Ove the past few weeks, we had noticed that Scampers was acting a little bit off. We got him 2 years ago in February and he was about 3 months old then. Rats typcially live for 2 years, so we knew that he was nearing the end. Before we left on Friday, he was having difficulties breathing. Hannah was very upset, but she spent some quality time with him and said her goodbyes "just in case".
When Chris got home from work that evening, he went to check on Scampers. He took Scampers out and had quality ratty time with him, too. Chris said that Snickers went upstairs with him and stayed in Hannah's room with Scampers for the next few hours after Chris went back downstairs. This is totally unlike Snickers. She usually has to be in the same room (and underfoot) of her peoples.
Later that night, James had to go upstairs to get a blanket out of the linen closet and he checked on Scampers. At that time, Scampers was already gone.
Chris texted me the next morning and I did share that with Hannah. She wanted to know. It did put a damper on her weekend, but we were glad to have the distraction.
Here are some pictures of our beloved pet rat.
Here is Hannah's cousin Beatrix holding Scampers. Yes, he was a large rat, but Beatrix is very petite!
This picture was taken shortly after Scampers joined our family.
Rats are considered "pocket pets", so Hannah was demonstrating that. Notice our old cat, Izzy in the background. She passed away in February 2011 at the age of 19 people years.
Hannah misses Scampers very much and one day when she is ready, plans to adopt a new rattie or two.
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