As an aside, yesterday we found out that a local rodent rescue had a sudden emergency need for fosters. We have been ratless since we lost Boo and Blinkin earlier this year, and jumped at the chance. So we have 3 tiny visitors in our home, all little girls approx. 4 months old.
They don't have names yet, but we can certainly give them some temporarily; I'm open to ideas.
One is fully pewter colored. She seems to be the bravest of the 3, all very shy.
One has a white body and pale, dove grey (pearl?) head and back marking. She sways her head a lot (rats do this to help them see; they have terrible vision, some more so than others.)
One has a white body and black head/back with scattered white spots. She is a "dumbo", with big, low set ears. I coaxed her a couple inches out of hiding with a Cheerio today.
Lucy is quite excited at our new houseguests. The smells! (She was around our last rats and was fine with them, but never unsupervised or unrestrained.)
They'll be with us temporarily, but we have the option to adopt if we want to.
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