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Post by Die Fledermaus on Jan 6, 2009 21:46:08 GMT -4
Bart (as in Black Bart) was found dead late last night. He looked like he was just resting; he had died likely only a few hours earlier. Eyes were clear and open. Several hours earlier he was moving and eating normally. He is of the litters from November 2006. I will miss most how he never liked lab blocks, although the other rats always took them eagerly. He was always fussy. Five left, and Margie in here with me.   |
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Post by ladyjosephine on Jan 6, 2009 22:06:01 GMT -4
I'm sorry for you loss |
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Post by pinky on Jan 7, 2009 1:53:34 GMT -4
Rest in peace, Bart.
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Jan 7, 2009 16:01:09 GMT -4
Thanks. There were no tumors, nothing. He looked earlier as though he could live another year! You never can tell. . . |
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Post by tnh on Jan 8, 2009 21:17:49 GMT -4
My sympathies. You're having a bad week.
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Jan 8, 2009 21:34:55 GMT -4
Welcome back, tnh! The week just got worse. Charlie, a champagne, was also found dead, partially buried. He was likely gone for six hours or so. This is what happens when an entire litter is rescued and saved - and I knew this day would come when I was playing with them as babies (see the Rat forum, Nov. '06, for photos): they start to "wink out" like little lights going dark all about the same time, give or take a few months. My favorite, Tux, a hooded black and white, looks good. When he goes it will be awful. I need to take more photos. |
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Post by pinky on Jan 8, 2009 23:52:25 GMT -4
Take them while he and the others still look good. Let's see Tux in his tux!  No cameras here lately. For the same reason that I avoid viewings if I can. I want my memories to be good ones. I have my two darling photos of Mal (and some earlier ones, when she was a porker). They are all I need. I got a print made of the one today, and I will crop it and put it in my wallet. Critter is still in my wallet, a photo that is likely from 2000. |
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Jan 9, 2009 1:08:20 GMT -4
So you keep wallet photos, too!  |
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Post by Hamsters82 on Jan 9, 2009 1:25:58 GMT -4
Aw, I'm sorry; may they both rest in peace. |
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Jan 10, 2009 17:56:33 GMT -4
I have taken photos of the remaining rats. I need to post them. Soon.
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