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17-MAY-2008 Flo Hendry

The Loner - not so alone

Walnut Creek, CA

Female Agouti Hooded Rat, born March 07, 2007, Crossed the Rainbow Bridge Sept. 18, 2008
(Mr. Soul x Kinda Fonda Wanda)
RIP
Gone but not forgotten. Since Nov. 2007 she was on antibiotics for respiratory infection. Every time I tried to wean her off she would get a relapse. So I just kept her on doxy and she did great.
Monday night I found her in her cage unable to get out of a box,she was paralyze on one hind leg, with the other functioning but a bit weak. After a couple days she was not too interested in food only special treats. I think it was her way of wanting to cross over the bridge...so she was euthanized. She was the friendliest of the girls after getting sick, she knew she would get a special treat (antibiotics) twice a day. She was aloft & a loner before ever getting sick, she often would not sleep with her cage mates. That changed after getting sick.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18
1/60s f/3.6 at 17.5mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
Craig Artlett17-Jul-2008 16:22
Nice reflection, not just of the rat but also the shadow.
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