Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / March 2005

Last night while I was out with my boyfriend, I decided we should go have a
looksie in Petlands. I was roaming around for about 10mins petting
everything warm and fuzzy I could find with the exception of hamster cuz one
has bit me and now Im scared sh*tless! So I as the woman got any rats? She
was like we have a few and with that she took  me over to the aquariums
where they were. Now there was just one, no matter I wanted to see. She
reaches into the aquarium and pulls out this HUGE boy! She said his previous
owner who comes in a lot gets submitted to the hospital weekly for chemo
brought him in for a new owner. She proceeded to plop him in my arms and I
feel in love instantly! He was giving me licks and snuggles. I was told the
last owner over fed him thats why he is so large. Almost a pound!

Right now he is crawling around my desk like he owns the place, sneezing up
a storm! haha now he is crawling around in an chip bag! I guess my hang ups
about boy balls soon became nothing more than an AWWWWWWWW HES SO CUTE!!! My
sister was like whos that!!! Ive  named him Otis til his previous owner
calls and tells me his  name. So Im like thats OTIS! she was like oooo shes
cute! My boyfriend corrected her and said HE! she then lifts him out of the
box we brought him home in and said OMG  HES A MAN! we all laughed for a
bit!

I figure in a month Ill find him a cage mate.

Sorry for the long post but last night was a very eventful night! and I just
wanted to share it will everyone here!

Dawn