Puddles of Joy (march 2003-july 25th 2005)
A lot of people don't like rats, they think they are gross with gross tails. But look at my user picture, that is nothing but cute! Puddles was the sweetest rat you could ever meet, I took her to school with me once when she was just a baby and I would sleep with her in my bed. She had a very big licking habbit that always made me smile. She never bit anyone, only lick. I loved when she stuck her little head out of some bent wires on the cage to see what was going on. I remember when one day she figured out how to get out of the cage, I was sleeping and she hopped up on the bed and woke me up with her little kisses. I loved the way her little puddly butt bounched up and down when she ran in her wheel, she is the only rat I know who enjoys running in a wheel. She used get up on the keyboard, if she were here she might say: "ffffffffdkuirghwe43" or something like that. I always loved rodents because those were the only pets I was allowed to have, but I never thought I could be this much in love with a rat.
Anyway, it has been a long night with horrible sleep. I got in from work about 5:45 and noticed that puddles was sitting in a wierd spot in the cage, I took her out and she was hardly moving. I wrapped her in a shirt and tried to be comforting, there was splotches of color where she was sitting and we had determined that she was bleeding, I called the vet, who were closed and had an emergency line to call, I waited for casey to come home and he called them, we drove her out there and waited almost 3 hours before they could get to us. She was indeed bleeding from her uterus and losing a lot of blood. they put her on fluids, gave her anti-biotics and took x-rays to see if it was a tumor or an infection. Near midnight she stopped breeting and the best thing to do was to put her down. She was fine and healthy as it seemed until I saw her after work. I just wish there was some way I could've known and got her help before it was too late. She lived a full healthy life (rats average a lifespan of 2.5 years) and she got so much love because she gave so much love. Now Spike is onely in her big mansion-sized cage. The funeral is today where we will burry her with my childhood fuzzy friends in the backyard.
I love you and miss you puddles!
Anyway, it has been a long night with horrible sleep. I got in from work about 5:45 and noticed that puddles was sitting in a wierd spot in the cage, I took her out and she was hardly moving. I wrapped her in a shirt and tried to be comforting, there was splotches of color where she was sitting and we had determined that she was bleeding, I called the vet, who were closed and had an emergency line to call, I waited for casey to come home and he called them, we drove her out there and waited almost 3 hours before they could get to us. She was indeed bleeding from her uterus and losing a lot of blood. they put her on fluids, gave her anti-biotics and took x-rays to see if it was a tumor or an infection. Near midnight she stopped breeting and the best thing to do was to put her down. She was fine and healthy as it seemed until I saw her after work. I just wish there was some way I could've known and got her help before it was too late. She lived a full healthy life (rats average a lifespan of 2.5 years) and she got so much love because she gave so much love. Now Spike is onely in her big mansion-sized cage. The funeral is today where we will burry her with my childhood fuzzy friends in the backyard.
I love you and miss you puddles!