In loving memory of Greebo, who passed away on 1st March, 2002,
aged 19 months, after a long illness.
Greebo, you brought so much love and joy to my life, and gave
me so much of yourself. Loving you was so easy, but losing you
is so very, very hard.
A beautiful life touched mine for an all-too-brief while; you
will be sadly missed, always loved and never forgotten.
I hope that you are happy and at peace. I hope that, wherever
you are, you are big, round, young and handsome again, and that
your tragic illness is not even a distant memory for you.
Farewell my dear old friend, my Gentle Giant. I hope to see you
again someday...
TinTin
Gemma brought Greebo round last Friday morning to bury
him in the garden and while she was here I got Tin Tin out of
his tank. I put him down on the floor and he started going round
in circles. It was a shock to see it as he was perfectly happy
playing out with us the night before.
The vet put him on Baytril but that was not working so gave him
a course of injections after a few days, but he did not respond
to them either. In the end we agreed that he would be put under
anasthetic so he could be X-rayed. This showed up an inner ear
infection which was intreatable and affecting his balance. There
was a growth which was spreading and putting the nerves under
pressure on the right hand side.It was agreed that since it was
stopping him having a normal life and he was losing weight as
a result he should be put to sleep before he came round from the
anasthetic so as not to make him suffer anymore. He was only about
eleven months old and gave us great pleasure, I know he loved
us as we loved him.
We have buried him near to Greebo and planted a Rose bush above
him so we can look at it in flower and think of him. We will always
love him and never forget him. We went straight out and got two
more boys who are six weeks old as we could not bear to have an
empty house. I am sure we will love them as well but they will
never take Tin Tin's place Their names are Rebel and Biscuit.
Thank you for your words of kindness, Mike and Des.
Pearl
Pearl Brant. Born 2000?. Passed away Sep 8, 2002.
Pearl was special. She was blind (not "dark"
blind, just acutely near-sighted). She was (my wife's words) a
"pretty" rat... but aren't they all?
I'll miss her. She was a kind, gentle rat, but she
knew who was boss. At least, *she* considered herself boss of...
oh, our dog, for instance. Most of the other rats in our house
(8 others now). And she owned my wife, Hazel.
You could really see that when she bit, it wasn't out
of aggressiveness, it was out of fear (after all, she couldn't
see what that great big thing approaching her was) -- (a hand)
and she didn't intend any harm. She liked to play "hide under
the couch pillow" and "give me another treat, I won't
stash it this time".
Pearl was found dead in her cage one morning. I didn't
get a look at her in the cage, Hazel did. I only saw her after
Hazel got her out of the cage and was holding her and weeping.
I thought that Pearl looked peaceful.
Maybe she died because of the (we thought minor) eye
infection she was recently having problems with. Maybe it was
just her time. Maybe... goodbye, Pearl.
Ruby
In Memory of Ruby, who lost her brave battle against
respiratory disease,
age 19 months.
Ruby was rescued from a neighbour who couldn't keep
her any more, and I grew
to love her very much. She was a pretty beige hooded, and so sweet
and
friendly.
Ruby is now resting next to Greebo and my Dad's first
rat, Tintin. I'm sure
that they are all playing at the Rainbow Bridge together and have
all met up
with Tintin's brother, Gizmo.
Ruby has been gone for several months now, but I still
miss her and I hope I
see her and Greebo again one day.
God bless you, my sweet furry girl; I didn't know you
very long but I loved
you loads.
DotMaytrix:: aka Dottie
April 2001/January 2003
FlickStar:: aka Flick
April 2001/November 2003
December 2, 2003:: My reasons for starting this website
have now gone on to the Rainbow Bridge. I miss my girls very much
and at the minute don't want to think about getting any more 'nimals
for awhile. I still need to let go of my girls. I will be keeping
the website running though as I now feel like I need to share
your rattie experiences.
Wishing you all happiness and peace. And please keep
visiting us and sharing your little furries.
Xena:: Warrior Snoozer
Xena (?? Jan 2002 - 19th December
2003)
Xena was always such a lively, sweet-natured rat. I
fell in love with her
pretty face in a pet shop not long after Greebo passed away.
Aside from her beauty, Xena was quite a character,
and her hyperactiveness
and crazy stunts earned her the nickname "Warrior Nutter".
It was only in
later life that she calmed down enough to become quite loving.
She used to
groom my face, and especially liked to try to remove the dry skin
around my
nose resulting from cycling to work in cold weather!
Xena suddenly became sick, with no warning; she had
a stroke, and there was
fluid on her lungs. Three days ago she was doing her trapeze act
on the bars
of her cage, and now she's gone. Ut was all so fast.
Xena was barely alive by the time she went to the vet
and was given a gentle
push in the direction of the Rainbow Bridge. She never had time
to suffer,
and for that I'm grateful. She was a beautiful rat, the prettiest
I've ever
seen, and she will never be forgotten.
Goodnight my Warrior Nutter... I hope you are happy,
and that you're having
fun with Greebo and Ruby now. Be at peace sweetheart, and know
that I love
you.
