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Trying to recover...
2007-09-22 08:15:00
Hello all. I am coming to you via Jeremys laptop....We still do not have my computer set up yet..yuck....The new place is wonderful, the babies are fine, side from Dandelion getting a sprained ankle...she is doing better and is under strick play supervision. This is my first weekend in 3 years off...wow...So this is what Friday night is like. I will have many pictures up soon of the new living arrangements, as well as the free-range rodent room. Be back soon, hope you all are doing well, have a good night.

A Bright Future
2007-09-10 03:24:00
Today as I ponder the fate of two rabbits in a terrible pet store, I may bring them home, I watch two very young girls walk up. Please note I am in moral majority, conservative white suburbia....I watch these girls run up to the rodent cages and exclaim with glee.."Oh my gawd!! Look at the beautiful baby rats!!" Beautiful..perhaps there is hope for my crusade yet. They are all beautiful, and I have come to the conclusion that I would risk my life to save my babies if a fire or something happened. They are as important to me as air. I don't know if thats normal or not, who knows, I really don't care. We move tomorrow, my new rodent apartment awaits with endless possibilities and more room for rescue. My life is truly...Beautiful.My sweet baby girl "Baby" eating her new cat food high protein diet. I think she approves. (Of course this whole post wasn't gonna be sappy, everyone needs a good dose of hog:))
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I am a bit overwhelmed...
2007-08-31 00:31:00
Countdown to moving...We bought two new big tables today, a whole wall of mice in the new apartment awaits...I got a promotion at work, I work for Clinique now..NO ANIMAL TESTING!!! How great is that?? A good company indeed, and yes, more money!! It is just all a bit much for me, I went to get Gerber and Baby the other night, and well, Photoshop happened. My ferocious little hedgehog. Baby is doing well, she was suffering constipation but a change in her diet cleared that up and now my hogs are pooping regularly, my day is complete:)
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Mouse in a Tree?
2007-08-22 13:55:00
Wow, this has been an interesting week. Jeremy turned 32, happy birthday love! I have been in bed due to my allergies and this terrible weather, and now we are down to almost 2 weeks before we move. On to smaller business. I saw the cutest thing at Petsmart the other day. Build your own tree-house or doll house for your mice. Completely edible and non-toxic, I got the tree-house and the mice are very happy indeed. They have been playing on it and in it ever since we put it in. I am going to get the doll house next for Mama Sugars cage. Mama Fawn has been given the tree house since I am not sure how much longer she will be around, she is over a year old now and is covered in gray hair. I think shes still beautiful, and her babies care for her now.Beet in the tree house,Moo-Latte and Beet,Lucky in front, Mama Sugar and Blackberry...Just a good snuggling picture :)
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To my NOMSS friends...
2007-08-11 14:27:00
I am so thrilled that other species and their mommies and daddies are interested in these little beasties:) Let me do the role call here so everyone can meet everyone and gain bigger friendships...Pick me to be your friend! I am DandelionNo Pick me, I am WafflesI am the greatest, I am Miss Molly Guard RatI am Marble the Zen MasterI am Mama Sugar MouseI am Mama Fawn MouseI am Baby the Blonde hedgehog and My boyfriend Gerber the HedgehogWe are Mama Sugars Babies, Blackberry, Lucky, Bessie, Chilla, Nickel, Dime, TomatoWe are mama Fawns babies, Carrot, Beet, Sickle, Junior, Bandit, Smokey, and Moo-LatteWe are Cookie and Muffin MouseI am Lucky MouseWe are Pickles McHushpuppy and Go-Go- Gadget!
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Hamster Madness
2007-08-08 11:39:00
My little hammy is so reclusive. I barely see him during the day and when I go to wake him for some snuggling he generally looks annoyed and irritated with me for disturbing his meditation... You see my hammy is the reincarnation of a Buddha, he sits indian style, very still as if contemplating the world around him. He is very peaceful and quite old in hammy terms. Marble is somewhere around 3 years old. My baby boy, now go save the world.
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Guinea Pigs first Bath
2007-07-30 14:11:00
Well my babies are growing up and have begun shedding, and pooping much more:) I had them out yesterday and decided it was time for their first bath. They are still too small for me to feel comfortable putting them in the bath-tub so into the sink they went. What a playtime for them, it appeared they were having a blast, a first for me since My dearly departed Onion hated the whole process. My sweet little Gadget and stubborn little Pickles, my girls.PS....The Rodent Apartment is moving!!!We will be relocating to a new home twice the size of this one in the beginning of September. Each creature will now reside in a space special suited for them and a whole bedroom will be set aside for free ranging the bigger animals. I can't wait!
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I Love Method
2007-07-18 15:17:00
Ok folks heres the scoop...I have been a long time Vegetarian, rodent lover etc, etc.But I have realized I still have animal tested products in my home. I need to clean up. Over the past couple of weeks I have thrown out all the products I knew were tested on animals. I have fallen in love with Method , a line of products for the home that are Earth friendly and never tested on little babies...or big ones.I want to share this great product with everyone and have a link posted at the bottom of this post for their homepage. You can also just go to your local Target and purchase some of their products, I have em all now, including the laundry detergent which I absolutely love! Thank you Method for caring. PS......I have an infestation of Brown Recluse spiders in my apartment....all of my animals have been moved to a safe room free of spiders but I am now a prisoner of these arachnids..I am not quite sure what to do at this moment...Gotta love the Mid-West. Click here for Method Ho...
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What a Week!
2007-07-13 15:15:00
Wow, where to begin. Lets first start off with the amazing cage I ordered off of Martins Cages website. It arrived after only a few days and with little assembly, the rat girls have a new palace.I am very please with this purchase and I have a link to the page at the bottom of this post.Time for some silliness.Gerber must have been a parrot in his past life because his favorite spot to perch is my shoulder. When Jeremy asked me where had Gerber gone, I merely pulled back my shirt collar to expose the prickly boy wonder."BUT SIR!!!???? THERE IS A RAT IN MY BED!!!!!!I DISTINCTLY ORDERED TWO!!!!! Martins cages
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Razzle Tribute
2007-07-06 18:20:00
A dear hedgehog friend has passed, Razzle was a brave hedgehog and his parents loved him dearly. We wish the family many blessings and hedgie prayers.Click the link to pay respects to the family. Razzles Hog Blog
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A Tribute to Ariel..Saying Goodbye
2007-07-01 18:31:00
I was given Ariel by a couple who had bought her to use as bait to lure a hawk out of their garage. She had a string tied around her and was dangled from the ceiling. After the hawk showed no interest she was put outside only to stay by the door while the cold weather slowly froze her. She was finally picked up by the couple and brought to me while working at McDonald's early one morning. She has only been with me for a couple of months. Her back was crooked and she walked stiffly...but she still got around. She was one of the only mice Jeremy could free-range. She could come and go from her cage freely during the evening, always following her own trail and keeping us in her sight. I have been up for 32 hours now. Working a double and coming home to see my angel resting in her coffin. She passed between 6 and 8 this morning, Laying down and just going to sleep in her wheel. She looks so peaceful, her crooked little back is crooked no more. Fly my little baby, I will s...
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A Fun Rat Music Video
2007-06-29 12:38:00
I have been looking for the music video from the movie "Willard" for a while now. Note the rats name is Ben. Enjoy!
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A Moment of Zen
2007-06-22 02:13:00
Some people call them gargoyles, keeping away the evil spirits, perched high on the corners of buildings, protecting all those who dwell within..... I call her Waffles.
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I Can Never Be Guinea Pig-Less...
2007-06-14 02:30:00
Everyone please welcome Pickles McHushpuppy and Go Go Gadget! I would like to thank the wonderful people at The Critter Corral and the links they sent me at Petfinder. I wanted just one single male, but when I saw thses two angels, I just had to have them. After some paperwork and a small adoption fee, they have come home finally. My home is complete again. They are still so young and are just beginning to learn how to "wheek". They also appear to be potty trained, I am not sure how but they are going in one corner so I put a litter pan in there and they seem to enjoy using it. I am so over joyed. Miss Pickles is the short hair,Miss Gadget is the long hair with red eyes,Timothy hay!Toilet paper is a great toy,
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Sadness Turns into Appreciation
2007-06-11 12:40:00
It has been almost a week now since Onion has left us. His giant cage sits clean and empty in the spot it had always resided. I cannot bear to move it. Being Guinea-Pig-Less has been rough, but I am moving more towards appreciation then depression now. I am so thankful I had Onion in my life. I am so thankful I have my other babies to help me grieve. And I am so grateful to have a man who shares my pain and love for these angels. Please watch over my family Onion, I hope your having a blast with your new angel wings.Jeremy and his girl Dandelion.Me trying unsuccessfully to order a pizza.Me getting a good dose of Bubonic!! J/K..I just can't stop kissing my rats.
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Goodbye Onion.
2007-06-06 14:02:00
Friends....Last night as I arrived home from work, My Jeremy tells me my piggy has been acting odd. I picked up him thinking he was just missing his momma and in a flash, he had a heart-attack and slipped away. My beloved Onion waited all day for me and finally went to sleep in my arms as I rocked him. I kissed him and held him tight so he would not be frightened. I held him for a long time after that, then laid him in his bed. He will spend his first night in the afterlife with us so as not be scared. He will be buried tomorrow next to his kin in the garden at my parents house. I am grieving immensely....So many goodbye's..I wonder is it all worth it? Can I withstand this heart-ache? Then I picture what Onions life might have been without me. He was a rescue. I know others need me and I will take comfort in that and pursue my mission of saving them. I cannot sleep for my babies final moments haunt my closed eye-sight. I wish I knew he was ok...I wish I could see him ju...
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Momma is a Worry Wort
2007-05-29 04:56:00
Well the Vet visit went better then I thought and $200 later I have two prescriptions, and humidifier and a can of immune boost baby formula, plus two healthier rats.They are to take the medication for 10 days and see the vet again on Monday at 7. She felt good about the diagnosis but feels they may have this issue their whole life since it has started so young. They have the first stages of respiratory infection. The "blood" wasn't blood but a liquid they dispense when ill or stressed. What a relief. Thank you to everyone who e-mailed me and commented me, I'm still worried, but I am a mom and that is what moms do.Ratty dinner, Dandelion was the sicker of the two so I am glad she is eating a full dinner. Taking the meds is easy too since the pills can be diluted in apple juice and given through a syringe.Their energy is up and a moment after the last picture was taken I had a lens full of noses.
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My girls are sick, I need your prayers.
2007-05-27 14:44:00
Waffles and Dandelion began bleeding from the nose, they have always made noises close to chirping but I fear now it was sneezing. The vet opens at 9 and i will call for an emergency visit. My heart is so full of fear and anguish right now, I need prayers, high hopes and good thoughts for them my friends. Thank you and I will let everyone know something when I do.God, please don't take my babies yet.
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The Hedgehog Condominium
2007-05-23 14:53:00
I have been running around from both jobs and let me tell you..I am so tired. I did manage however to finish the hedgehog condo building that was in progress in the the kitchen. Both hedgehogs now have their own loft complete with wheel and room of their choice. Gerber opted for the fleece tee-pee, Baby chose the rustic log approach for her den. And of course their toys :)
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Miss Molly has been Tagged!!
2007-05-12 13:54:00
1. I adore Milkbone Dog Biscuits.2. Even though I bite mommy, I really love her and would attack anyone trying to harm her.3. I love my tail to be stroked.4. I have the thousand-yard stare.5. I sleep in my hammock but am always on guard.6. Mommy loves my belly and I show it to get treats.7. I am getting older but I still look better then these new girls in her with me :)I tag Amelia rat and Chaucer Rat.
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My Inner Rat
2007-05-08 12:21:00
Discover Your Inner Rat Turn up the heat and pass the body oil, you are a hairless rat.Take this quiz!Quizilla | Join | Make A Quiz | More Quizzes | Grab Code

Working hard..or Hardly Working?
2007-05-05 14:05:00
It has been a whirlwind of a week...I am exhausted and just got off one job and am getting ready to go to another job in a few hours. Even though I have been pulled tight for time, I never miss a chance to capture mice at play.My little Bandit was born in my home and has never stood out until now. She has put on some weight..alot of weight. She just does not want to exercise now, shes not old, just relaxed I think. I mean what am I gonna do, deny her meals? I don't think so. They are only around for a short time and I want them to live how they want, besides, I am no rail either so I feel a bond between us. Chunk and Chunk Light :)Bandit on a box and Momma mouse Fawn in the background.Bandit next to her Momma.My big girl.alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket">Beet, always noses in on the action.Moo-Latte in her wheel.
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Meet the New Rattie Girls!!
2007-04-24 13:36:00
Miss Molly has made great progress since she has come home to me. I felt it was the right time to introduce her to a family. I was at Petsmart getting Carefresh and a new mouse wheel when a worker struck up a conversation with me. We spoke of mice and rats and got on the subject of Miss Molly. I told her of Miss Mollys troubles and triumphs and explained my desire and fear of bringing Molly a companion. I needed a baby girl rat, calm and sweet. The woman got a smle on her face and took me back to the back of the store. In a little cage I saw two tiny rats, the size of mice almost. The worker explained "they just arrived." I have never held a rat before. Molly does not approve of holding so I have been content to feed and care for her from a distance most of the time. These two little babies crawled into my hands, up my arms and onto my shoulders. They picked me. I brought them home. Molly has taken to them instantly, even becomming defensive and nipping me as I picked ...
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Molly Tricks and Treats
2007-04-23 15:09:00
My baby rat has discovered many a ways to control mommy. Miss Molly knows how to get treats and how to get loved, even if I am late for work or my hands are full of laundry, I will stop whatever I am doing to love on her. Molly will stand on her hind legs and press her belly against the bars of her cage if she wants a treat. My baby does not like being rubbed so much so when she wants to be touched she sticks her tail out of the cage and insists I rub it by dangling it back and forth like a wet noodle.Miss Molly truly is a little Einstein, she has me all figured out. My little shy angel has finally accepted me I think. Fabulous.
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A Moment of Zen
2007-04-18 14:41:00
Never to tired to receive a treat.
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Why I was a Hedgehog in a Past Life
2007-04-16 05:47:00
I am making home movies of my babies and when I was editing this one, I saw myself in her huffy eyes. God help anyone who wakes me up when I am dead tired. But I get over it quick if I get "treats" afterwards, aka white castle, or in her case, a boiled egg.
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