Batman stuff & rl woes

[whiskyrunner]

Holy crap you guys. I have 429 followers now, not including subscribers. 429!

So it's been awhile! I hope everyone had a lovely holiday. Mine could have been better.

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[vilkasdaina]

Preaching to the choir about medication! I went through four vets before I finally had the diagnosis of a pneumonia for my biggest boy, Rosencrantz. During that process, I had him on Doxy and Baytril and Amoxil and Zithro before finally a Convenia injection cleared it. He was my heart rat! Never met a friendlier, lovelier, more kisseyface rat in my entire life! Always, ALWAYS bruxing! Guildenstern (I don't have any good adult pictures of him, he was my zoomer rat) was Rose's buddy. And I messed up about Guild's illness, we had taken him to the vet because we assumed he had another myco flare-up, but found out it was lung cancer.These two boys, Loki and Freyr, were the two kids who passed away from heart failure, so we had trips down the diuretic, etc road with them. Great bunch, all of them, but I know what you mean about loving them differently. Not less, just different. Loki and Freyr were so bonded to each other they never really came around to me, whereas Rose and Guild were obtained separately, and while they bonded well together, they were very people affectionate.

Again, sorry to hear about your little guys. :( They were gorgeous boys!

[whiskyrunner]

omg. ROSENCRANTZ. Those boogly eyes. He is adorable!! I know what you mean by heart rat. Boog was the same - lovey, kissy, just a total lump of adoration (except with his brother).

I laughed when I saw your rats' names. For you, a snippet from my PBell future!fic:

He'd always begged for years for a pet, and both their dads had always said no, because neither wanted a dog or a cat in the house and Arthur didn't like rodents. They'd finally caved when Will turned fourteen. Thomas had gotten new ice skates for their birthday: Will had picked Puck out of a litter of baby rats at the local pet shop.

“This one's Bottom, then.” Bottom nibbles his finger curiously, as if checking to see whether it might be edible. Thomas can't remember the third rat's name. Banquo, maybe? Lamely, he jokes, “You could name the next two Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.”

He doesn't have to see Will's face to know that he's rolling his eyes.

[vilkasdaina]

OMGSNIPPETISAWESOME!!!! XD *rolls over snippet* I lurve that 'verse!

And yes, Rosencrantz. I thought I was getting a female rat, and you know that sneaky little trick that rats have of drawing their balls up? Yeah... I was fooled. A WEEK later, Rose wasn't a girl anymore. So, Rosencrantz.