We have a new arrival!
He was found scampering round someone's tent while we were camping. Nobody seems to know where he came from or who he belongsto and he somehow made his way over to our camp in the early hours of Sunday morning. After some debating i was asked if i would be able to take him home as i had boys already and i also have a spare cage etc etc. He spent Sunday in a big bucket and then a four hour drive home in a cardboard box in a VERY hot van but he didn't seem too bad when we got home. He has since deteriorated a little and seems to be losing the strength in his back half but it might just be that he's in shock or something. He's a handsome little devil and very hand tame, he bit someone at the weekend but i put that down to being REALLY stressed out as he hasn't shown any aggression towards me at all and i have been poking him aorund something chronic, as has the vet! According to said vet, he has mites and was given an injection to treat them but he was otherise given the all clear. I am not happy with this and have an appointment on Monday to see my usual rat vet in Caterham and i'll take Squiggle along too to check out his noisyness.
I'm not sure i have done the right thing in not trying to find his owners, i know i should, i really do, but something's stopping me :o(
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