(TW: Death, Pet Death, Depression, Rats.)

            Yesterday was a hard one for me; a lot harder than I’d expected.  Because if you’ve been following me for a little while, then you probably know that at the end of 2020, I went looking for a hedgehog to adopt, as I’d had a couple in the past, and instead I wound up coming home with a couple of pet rats.  The pair were named Zero and Boo, and they were my babies.

            Sadly, my Zero passed away only a few weeks after bringing her home, and it broke my heart.  Since rats need to be in pairs at the very least, I added to my little rat family, and somewhere along the way we wound up with quite a few.  Boo passed on over the rainbow bridge last year in November, and her sister, my wibbly wobbly Bean passed away not too long after that.  This time, it was Pumpkin, Bean’s littermate, who made her way across the bridge to be with her sisters.

            In a way, I’m thankful, I got to say goodbye… and yet my heart is broken all the same.

            Pumpkin was a good girl, mostly blind, though you’d never know it from the way she ran around the cage at the same pace as her sisters.  She loved noodles, fruit leather, and honestly, anything sweet.  Sometimes, she was a little nippy but, then again if you smelled like food… it’s not like she knew better.  Her sisters will miss her, I know I do already. 

            Please enjoy these photos of my pretty Pumpkin girl.

            Hug and love your pets a little tighter tonight.

            -Sky