Rat update

[oyceter]

Dear Ed- and Al-rat,

I understand you are young and crazy rats who immensely enjoy burrowing under the rat blankets and shedding fur all over my bed. But I have never had rats who liked to chew things as much as you guys before! Chewing blankets and occasionally my clothes is an acceptable risk, as is trying to eat my course readers or notebooks. But I draw the line at Laura Kinsale's Seize the Fire (the out-of-print cover too, luridly romance-y though it is), and library books are a definite NO.

Also, please to not be staring at me when I yell at you like I'm cruelly starving you and you can only get nutrition from chomping on book spines. I do not believe you!

No love (ok, I lie, still with much love but also much irritation),
Oyce

PS. The computer cable? Even more of a NO. // note to self, buy electrical tape

Ren-rat is getting balder by the day, and his hind toes are now pretty much always curled in on themselves. Amazingly, he is still a pretty feisty rat for his age, as he is perfectly willing to launch himself off the sofa, into assorted bowls, and out of his cage and off into the wilderness that is the living room floor, which seems fine to him but gives me heart attacks.

Comments

[la-vie-noire.livejournal.com]

That's... immensely cute.

[oyceter]

They are so cute even when they are being horribly bad and eating all sorts of things that were never meant to be eaten!

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

AWWW ratties!

[oyceter]

They are so big now! Especially Al-rat. He is not as fat as Bya was, but he is timid and shy, so whenever I find him, he is twitchy and huddled over, and him getting fatter makes him look even funnier. I feel he kind of looks like a hamster when he does that.

[tofu-sandwich.livejournal.com]

I have three cats. One of them has chronic health problems (in an "innocently cross-eyed, young cat that sneezes actual lumps of snot" kind of way), one of them likes to wake me up extra early so he can be fed, and the third just insists on curling up in my pants every time I go to the toilet. She even runs ahead if she sees me going that direction, in case I was going to close the door too tightly for her to force it open. O.o It's a good thin they're highly lovable buggers.

[oyceter]

Hee! I swear, all the cats I have met want to run into the bathroom with me as well. Thank goodness the rats cannot do that now! Although Al-rat does this funny thing and hides in my sleeve when I'm on the sofa and refuses to get out.

[jinian.livejournal.com]

Ren rattie love!

[oyceter]

He is so old now! I am so sad to think about losing him. But he is still so awesome and just hangs out with me a lot.

[chomiji]

Bunnies love cables too! Ours are cofnined to a room without any. These split wire loom cable covers are supposed to be really effective.

[oyceter]

Mine are usually not allowed to run around where cables are, but I often use my laptop on the bed, and I think they got to the cable when I went out to get food or something. Sigh. I will have to remember to take the laptop off the bed when I am not there to supervise.

[jamiam.livejournal.com]

Dear Ed and Al,

I have a pet ball python. Do not eat the nice books. OR ELSE.

[oyceter]

Wah! No rat-eating, even if they are naughty!

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Rats! You make me want some. This is no small feat.

[oyceter]

They are so funny! And Al-rat is getting so squishy now, it is so cute!