He was the sweetest little fluffy rodent. It's the first time I'm losing a pet rat. I'm crying a bunch 😭 And well... it's normal; it's the cycle of life and death. A good reminder to cherish life itself and the ones around us, pets or humans. I'm treating my 4 other little critters today to celebrate them being alive and healthy.

I didn't have him for very long, and it still hurt a lot to lose him. I took him in July, as I had a lonely rat I rescued at home. He has been a lovely companion to Hatchi for the time he was there. He was 1 year and a half at the time according to the previous owner.

This photo taken when he was still healthy btw.

Thanks for taking time to read this. I just needed to tell somebody 💖

Rest in peace, Pistache

Ok ok yes he was just smelling something yummy above him

Source: https://x.com/umino0821/status/1828786375807967545

My two boys!

Pouchie girls for girly pouch. Left to right : Frizzy, Claire, and Salmiak

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17313789

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/14190249

She's having a good morning and looking good while she's at it!

Oh no

Beans is our only adorable dumbo ear of the four boys, but out of the blue he started attacking his brothers, especially his almost twin (sans ears) Frank. When there's blood, we separate of course.

Interestingly, after introducing the new bedding they have calmed down, or maybe it was just a temporary issue. Glad to have our boys all back on one cage!

Post pic is the outgoing one.

This is the adventurous one.