Pet of The Day: Saoirse

 

Saoirse won Pet of the Day! See her here: http://petoftheday.com/

Here's what someone said about her on the forum: 

"Good morning Saoirse! Happy Pet of the Day to you and your entire family! I'm honored to be the first to congratulate you on nabbing "top pet" props, and how very deserving you are! What a sweet and lovely, oh so pretty rattie girl you are, and so packed with personality! It's clear you take on all comers, including THE CAT, and Husky! I'm so sorry to hear that ear infection left you with a bit of a challenge, sweetheart. But it's clear, in true Saoirse style, you haven't let it keep you from living and loving life to the max, and kudos to your very caring human for making sure that you can continue to enjoy all of those things you love, safely!

I laughed out loud at you chasing your adorable (if somewhat perplexed) lop eared bunny bud, hehe, and that photo of you snuggling up with your kitty friend, beyond precious! What a wonderful best friend, playmate, and loving companion your family (human and furry) have in you, Saoirse! Your parent loves you so very much, and for good reason...you're the best!
Thanks for the BIG SMILES, sweet girl! Enjoy a very happy, fun filled Pet of the Day, celebrating to the max with your bunny, kitty and doggie buds, being spoiled to the max!
Love and cuddles and little kisses to you, beautiful Saoirse!"

Babies are here!

 9 babies (5 boys, 4 girls) were born on the 8th of July. All healthy, no stillborns, being taken care of very nicely by their attentive mother.

A sad story

This is so awful....

http://pawofjustice.org/?cat=2

I am so enraged that rats are not protected against cruelty the same way as cats and dogs. This is just not right.

Where was your petstore rat born?

Ever wonder where those cute little petstore rats came from?

Here's what a commercial rat breeding facility looks like: http://www.ratz.co.uk/rodentfarm.html

They are no different than the rats in the feeder bins...just given better care in the petshops (since the public can see them). It's no wonder they are often terrified and sickly. The same goes for all the other rodents that are being sold.

Buy from GOOD breeders and do not support this sad trade...

Peach's Progress

Little Peach did well on the three hour car ride. I'm staying at a friend's house, so she is getting lots of new people to sniff and see as well as a cat, puppy, and rabbit. She let them pet her and even jumped on top of her pink igloo to sniff them better. For the next week I'm just working on letting her sniff people and see if she will come up to hands. If she comes up, there may be a small pet on her back until she decides to leave.

Vacation time...

...does not start off easily. I got up this morning to hose off all of the rat cages (in the middle of a rainstorm caused by our most recent tropical storm. Thanks, Debby!). Cleaned every inch of the cages, washed all the bedding, washed everything in the cage, put together a very detailed list for my petsitter, organized the food containers, set out medicine, ordered this month's shipment of rat block, got the sick rat's cage and meds in order, and got little Peach's travel cage ready.

Phew!

I'm going to be so worried about them while I am away...especially since I have 2 breeding pairs. Luckily neither of them will be due anytime soon.

Ophelia's belly