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Noah lives with
Mildred Scott in New
Jersey.
Mildred writes,

“Noah is a nearly
three-month-old silver Dumbo with absolutely no idea he’s the
smallest of four cagemates in a seventy-five gallon aquarium.   He enjoys
mommy-back-riding (i.e. climbing to sit on my shoulder or in my hair
as I work at the computer), wrestling (i.e. mercilessly and
tirelessly attacking his adoptive brothers), taking long leisurely
naps in his bed of aspen shavings…and, of course, eating!   In fact, he’s so fond
of treats he spent the better part of his first evening at home
sorting out the marshmallow pieces from a bowl of Lucky Charms and
hopping away with each one to savor it in the privacy of an empty
box.  Thankfully, he’s
also a very good boy about eating more nutritious fare, including
lab blocks, dry dog food, and (our rat community’s collective
favorite) mashed sweet potatoes.

“Among the most
self-possessed individuals we’ve met of any size, Noah never spent a
moment as a stranger, immediately proving eager to befriend both us
and all our (many!) prior
rat adoptees.  What’s
more, his confidence is so well-intended and egoless even his big
‘brothers’ seem unwilling to deflate him.  I don’t believe there’s been
a wrestling match yet they haven’t let him think he’s won!  As a fellow rat owner once
told me, ‘Even when you don’t breed rats, they multiply.’  And if you don’t already own
rats, surely meeting a creature of such small stature and enormous
spirit would quickly change that.

“Oh, by the way,
did I mention Noah’s a ham when it comes to taking pictures…then
again, do I need to?!?!?”

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