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Sep 13, 2020, 11:29 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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Originally Posted by downersgoup
Wow, so many good rats. You know, I dunno if this is a rat owner thing, but I frequently have dreams that I'm taking care of like 50 rats at a time.
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Rat owners are, in my opinion, very special people.
Yes, I rescued 2 rats from becoming snake food and, not knowing anything about rats, put them in the same cage. Turned out that Edie and Elijah fell madly in love and she gave birth to 19 babies!
I knew she was pregnant because Elijah built housing for her to give birth in. That was one of the most intelligent, beautiful, touching things I've ever seen. He gathered their recycled paper bedding, pieces of cloth I'd put into their cage, pieces of paper towel, and some other bits of safe materials I had put in their cage. He gathered it all and built a kind of hut for her. Sure enough, she went in there and gave birth to their children.
After that, I built "rat condos", multi-level housing, for all the rats. When Edie was done nursing the babies, females went in one condo, males in the other. They all lived out their lives. When they died, over a period of 18 months, it was rough. I loved them so much.
After that I owned 5 more rats. This time I bought "pedigreed" rats that were unusual colors. One was a pale pearl blue-grey. Her name was Misty Blue.
After Misty, the last one, my heart was too broken and I couldn't own any more rats. I now live with my 5 cats. But I will always have so much love in my heart for my ratties.
You are a fine human being for taking good care of your rat pals 
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