I had to take in Streak and Smudge today to be put to sleep. RIP, my sweet little girls. You'll be very missed.

I took both the girls to the vet today. They were sneezing, and making some odd noise that might be a ratty version of wheezing? Mischief had a bit of porphyrin staining this morning, too. They seem to have an upper respiratory infection. Both are now on Baytril and Doxycycline for 10 days, plus a gel to keep their digestive systems healthy. Hopefully this clears it up quickly. The vet visit was amusing. They were generally good, and everyone wanted to visit with them. It wasn't easy trying to get Mischief's weight at all. She just doesn't like to hold still. On the way there, they cuddled up and slept together. It was rather unexpected. They're still not loving each other in the cage, but at least there seems to be hope.

I haven't posted in awhile, again. Things are going.. well, I don't know. Some things are good. I got a little baby rat to try to give OreoRat (just tossing on rat to differentiate from the dog Oreo) a companion. She is adorable. I would guess her at 6-7 weeks old, but I'm no expert. According to E, she's an agouti hooded. (Oreo is a black berkshire dumbo, while I'm trying to give fancy labels.) I'm not so sure I'll ever be able to leave them alone together, though. I hope so. They haven't gotten into any real fights, but they don't show anything positive either. There have been various little dominance tiffs, but nothing more than Oreo rolling the baby onto her back or chasing her away from her favorite spots. The baby does try to groom her from time to time now. I'm thinking of calling her Mischief.

( The Baby )

I'm doing well at work still, though I've been stuck bathing quite a while. Still, it's not so bad. I might take Perky in on Wednesday and give her a bath. That should be interesting.

I got my hair cut the other day. It was horribly uneven, and I hadn't gotten a trim in years. I had to get it a lot shorter than I wanted to, in order to get it fixed. It now is just above my shoulders, or touching them when I straighten it. It's rather strange. I feel like something is missing now.

My friend seems to hate me again. I'm not quite sure what's wrong. She's really been hurting my feelings lately. I don't deal well with being attacked with accusations that I'm some horrible person. I won't go into any further detail, beyond saying it's really upsetting me.