The Beginning Part 1

Beginnings are either the best or the worst part of a piece of writing.  Lets hope this one is the worse, because most of the time when the beginning is good it just goes downhill from there....

I am starting this blog to keep a record of my rat who I rescued on May 24th 2016. I'm also hoping to add some rats/mice/hamster care sheets on the "care sheet" page, but right now there is nothing on there.

This Rat had a pretty tough start to life.

He was purchased along with one other rattie by a High-School professor for his  psychology class. Their final's experiment was to run the rats in mazes.

Apparently the rats, (who had been forced to run mazes for two days (more than likely without food OR water)) were going to be returned to the pet store, who in turn was planning on using the returned rats as snake food. 

Well the psychology students figured out about the rats' impending doom and decided to try and find homes for them instead. One rat was adopted by a student, and the other (This rat) was posted on Facebook for adoption by someone I knew. 

After talking with the family that posted him on Facebook I went to their house to check him out. I was supposed to check him out health and temperament wise....

At the time I didn't understand why he was just sitting pathetically in the corner of the card-board box they had him in. Knowing his personality better now, I know he was totally freaked. 

 Even though it was evident he probably had an RI infection, I melted and took him home:P  
He was pretty terrified after his long day of mazes and scary cardboard boxes.

Dapper his first day at home.