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[Sillychinchilly]

Sooooooo....
About three months ago, a friend of mine had a birthday, and he told me he wanted a pair of Dumbo rats (male). I bought him Merlin and Vortigen. A black male and a white male. Vortigen died, probably of starvation... And the said (x)friend told me he didn't particularly like Merlin so he thought he'd feed him to his snake...
My reaction?? OH HELL NO!! (Pardon my French) So I went and got him. His back is balding, he's skinny as heck... He downed a whole water bottle when I finally got him out of his tiny cage (he was almost as long as it is!!) and into the big one I bought him. And then he ate like he'd never seen food in his life. What little food he had I'm sure was given to him through the bars, so he's a finger eater... Until you actually get him out. Then he's sooooo cuddly!!
Tomorrow I'm going to hit up petsmart and get him a wood house and a ball to run around in... I wasn't counting on having any more rats, so I got rid of what I had for them... Stupid me. Everyone that knows me knows I can't resist animals of any kind...

Any way, here he is:








Sorry about all the codes... I wasn't sure which link was the one to use. So I used all of them. I'm the least computer savvy person I know. lol

[Sweetnessheart]

It is a good thing you rescued Merlin!!     

Poor little rat...snake food.....! Feed your "x" friend to the snake!

I am happy that he is living with you now.....he will have much love!

[Summer]

Good for you! Keep us updated on how he doing. 

[Sillychinchilly]

Thanks, guys. I'll be sure to keep you updated. I'm taking him to Pixel's vet tomorrow to have a check up and make sure everything's ok.

[BrightEyed]

That's good you took him in. I wonder why your 'friend' wanted them in the first place? did he want a mating pair to make his snakes food? For some reason I think he did.

good luck with the vet and I'm SURE Merlin thanks you

[Sillychinchilly]

Unfortunately, it wouldn't surprise me if he did. Another friend of mine bought him a female pair... I never heard anything about babies, though.

[Sillychinchilly]

Big breakthrough today!! Merlin let me hold him and didn't bite!! I thought it would take longer than this, but when I took him out of his cage to clean it, he climbed up to the top of my head and nestled on top of my bun, and just chilled. It was a bit awkward cleaning out the cage with him up there, but it was cute.

[Sillychinchilly]

Hey ya'll. Merlin passed away this afternoon.
Don't know the cause, as I'm in Illinois, but I'll be home tomorrow for his funeral.

<3
RIP Merlin

[ChillinChinchillas]

  I am so sorry for your loss. 

[Deeliteful]

I am so sorry to hear about that . From the abuse he suffered the lack of proper nutrition and water I bet it was an infection . Poor little guy at least his last few months were full of love . 

[Sweetnessheart]

I am so sorry about Merlin.     My thoughts are with you.   

[nemue]

I'm sorry to hear about Merlin.  We had rats when I was a kid, they were great little guys. 

[ChillinChinchillas]

I had a great grey rat a few years back. I spoiled her rotten, but she just did not like me! When I would go over to her, she would start squealing really loud. I would handle her and let her play outside of the cage all the time. I finally gave her away, because it felt wrong to keep her where she was unhappy.

[Debbie.nl.ca]

I', so sorry to hear this, poor little Merlin.