Update: so much for that...

[jaala]

I'm going to be an adoptive rat mommy! I pick these two up on Sunday. (Yes, I've been feeling lonely a lot lately.)

Since inspections are coming up, I figured I'd better ask the apartment building management about pets. Their response: no rodents, under any conditions, end of story. I'm very disappointed and saddened, not to mention irritated that my neighbours are allowed to neglect their cat for days at a time while I'm not trusted to supervise two rats.

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[echomyst.livejournal.com]

Awww... so cute!! :D Did you get them from a breeder? I want pet rats too... but later. Hopefully our kitty will learn to play gently with rats =)

Aren't they though?

[jaala]

I got them by asking around on various web forums and groups until I found someone who was offering rats in Kingston. She turned out not to be a breeder but a student who accidentally ended up with a litter.

I kept rats as a child but stopped once my family got into cats (jump-started after we adopted a stray). I think it is possible for them to co-exist but it'd make me pretty skittish for a while.