
Today I was late for work because I had to buy a new rat cage. Heroine (Hero for short) is a medium sized albino rat. Lucille (really called Baby) is a large gray rat. I originally got Baby first having absolutely no idea what to do with a pet rat. I just knew that I wanted a fuzzy pet. See, the fish I'd gotten were awesome but I couldn't hold them without killing them so.... However after about a month or so with Baby I finally did my research and found out that rats who live solitary are not happy. Baby was a wee bit neurotic so I figured I'd get her a friend. I didn't want an albino rat as their freaky little red eyes disturb me. My brother however pointed out that if I got another gray dumbo rat I would not be able to tell them apart. So I picked out Hero. Hero is a demon. I swear to God she is from hell. I love her. She's soft and energetic but she's a psycho!! I put all the things they need to chew on in their cage, made sure they had food and water. She apparently didn't like the cage. I sleep with headphones in at night because they make so much noise. So I don't notice anything until my alarm goes off and I look over at the cage. There sits Hero on top of the cage looking at me. Baby peers at me through the wires, still inside the cage. SHE CHEWED THROUGH THE PLASTIC BOTTOM!!! I'm upset but I can't really do much about it. I don't have the money to go buy a new cage. So I patch it up with two cd cases and painters tape. Then I put their wheel in front of the cd cases so she can't chew the tape off. So I think to myself that it's over and when I get the $$ I can get a new cage. So I go about my day, the rats sleep comfy-cozy. I go to bed like normal. I wake up to my alarm and turn to look at the rats. THERE SHE IS. SITTING ON TOP OF HER CAGE STARING AT ME! She chewed a second hole straight through the plastic in one night. I flip out. I end up an hour late for work because I had to run out and buy a new METAL cage with money borrowed from my brother. $107.11 for this cage. I assemble it. They have been upgraded into the rat version of a high rise mini mansion. This thing has 4 stories!!!! They have a bigger house (relatively) than I do.
Needless to say I'm kinda pissed about it.




