So I only started this post three days ago. o_O My attention span seems to be getting shorter and shorter as the winter drags on.

Jynx

After we did what we needed to do with Mochi, we stopped by the pet shop in town and picked up a (probably 4-5 week old) baby agouti hooded dumbo fancy rat. We’d already picked out a name for her, Jynx. She’s settled in pretty good now, although she hasn’t yet met the gerbils because they say in Rhia’s room unless one or the other is in the ball. For a couple of nights, she stayed in Care’s room beside Soy-the-african soft-furred-rat’s cage. He stole some of her bedding tissues, so I’m pretty sure they’ve made acquaintance. She probably likes him about as much as I do.

He’s cute, but vicious and feral except with Care.

Anyway, the cats and dogs occasionally freak her out, so we’ve been trying to keep them away from her when she’s out. She did manage to get a hold on Doomageddon’s tail and groomed him while we watched closely. He seemed to terrified-slash-hungry to move. I could see it in his eyes – he couldn’t understand why what should be lunch was bathing him. T.S. kitty, she’s not food.

Jynx spends a lot of time either riding Care’s shoulder or tucking herself into Care’s ponytail, or somewhere else I promised I wouldn’t say publicly but it starts with a b and ends in a and has a r in the middle. (I said nothing about spelling it out)

Yep, she tucks herself into the middle and pokes her head out to see what’s going on. Or she ducks back under and curls up to sleep. I told her she was the wrong rodent type to be so at home in there. And yes I know the titmouse is a bird. Oops, have I said too much? mwahahaha

So far she seems to spend about 60 percent of her time in her sweetie-orange box house. She’s pulled in a few the nesting strips, has food and a toy tucked away into a corner, and curls up to either watch me work (when she’s in here) or sleep.

Although she’s alone now, we’re going to be getting her a cage-mate as soon as we find a female around the same age, or maybe a bit younger.