Good Rat News
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British have chosen a very handsome Russian Blue Dumbo rat as: The cutest small pet in Britain.
Rat Years in Human Years
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This is by no means a scientifically derived formula, it’s just some easy numbers based on a few simple correlations. So I picked some easy benchmarks to start with: average human lifespan, 80 years or 960 months; average rat lifespan, 30 months; then, human years to rat years would be about 32:1.
These numbers in themselves could be argued up or down.
TeeTu – Rest in Peace
TeeTu, or as he had recently become known as, our Chi-Rat, left us last night. He was an ornery little cuss, and we loved him dearly for that. He was our oldest boy, but that did not slow him down. Nothing did, at least until last night. After work, Mrs.R and I came home to TeeTu [...]
The Year of the Stainless Steel Rat?!
The current Year of the Rat is coming to a close on January 25, 2009. This is the Year of the Earth Rat, and the next Year of the Rat, the Metal Rat, will occur in the years 2020-2021. Now that is a long time to wait to celebrate this great little animal with its own year. [...]
Unusual Rat Laundry Day
Another Tuesday and another day of rat laundry. I do the rat laundry after work at a coin-op laundromat around the corner from our home. Today was a bit different than usual. Usually there is no one else doing laundry at this time so all is good. I can put on a podcast or a [...]
Cleaning Day – Part II
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Another cleaning day but not like other cleaning days. Yesterday we moved the new boys in with some of our resident rats and we thought all would be well. Sure there were a few squabbles and a bunch of screeching and some serious boxing matches throughout the night (yes, all night long) but it was [...]
Spaghetti Dinner
Here is the update to the new living arrangements: besides a very sad WiiOne (who was moved back to his old home at the end) everything seems to be going well. Mrs.R and I had spaghetti for dinner tonight and as our usual we shared with all the rats. It is one of their favorite [...]
New Living Arrangements
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Today is our usual cleaning day. I’ve just finished the boys habitats and I am now sitting in their room keeping an eye and ear on them. Today we moved WiiOne in with Dash; they get along fine normally and Dash needed the company. Wii is also much bigger than Dash so if there is [...]
Happy New Year
2008 was the year of the Rat, 2009 is not.
Old Man Jeremy
‘Twas his time to leave this place, to pass into the silence, full of grace. He struggled and fought, but this day no more life could be bought. The grim reaper had come calling, and his timing was nothing short of appalling. His brethren made no fuss, to them this is life and so must pass as thus. At the bridge [...]
