lifewithrats

I was going to post today about the rest of my brood, catching up to the six current rats. I was even planning tomorrow’s post, which was going to be about preparing for an upcoming death. Four of my six rats are over two years old, and rats have a life span of two to three years on average. Of those four, one has a tumor and the other three, all boys, have what I think is myco.

Imagine my dismay and surprise to check on my boys this afternoon and find one of them, my dear Snickers, dead. I’m still in shock. His little body is laying in washcloths in my living room. We live in apartments, so I have no way to bury him. I could take him to the vet to dispose of, but they charge a fee for that service.

My best option, then, is to wrap him with dignity and place him in the dumspter. It’s a sad end for a noble life, but it’s the best I can do. I am grieving today. I know that if you are a pet owner, you’ve had to grieve over the loss of a pet. It happens more often when you raise rats, because of thier short life span. All you can do is prepare yourself for your eventual, or not so eventual, loss.

Amanda

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