May 06, 2006
More new boys!
This is Artax:
This is Kado:
Four hundred miles in the car is oddly exhausting...I need a nap.
Posted by Abita at May 6, 2006 02:07 PMThey are stunning! Really beautiful. Congratulate them on finding the best ratty home in the whole world! (I'm secretly making a note of their...ahem...'girth' NOW--versus what it will be later!!)
Posted by: Eanna at May 6, 2006 04:11 PMGorgeous Boys! Welcome to Artax and Kado. I hope they settle in quickly.
Posted by: Lynn at May 6, 2006 05:07 PMHa, ha, Eanna. Their weights as of today are:
Rufus: 505 g
Artax: 432 g
Kado: 506 g
We don't know what Artax & Kado weighed yesterday before we took them and fed them grapes, strawberries, chips, and yogurt drops on the way home. When we stopped for lunch yesterday, Abita commented they might well gain ten grams before the trip was over ;~)
..which reminds me to ask you--you know how they say that people who remain slender are healthier on the whole than 'roly poly' people??? Would the same thing apply to ratties? I'm not being a smart-arse here--just asking.
Posted by: Eanna at May 7, 2006 08:42 PMThose are some cute ratsies. And no there is no way skinny rats are healthier, no way, don't spread fibs......
Posted by: Georgie, Aeowen, Narnia, Josie, Ford Prefect, Arthur Dent at May 7, 2006 09:15 PMOh they are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute.,...
Big scritches
colleen
Eanna is right...many studies have shown that rats fed calorie-restricted diets and kept at lean weights live longer than normal or fat rats. In the labs, the difference is about nine weeks between the life span of the "ever lean" and the "ever obese" rats.