The Rat Pup Adventure Continues

I never knew how much work it was going to be when i agreed to become "Mother" to these two baby rats!! I have to feed them every 3-4 hours and i get up every night around 4 or 5 to feed them also. They really don't like the eye dropper or the syringe technique that i use to feed them. I have to struggle with them most every time. Once in awhile they actually latch on and put their two front hands on the eye dropper and that is when i fall in love all over again. They just want to survive like all of us do.

I put them in my chenille robe pocket this am and they were very happy in there. When I got dressed I tried out a corduroy shirt over my tshirt and they weren't as happy there, so I put them in my soft stretch corduroy pants pocket and they stayed in there happily for several hours while I was busy in the kitchen.

When I was folding laundry this am in the bedroom one managed to crawl out of the pocket without me noticing and fell on the floor, but it didn't even seem to phase the little darling. I just put it right back into the pocket and it stayed there!

The same thing happened in the kitchen but I have no way of knowing if it was the same pup or not. When I really needed to get active and go outside i put them into the kettle under the light inside of the clear plastic 20 gallon tote box with the light over it. That is their home these days. I lined it with several inches of dried lawn grass and put a piece of felt on top of that so they are very safe and comfy.