In my excursion for dog food for my mix today, I ended up at PetCo. I know they only sell feeders, so I don't bother asking to look at their ratties (like I usually do, since one of my favorite past times is nitpicking the pet stores about the treatment of their rats). On this day, however, there was a crappy cage sitting next to the ferret "container" labeled "The Three Amigos". I looked at it for a second, and saw a naked tail hanging out of the tissue box. Oh! Ratties!
Inside were three beautiful girlies. A Cinnamon Berk, a Black Berk and a PEW who has a dirty nose which leads me to believe she has a little Himi in her. They had been brought to the PetCo because the owner turned out to be severely allergic. Hm. I opened the cage and all of them are enormously friendly. Melted my heart. I asked the manager how much they were asking for them, and he said they were free to a good home. *headdesk* I told him he shouldn't do that, since these obviously very well socialized girls could end up snake food. His response: "Oh, we've had a lot of inquiries about them in the last two days (stuck in a cage for two days! Ick!) and I always ask if they're going to be pets."
Good for you buddy, its easy to lie for free snake food. Bah! I said I would take them. "Oh great! I thought you looked like a rat person!"
Okay? o.O I look like a rat person? Is that a compliment? Or it could have been I took the licky PEW girl out and snorgled her?
Anyway. I CAN keep them if there isn't a lovely home out there for them - so here's some pictures if anyone's interested.
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