Lost Radditz yesterday morning. That means all my rats are now gone. The rest were from old age, but Radditz was a combination of that and pneumonia. We took him to the vet twice. The first dose of antibiotics didn't do anything at all, so when I went back because he wasn't getting better, they gave me the strongest stuff they had... but I guess he was too old. There were days where I was hopeful because he would eat a lot, but in the end I guess he didn't have the energy at his age to recover from something so serious, despite my best efforts (and powerful medications).
So I'm alone all day and night now with my own thoughts. I'm already being treated like I should be over it by now (it's been a whole day!! golly) because he was 'just a rat' but it really broke my heart for many reasons. Having something that loves me to take care of really helped distract me from myself. Oh well.