IT'S THE RAT BLOG PEOPLE!!! =)



So yesterday was the day we decided to get them out of their new cage and see if they wanted to play. We decided to get one out at a time, so Alex got his out first (I think he's just calling it Ratty, by the way). After about 2 minutes of having him out, he had wriggled out of Alex's grip and into the sofa. After taking all the cushions off and deciding that Ratty was in fact inside the sofa, Alex got pissed off and said "Let's just leave it in there, it's probably dead already. I don't even want the stupid rat. These rats are crap. I thought they'd be better. I don't want mine anymore, you can have them both."

This, quite rightly, made me very VERY mad. Rats are animals, not toys. It's in their nature to burrow into things and run around exploring. I couldn't believe he was suggesting leaving the poor thing in the sofa to slowly waste away. We argued a lot over poor Ratty. It took me about half an hour, but I cut open the bottom of the sofa and managed to get him out eventually.

I'm still so fucking mad at him for wanting to abandon the poor rat. Can you tell I'm stil fuming?!

So after that episode I took their cage into the bedroom away from his craziness and later I got mine out to play with. I spent pretty much all night with them out and trying to get them used to me and their new environment. I'm really upset though - I know I shouldn't have got them from a crappy pet store but I didn't want them to have to stay there any more. They've both got diarrhea, and Burton is very sneezy. I'm not too worried about their poop, because it's probably down to a poor diet in the pet store, or just because they've had a change in diet the last 2 days, but I'm worried about the sneezing.

Burton is also a lot slower than Ratty, and less active. I don't know whether Ratty is just overly hyper or poor Burtie is sick, but I'll definitely have to keep an eye on them.

Anyway, here they are:

(Burton on top and Ratty on the bottom with slightly darker fur)



And here's Burtie cleaning himself =)



I wasn't able to get them to sit still long enough while they were out for a picture with me, sorry! ^_^

Anyway, once I had Ratty out and he'd worn himself out with all the running, he calmed down and curled up in my lap. I then called Alex in and showed him how best to handle him. After he saw how cute he was and after I tried to explain that you can't expect an animal to behave just because you tell it to, he apologised for being a dickhead and decided he liked Ratty again.

What a fucking drama over nothing, right?

Anyway.
Yesterday I also got a couple of cute leopard print bows delivered from eBay =)



(As you can see, I am still refusing to take my new pashmina off!)

And can I just say...
Adalae and Bully's new set STILL has me flustered from yesterday.
I don't dare look at it again today because I was so ridiculously horny yesterday that I thought I was gonna explode