Circle of life......or something like that.....

So, I had a small tragedy yesterday. The rat baby I was trying to bottle raise died, in the late morning/early afternoon time. She was a sweet little girl and at least she died with a full tummy and a warm nest (instead of in a snake's belly). My sister's rat baby is still doing very well, and I'm pretty positive that little one will grow up healthy and just fine. Half the baby's from my ratties littler were sick and dieing when I got her so I assume she had some sort of respiratory illness like her litter-mates, she was always a bit more lethargic than the baby my sister brought home. I knew that it was a possibility that she wouldn't make it, but it doesn't make it less sad. So one last time, here's our little Adrianna