First off i want to say hi to you all it's been a very long time and a very hard yr for me, but things have turned the corner and we are on the track bk to being happy again..i came here a while bk because my rattie Gunner was attacked and did not survive he was my very first rattie and once you get a rattie in your heart its vern hard to do anything but miss the rattie,  well i fell into a really hard and deep depression and just did not want to get out of bed or do anything.... our move took us 10 months this was going 8 months with a short sale that fell thru cause the plp who owned it went bk to India and would not sign the final papers so we lost that house and went out and found a new one and this one took 2 month and we moved in last monday whooorayy....but anyways back to my new friend....her one rattie who was a yr and a half would simply not give her any respect and my friend gave her endless amounts of food and not enough exercise... i was going over their about twice a week, and after a month she asked me if i would like to have honey her female rattie........well seeing how the dog was with her i was really hesitant. talked it oer with my hubby for about a week and i went and said this if you let me take her for a week just as a trial run , .(honey was in love with me and i loved her but things had to change) ya know to see how things go...... Well to make a long story short once honey came into my household and i demanded respect she is now a total dif dog and about 9 lbs lighter,   let me tell you she gave me a reason to get out of bed every morning and take a 2 mile walk every day since i have gotten her, i have had her for about 3 months now,  and have lost 50 lbs myself..  so its good all the way around for her and myself.....now two days after i got her gunner's replacement was born and i got to go and help in the birth, it was awesome. i was totally thrilled to see she had all females and one boy, well we all ready had claim on the boy, and  last thursday he came home to us and his name is Cowboy CB for short,  really hard is he must have been a gift from gunner since he also has a blk head and looks a lot like gunner, am thinking he will be smaller,  but now i have two ratties in my life and i am just as happy as can be, We have a new home to call our own and our household is complete with all the rattie love i need. both ratties fit in perfect with our other two dogs we are minus one hubby's daisy passed away aug 21st. but honey really helped us with the loss when i get my kitchen unpacked i will post some pics i have to upload them and i don't have but only one of honey but i have quite a few of Cowboy....i am so  blessed to 2 ratties bk in my life

i hope you all are doing great and ty for not taking me off the forum when i asked way bk when i was not in the right frame of mind and  really did not think i would be bk here again,  for that please accept my appoligies,  i promise not to fall off my rocker again

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~Sandy
Rattielvr

Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning, Satan shudders & says...
"Oh pottymouth....she's awake!!" 

thanks so much, wow 4 and a foster your heart is on over flow lol if i did not have my other two breeds i would have more i felt so lost with no rattie in my house, but now things are awesome i could not ask for better right now.....

Welcome back, Sandy.  It HAS been a long time, girl!  Sorry about all the ups and downs this past year for you folks.  But glad things seem to be improving there now.  I'm sure the new pups will help a lot , too.

I'm so GLAD you have made such an incredible improvement!!!!!!  Ah, those peaks & valleys in life...what a great story, sounds like you've been thru so much, but your life sounds wonderful now.  And 2 rattie babiesYay for you, and welcome back!!!!!!!!