This morning one of my "little ladies", Trojan, passed away. Over the past few months we'd seen her deterioration: losing of function in her hind legs, loss of lustre in her coat, loss of weight, and worsening of a lung infection. It was only this morning that she was in real trouble and pneumonia overcame her and the decision was made to put her to sleep. It was good to know she didn't suffer for long, and she'd had a wonderfully exciting rat life until that point. True to her form, at no stage did she lose her appetite.
Goodbye, my small friend.