The End of an Era

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Tethys passed away this morning.

It was not particularly dramatic. She was about three years old and ill, so she'd been moving slower and slower over the last few months, and this morning she stopped.

It feels weird not having a rat in the house. My ecology is insufficiently complex. :(

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She was. I deal pretty well with the lifespan issue, but Cathy was getting kind of depressed about it, so we're off the rat treadmill for a while. (Also, getting rats that actually want to be out of the cage enough playtime with the dog around could be a little tricky.)

We're planning to hang on to the cage, though, since we figure we probably won't be off rats forever. They do make excellent kids' pets....