Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / November 2003

I should just start calling 'Hey'--'Theif'--thats what she is, and she's
good at it.

After her mornin shoulder ride to the laundry room and the dumpster, (2 am),
I put her on the desk when I get online.  I have this one thin plank of
pressed board that she never crosses but she does now---to get my salted
pistachios.

I never see her do it, but she managed to get 5 of them from the bag ...all
the way to the other side of the desk without me seeing it.

she seems to like the salt as she spends a lot of time licking the shells
before she opens them.  I'm thinking that this is prolly bad for her since
she started making a huffing sound and her stomach area was
contracting---akin to a human dry heave.

after I saw this--I hid my pistachios on the monitor.  I knew that salt was
vital, but after seeing that and her BIG thirst for water afterward...i
think i need to get a salt wheel/salt lick.

I need to get her another desk of her own---she even knows how to tilt the
beer can just right so all the drops in the gully flow down to her without
tipping the can, as she used to do.

--belt