rinatan:


My rat Arpe died this morning during a vet visit. I don&rsquo;t really feel like drawing anything right now, so here&rsquo;s something I drew back when I first got them. She was super sweet and a great pal, and I&rsquo;m just really gonna miss her a whole lot.


I just got the call that the second of my first rat pair died the day before yesterday. Her name was Capri, short for Capriccio, and she&amp;#8217;s the black one pictured here. She got sick pretty suddenly, and even though we took her to the vet immediately, the antibiotics just didn&amp;#8217;t work for whatever reason. According to my mom and sister, she wasn&amp;#8217;t making any distress sounds, so she wasn&amp;#8217;t in pain, and she actually seemed to be feeling well after the visit. She apparently just sort of went to sleep while my sister was petting her and didn&amp;#8217;t wake up. I&amp;#8217;m really, really glad that she was only sick for about a day and didn&amp;#8217;t suffer.Bringing these two home was one of the best decisions I&amp;#8217;ve ever made, and even though I&amp;#8217;m terribly sad now that they&amp;#8217;re gone, I don&amp;#8217;t regret it. I&amp;#8217;m glad they were able to live out happy lives and that I was able to enjoy their company for so long.