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The Rat=20
Fan Club
Rat of the Week =
You can=20
submit your rat for Rat of the Week by sending a photo and a =
little=20
story about your rat by email or snail mail to the addresses =
at the=20
bottom of the page. =20
Please include your name and where you=20
live.
Ruth =
lives with=20
Mildred Scott in Washington, NJ. =20
Mil writes, =93The only female in her litter to =
exhibit Dumbo=20
characteristics, Ruth is now almost 1 year-old =96 and has a =
personality even bigger than her ears! As a baby, she was =
the first=20
to begin challenging her sisters to wrestling matches =96 =
after which=20
she, of course, went off in search of tasty treats. As an adult, =
she=92s grown=20
into a =93she-rat=94 who appears (to my admittedly untrained =
eye, at=20
least) so physically perfect I always call her my little =
=93show=20
rat=94. =
Unphased by the=20
beauty of her lovely form and slick coat, she enjoys =
lounging with=20
her cagemates and (even more) visits to the couch with her=20
=93people=94. =
In fact she=20
lets me know this by nipping gently at my fingers to get my=20
attention and beg to join me whenever I walk by her =
home. And, of course, =
she=20
continues to particularly enjoy treats =96 including =
cream-filled=20
oatmeal cookie sandwiches, and ice cream whenever=20
possible.
=93Since being=20
introduced to the wonders of the species via Molly and her =
boys,=20
I=92ve been blessed with many amazing rat ambassadors. Surely none more =
winning,=20
however, than Ruth, whose shining spirit invariably inspires =
smiles=20
=96 which I suspect you=92ll discover for yourself with one =
look at the=20
photos below.=94
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