it, cage and everything, for free, " he said.

> I explained that I already have a rat and couldn't possibly bring another

one home.

> He said that his family was moving and they weren't taking the rat because

" it hates men " and would bite him and his son any time they got near it.

" She loves my wife, though, " he said. " It's a good rat for a woman. "

> I still said I couldn't take it and he said that he was going to take it

> to

a local pet store and give it to them if no one took it. " It will be here

all night, if you want to come back and get it, " he said.

> I went on to the store and then I came home and asked my partner if his

best friend still wanted a rat (his best friend admires our rat and

recently had to give up his three cats to his ex-girlfriend in a bad

split-up and had been talking about getting a rat.) My partner called, but

his friend said he still wasn't ready for a pet yet.

> But my partner immediately realized what I had been thinking but hadn't

said to him: that rat was probably just abandoned in the yard and it was

already 40 degrees (fahrenheit) and getting colder as dusk approached. DOgs

and cats could come upon the cage and torment or kill it or it could freeze

or starve to death.

> " Let's go look at it, " he said.

> We went and the house was deserted, the moving truck was gone and the rat

was still in the yard. For a rat that " hates men, " it sure took to my

partner quickly! She climbed inside his shirt and refused to leave it for

hours! She's such a very sweet little rat, I just don't see how anyone

could abandon her like that!

> So now we have a little girl rat in addition to our older male rat. They

met each other and seemed to like one another (we supervised closely so he

couldn't make her pregnant!) so now she is still a little skittish but

settling in. She doesn't have a name yet.

> If you want to see pictures of her and our male hooded rat (his name is

Salad) you can look here:

> http://www.realm-of-shade.com/rats/rat4/

> (I took the pictures and Rob held the rats)

(the directory is called rat4 because she is the fourth rat that my partner

and I have owned together.)

> Sparrow

> (and now I have to go get some snooze before tomorrow's tests!)

[Guest guest]

At 05:04 PM 10/11/04 +0200, Inger Lorelei wrote:

>

>This guy just sounds more and more sympathetic!

The funny thing is that he's a huge (6'6 " (about two meters) tall and well

over 300 pounds (136 kilos)) guy with long hair and a big bushy beard. When

he has to meet someone in public he's never met before, he tells them to

" look for the guy who looks like he robs gas stations for a living. " LOL!

He looks intimidating, but if he really cares about someone or something,

he's the best person you could imagine to have on your side! It's so neat

to see such a big, gruff man being so gentle and tender with little rodents.

>Loved the picture! Very cute, both of them!

>

>Cong-rats! ;-)

Thanks!

Cong-rats! LOL! That's cute!

Sparrow

[Guest guest]

>> This guy just sounds more and more sympathetic!

> The funny thing is that he's a huge (6'6 " (about two meters) tall and well

over 300 pounds (136 kilos)) guy with long hair and a big bushy beard. When

he has to meet someone in public he's never met before, he tells them to

" look for the guy who looks like he robs gas stations for a living. " LOL!

:-D

Just goes to show you that you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover. ;-)

I'm so happy for you.

Inger

[Guest guest]

Sparrow,

Congratulations!

The new rat must have

a good sense of people. It seems to

me anyone who would abandon her outside in the cold probably did not treat her

very well, and that’s why she didn’t like him!

Good luck on your

tests.

Wendi

a new

addition to our family!

Today I had to walk to the store to get more of those

little reinforcement

stickers you put on paper before you put them in

three-ring binders. On the

way to the store, I saw a cage in someone's front yard with a

little

buff-colored rat in it. Of course, I stopped to

admire the rat!

As I was admiring it, a man came out of the house.

I felt like I might be

intruding so I explained to him, " I was just

admiring your rodent! "

" You can have it, cage and everything, for

free, " he said.

I explained that I already have a rat and couldn't possibly bring

another

one home.

He said that his family was moving and they weren't taking the rat

because

" it hates men " and would bite him and

his son any time they got near it.

" She loves my wife, though, " he said.

" It's a good rat for a

woman. "

I still said I couldn't take it and he said

that he was going to take it to

a local pet store and give it to them if no one

took it. " It will be here

all night, if you want to come back and get it, "

he said.

I went on to the store and then I came home and

asked my partner if his

best friend still wanted a rat (his best friend

admires our rat and

recently had to give up his three cats to his

ex-girlfriend in a bad

split-up and had been talking about getting a

rat.) My partner called, but

his friend said he still wasn't ready for a pet yet.

But my partner immediately realized what I had

been thinking but hadn't

said to him: that rat was probably just abandoned

in the yard and it was

already 40 degrees (fahrenheit) and getting colder

as dusk approached. DOgs

and cats could come upon the cage and torment or

kill it or it could freeze

or starve to death.

" Let's go look at it, "

he said.

We went and the house was deserted, the moving

truck was gone and the rat

was still in the yard. For a rat that " hates

men, " it sure took to my

partner quickly! She climbed inside his shirt and

refused to leave it for

hours! She's such a very sweet

little rat, I just don't see how anyone

could abandon her like that!

So now we have a little girl rat in addition to

our older male rat. They

met each other and seemed to like one another (we

supervised closely so he

couldn't make her pregnant!)

so now she is still a little skittish but

settling in. She doesn't have a name yet.

If you want to see pictures of her and our male

hooded rat (his name is

Salad) you can look here:

http://www.realm-of-shade.com/rats/rat4/.

(I took the pictures and Rob held the rats)

(the directory is called rat4 because she is the

fourth rat that my partner

and I have owned together.)

Sparrow

(and now I have to go get some snooze before

tomorrow's tests!)

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