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The bird is dead!

To be perfectly honest I don’t feel like anything is fun anymore.

The more I read about it, the more I think a reinforced metal bathtub would be a better choice for such voyage.

“Best” is relative, but I guess the most wholesome is when I once forgot to lock the cage properly and went to sleep. One of my rats went straight to the bed and proceeded to cuddle, instead of wrecking havoc. It’s not that common for rat girls, but she did it anyway, my little champ. She spent all the night there. It was truly a bonding moment, especially since she was a very small ratto at a time and being a kid she’s supposed to rather eat the shit out of everything in the room (since socialization is often based on making them not destroy things with teeth)

I’ve easily made my girls piss and poop into a litterbox, it really helps. But it requires some patience.

True that! And it’s even more interesting once you see how selfish they are at the same time. Very conflicted nature, hits very close to home :P

Yes, rats are social animals. They need another rat or they’ll literally die. Gerbils are likely the same. There’s nothing to beat the entertainment and comfort from the other animal.

And yeah, interesting thoughts! They probably think something akin to that!

A rat in the wild isn’t in an ideal situation for said rat.

You know, it has an upside, though. For a rat it does matter not whether they live for 2 or 10 years, it’s their entire life. You know, a happy and content one. And if they unfortunately pass away, you could always give another one a chance to have a nice life too.

Yeah, they really like that!

You can raise a baby rat (although it doesn’t need to be a baby, too) found in the wild, because they are virtually the same as domesticated ones. At least here in Europe, where I live.

The type of a rat you’re looking for is a “Norwegian Rat” or “Brown Rat”, which is the most common type in the wild.

Generally speaking, there’s a saying that animal you rescued will try to pay that back in love.

Honestly, just give it time. I’ll stabilise eventually.

That strange Lord of the Rings turn based strategy game.

Well, it’s a tragic example on how capitalism really ruins things for everyone. The OceanGate drama should have been the wake up call. But it wasn’t and these people are dead. And they get infinietly more media coverage than hundreds of souls lost in Pylos.

What a fucked up world we live in.