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It's just another Dead Rat. What does it matter?
Monte just died.
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caseopaya and I took him him out this morning to get some sun and fresh air. He hadn't been well, losing control of a hind paw, and going almost completely blind.
On returning home, he was most insistent that I hold him, high on my chest, resting his head on my shoulder. He didn't want to go anywhere else or want anything else. So for the better part of the past hour I was holding him, closely, listening to his strained breathing.
Suddenly, he coughed up blood and started breathing in coughing fits. This lasted a couple of minutes. The tough ol' rat, he wasn't going to go quietly into the dark, he would rage against the fading of the light. I had to tell him to let it go.
Then he died.
I'm going to miss the ol' fella.
caseopaya and I took him him out this morning to get some sun and fresh air. He hadn't been well, losing control of a hind paw, and going almost completely blind. On returning home, he was most insistent that I hold him, high on my chest, resting his head on my shoulder. He didn't want to go anywhere else or want anything else. So for the better part of the past hour I was holding him, closely, listening to his strained breathing.
Suddenly, he coughed up blood and started breathing in coughing fits. This lasted a couple of minutes. The tough ol' rat, he wasn't going to go quietly into the dark, he would rage against the fading of the light. I had to tell him to let it go.
Then he died.
I'm going to miss the ol' fella.
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What would Rat Heaven be like, I wonder?
Rat Heaven
What do rats dream of and desire?
Food would be high on the list of course.
It would have lots of nooks and crannies, passages to run down, an enormous variety of smells and not much open space or too sun. That said, it would be warm.
There would be mazes, puzzles and strange things things to climb. The most interesting parts would be multi-dimensional.
It would be free of cats, snakes, owls and other such predators.
There would be these strange monkeys that supply them with treats liked cooked pasta and like to give them scritches.
In rat heaven, rats would not age after a certain point and would be able to leap, climb and frolic.
Injuries from their scuffles would be temporary, cartoon-like.
I also imagine there would be a lot of, ahh, ratly frolicking going on. They seem to like that, the little perverts.