Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Aubrey Hess (Sept 24, 2006 – March 25, 2009)

- Sister to Anna and Ashley (both deceased)
- “Grandma” to our boy rats
- The only female rat the boys will ever chase after (hopefully)
- Introverted
- A True Rat’s Rat
- Camera Shy
- Explorer
- Hard Sleeper
- Particular Eater
- Couch remodeler
- Chatter Box Talker
- Hamper Napper
- Yogurt Dip Lover
- Survivor
- Sweet old rat

Aubrey was a unique rat. As a young rat, she wasn’t the smartest, and we had a lot of laughs at her expense. We will always remember her trying to jump over the flashing and banging her head on it over and over again. Another fun memory was when she was trying find her way into the new cage... she circled around a couple of times before I finally had to show her the door. She was a rat’s rat, and by that I mean she really didn’t want much to do with us. She was content to explore on her own and never really wanted to sit still or be held. She did like being with rats though. She took care of and loved Ashley and adored Anna while they were alive. The funny thing is that as Aubrey got older she turned sweeter. I guess that shows there is always hope for anyone’s personality to change. With age, she became more loving to us and enjoyed sitting with us. Maybe she just realized she needed us more. She would even talk to us like we could understand what she wanted, and it was always fun to try to guess. She loved sharing breakfast with us in the mornings and would eagerly wait by the cage door so she could share Ben’s oatmeal. She was a sweet old rat and we will miss her.

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