RatPalace.com - Pet Rat Care and Discussion

Mon Nov 10, 2003 10:26 pm

So, I got up this morning for work in plenty of time, no rush, gave all the rats their breakfast, gave Spook her antibiotics and checked her bandage. Then I showered, had a leisurely cup of coffee, watching the birds and squirrels in the garden, got dressed for work, not hurrying in the least. Just about to head out of the door, one last check on the rats, to discover that at some time in the previous half hour the monster girlies (Imp, Sprite, Demon and Gremlin) had pulled down their water bottle and chewed through it, so that half their litter was soaked and they had no water. I had to put them in their carry cage while I cleaned out the soaked litter, put in some fresh stuff and installed a new water bottle. Went to put them back in the cage to discover that they had had a poo fest in their carry cage and they seemed to have been wrestling in it. They were covered in poo and, by the time I got them back in their cage, so was I. So, by now running quite late, I had to go and change my clothes.
I swear the little buggers were laughing at me! Thunder

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Linda and the RMDs

Many have forgotten this truth but you must not forget it. We remain responsible forever, for what we have tamed.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

Mon Nov 10, 2003 10:44 pm

Hmmm, you have pet rats?

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Arvay and the Squirmin' Vermin

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me.'

--Erma Bombeck

Mon Nov 10, 2003 11:03 pm

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Kate & the M.O.U.S.
If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph the event ... what kind of film would you use?
~ Anonymous

Mon Nov 10, 2003 11:07 pm

Tiny fiends !

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Caroline
and the HAGGIS RATS

Mon Nov 10, 2003 11:17 pm

Hahahahaahahahaah Linda!

Sometimes you just have to call in sick wink

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Sab

"I feel like I know her, but sometimes my arms bend back"

Mon Nov 10, 2003 11:19 pm

Oh, Linda

What aptly named children roflmao

rq

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Tue Nov 11, 2003 12:01 am

"poo fest" Ha! Ha! Ha! :laugh:

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paisley

Spike, Diamond, Elphaba, Rose, Octavia, A Cappella, & Nocturne

the cats: Trip & Phlox

the rabbit: Ripley

Tue Nov 11, 2003 12:08 am

My sympathies...this weekend my dog stepped in a pile of doo in the yard, then tracked it all over the house. I had to clean both the carpet and his foot for an hour. Shocked

The rat poopie-foot has struck here before too - so icky! I hope your little monsters lay low and don't pull any more stunts like that! Fiendish she-devils. Devil Rat

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Amy G., Random, Tully, Flint, Robin, Basil, Finnegan, and Strawberry

...and the rattie angels...Blue Bear, Justin, Fletcher, Duncan, Toby, and Bela

Tue Nov 11, 2003 12:39 am

If you had nicknamed them "The Sweet Little Rats Who Never Do Anything Wrong" you'd have been to work on time today. But nooooo! You had to nickname them the RMD's!

You reap what you sow. Heh.

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Victor, Bandit, and Sparrow's Sweeties: Neiko & Roo. Sparrow's Boys: Oliver, Arthur, and Rabskuttle. The fRAT Boys: Jim, Jack, and George.
Good night, Witter, Kono, Rat, Olie, Metro, Calle, Mr. Ratburn, Arwen, Leather, Ohana, Zoe, Misto, and Kanga.

Tue Nov 11, 2003 1:19 am

They always pick the worst times to make trouble. As Victor says, they are aptly named the RMD's!

PatTheRat and The BB's

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PatTheRat and Cuervo
Gonzo the pudgey rat angel
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Miss Piddy Pat at the Bridge--"The guardian angels of life sometimes fly so high to be beyond our sight, but they are always looking down upon us."
--Jean Paul Richter

Tue Nov 11, 2003 2:58 am

Doh! Yup, always when you least expect it! I feel your pain as Jason and I were up with a sick dog all night. (He's fine now, his ham bone just didn't settle well with his tummy.)

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Christy
RP Admin
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Frodo, Zorro, Erzulie, Maeve, Clara, Molly & Emily

Tue Nov 11, 2003 3:37 am

I'm not laughing AT you, I'm laughing with.....everybody else Mr. Green

Give those little stinkers (no pun intended) a big scowl from me. hee hee wink

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Debbie and the gang of spoiled furries

Tue Nov 11, 2003 4:19 am

:laugh: :laugh: Rat Laugh

Ahhhhh a favourite pasttime of so many of my ratties. :laugh: Teehee! . :laugh: SO happy to know I'm not alone...I love it more when they do it to Dr. K though! Mr. Green

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~~Wiley's(& Simon's ) Mom & The Lil Rattie Crew
Don't count how many breaths you take
But what takes your breath away~
~Sir Wiley William Templeton
2/29/00-3/5/03 My light, my love forever~
Gentleman Jack 1/1/01-4/22/03
Quiet courage, my heart~

Tue Nov 11, 2003 5:01 am

Haha, rat mud wrestling.

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"Hello, friends. I am a perfectly normal human worm-baby." - ZIM

Tue Nov 11, 2003 2:20 pm

	Victor wrote:
	If you had nicknamed them "The Sweet Little Rats Who Never Do Anything Wrong" you'd have been to work on time today. But nooooo! You had to nickname them the RMD's! You reap what you sow. Heh.

Well, I was relying on the usual perversity of rats to work in my favour. I thought with names like that they would be bound to be little angels. But I forgot that rats are also very intelligent. They obviously saw through my little ploy and perversely decided to live up to their names instead.

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Linda and the RMDs

Many have forgotten this truth but you must not forget it. We remain responsible forever, for what we have tamed.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery.