RIP Gypsy 10/11/05-05/12/08

[LadyRattus]

I wanted to inform everyone that my beloved rat Gypsy has passed away, a few days ago...The day before my birthday... 

I don't feel comfortable calling her my favourite, since they each have their distinct personalities, yet she really was something special.

Maybe it was the way she was so confident in everything she did, or that she was so strong, or that her eyes, even when they held cataracts, just held so much meaning.
She stood out among her cage mates, always the first one at the door, always the first one at my feet when out at play time.
I thought she was going to die 5 months before the day she really did die, she made me cry a thousand tears on that day.
Little did I know she somehow had five joyous months left in her though.

She outlived her sister Namir by seven months, and she got to be 2 years old and 8 months.
I'm all out of hoodies, 


Here is the most recent picture I have of her before she died, who would have thunk she died only days after this picture?



And..





And in her younger days...

Before we even got Scout and Esther


She was really somethin' that Gypsy rat.

A poem I wrote about her a while ago.
http://www.goosemoose.com/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,99999999/topic,4017956.0

I'll miss that crazy rat!

[Dela]

  I am so sorry to hear of your loss.. I cant even begin to imagine how hard that is.. I thank my lucky stars everyday that my boys are still babies..

[mandycoot]

I'm so sorry for your loss. She certainly was a beautiful girl, and you can see that personality shine through in her eyes!

[Quigll]

I am so very sorry for your loss.  She looked EXACTLY like my Olivia who had to be put down this morning.  I know how hard it is.  She sounds like a little fighter .  And the way she lived longer than you thought shows what a confident spirit she had. 

[Addicted2Rats]

   I am sooooo sorry for your loss!!   I think that each of our rats holds a special place in our heart, and it's never easy to let any of them go. 

Deb