December 19, 2003
Rat therapy
Usually I leave the rat posts to the Rat Blog, but I like this one so much I'm doing it twice.
Lately I've been lying down on the bed with the rats when we let them out for playtime...or as I have taken to calling it, rat therapy. It started one night just because I was tired...I laid down (I need to look up the lay/lie thing. I've always had trouble with that.) on the bed and dozed off. The sensation of little rat feet on my back...not quite a tickle, not quite a massage, was quite relaxing.
(Victor frequently says "That is somebody's worst nightmare" when the rats crawl on us, particularly en mass. If that's you, I apologize. Stop reading now.)
I imagined this as a new spa treament, like hot stone therapy or a coffee scrub. Picture the lavender-sage aromatherapy candles lit, the water trickling from the tabletop fountain, the vibraharp New Age music playing softly. Lay down in a thick white robe...and open a cage full of rats.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Posted by Nic at December 19, 2003 08:18 AM | TrackBackawwwwwww.
what do you feed those guys? they're E!normous.
Posted by: liz at December 19, 2003 08:38 AMI think it's more a question of what don't we feed 'em. Last night, along with lab blocks and nutro lite, it was guacamole and sharks don't go into feeding frenzy's like that. Didn't I give them a carrot stick, too? Also, Witter had his baytril in a bit of yogurt.
BTW, that's Nic's double-rex Pinky between her shoulder blades, and my Olie on the small of her back. They're both altered--no eepers for us!
Posted by: Victor at December 19, 2003 12:16 PMWhoops! Didn't notice two of my boys on the bed--Kono is next to Nic's shoulder and Metro is at her waist. The two missing boys are Calle and Witter.
Posted by: Victor at December 19, 2003 12:32 PMavocadoes = crack for rats.
Posted by: liz at December 19, 2003 01:02 PMOMIGOD...the narrative description didn't bother me...until I saw how HUGE those suckers are, that freaked me out just a bit...
Posted by: zenchick at December 21, 2003 12:51 AMThey really aren't that big...and, mindful of the fact that obesity in rats leads to many health consequences, they are trying to eat a more balanced diet and be more physically active.
Really.
I have visions of the ASPCA knocking down our door...