William of PNZY, May 20, 2008 to November 12, 2010

Good night my sweet William! You were such a good little man! Always so exuberant and exited about life. You will be missed!

William was from LMR and part of an SPCA rescue group of rats that forever became known as the Adriana litter, after the mom's name. They were all very special rats with great personalities. Thank you LMR for taking the litter from the SPCA and allowing me to adopt William and his brothers!

William was a very active male rat who loved his wheel. When his hind end degeneration became too great for him to run, he would climb into the wheel and just sit there. Towards the end of his life, William needed a lot of help with his grooming and also needed his teeth trimmed. He took his daily baths and weekly tooth trimming sessions with grace, after a good fight of course! William never lost his spunk until the very end.

Play hard at the bridge little man! I miss you and l love you!

William poses for the camera while eating a cheerio

Fall for Rats show, Hillsboro Oregon.

On November 6, me and 7 ratties attended the Fall for Rats show in Hillsboro, Or. Lizzy picked me up on her way from New Westminster, BC and together we picked up Robbi and her rats in Tacoma. We had a very full vehicle by that time but thanks to Robbi's amazing packing skills we managed to make everything fit.

We stayed in hotel rooms provided by Kimber, complete with snacks for us and fresh veggies for the ratties. Thanks Kimber! The ratties even had bigger cages to transfer into and bedding was provided too.

The show was awesome! There was lots of people and the media was there too. Kimber did a great job of organizing the show and getting the word out. There was even a coloring book for the kids written by Kimber and illustrated by Kelsey. There was lots of venders there too. I had fun just walking around looking at all the stuff available.

I showed 3 kittens, Lizzy, Russet and Hashbrown, and 4 adults, Kay, Pocky, Charybdis, and Victoria in the standards classes. Casper was there in spirit. His recent neuter had gotten infected so he couldn't attend. Kay took his place in the best rescue story.

Lizzy took Reserve Best In Show marked kitten, Russet took Best in Section unmarked kitten, Casper took best rescue story. Charybdis took Prettiest Rat. Here are some pics of the winners with their ribbons:

DRMT Lizzy, Reserve Best in Show

SITH/JOY Russet Best in Section Kitten

SITH/JOY Hashbrown

Casper, Best Rescue Story

Joy Charybdis, Prettiest Rat