Ping Leaves Us

Going into the rat room tonight, I'd discovered that Ping had passed.  Ping leaves Rollo behind on his own. :(    This death was not unexpected, the brothers are 2 years, 9 months old and were really showing their age but  it was still sad to find him so.  Even sadder is that his brother is now alone.

He has been prepared for private cremation.

Rest in peace little Ping.

Rollo and Ping ~ 2 years, 4 mos old!

They are getting weighed for their Revolution treatment.  A couple of real sweet old men.  Rollo (black one) and Ping (PEW).  And of course you can see their buck grease.  LOL  They were part of a litter that was dumped.  The mother and other brothers I had have all since passed.

Pimp and Pong Pass & Bamboo is helped to the bridge

I am thinking Pimp actually was older than the other boys I adopted him with.  He started getting cataract in both eyes a few months ago and then went downhill real fast, he wasn't really agile and walked around with an odd gait these past few days.  I went in and found the other little boys laying on top of him, probably trying to keep him warm. :(

Pong passed last night sometime.  He was battling respiratory illness for some time so it was not a surprise that he passed, but it wasn't like he went downhill or anything.  I can only suspect he might have choked on something too. :(

Bamboo had head tilt for over a year and today when I went in, one side of his face really bulged out and his eye was pushing out of his socket.  I helped him to the bridge.  I've never seen anything like that in all of my time with ratties.

These boys are survived by their cage mates Sprout, Sprat, Mr. Buttons, Blink, Ping, and Rollo.

Rest in peace gentle giants.

Boys Moved to Big Cage

The little boys, not so little now, have moved upstairs to their big cage.  I will miss walking by their cage all the time, but now it means it is easier to take them out to play with them in the rat room.  Having kitties means no playing with ratties outside of the rat room.

All Together Now

These are the 9 baby boys.  Pimp, Bamboo, Sprout, Mr. Fuzzy Pants, Rollo, Mr. Buttons, Blink, Ping, and Pong.  My husband took this video, his first video, so it is kind of fuzzy.  Obviously the 9 boys get along great!

5 Baby Boys Are Sworn In

Ping, Pong, Blink, Mr. Buttons, and Rollo have been brought to the village.  They are part of a litter that was abandoned and taken in by a really nice young woman, B, in Portland.  She placed most of the girls and I took the boys.  I told her I'd take momma too since she'd fit right in with some girls that were adopted a bit ago.  I'll wait to hear back from her on that one.

Ping, Pong, Blink, Mr. Buttons and Rollo are cute as a button and no bigger than my little finger.  Like the late Corvallis 6, they are a mix of rex and standard furred ratties.  All have top ears which is just fine with me. I do not care what they look like, I'm more concerned with being able to tell them apart!

I am so excited as it has been a long time since I've had babies so young.  I think the youngest I've adopted was 6 weeks.  Pokey, my rattie girl from 1993 was 4 weeks.

I really love the little boys, of course I haven't met a rat I didn't like!  LOL

Welcome to the village little guys!