Genetics to knowledge: Aa dd rbrb Rr (possibly carrying Mink, Siamese and Dumbo)

 I can't believe I'm writing this - hardly any time before her second birthday too... :*(

Peen was one of the most special rats - she meant the whole world to me... she was just... everything I wanted in a rat. She was so friendly, so outgoing, so beautiful. She gave us a gorgeous litter of babies, who have gone on to have babies of their own now too (sadly, none of the ones we kept). I'm currently rejoicing because her own grand-daughters (Fozzy and Weasle) have litters... so I have something to remember her by.

She did amazingly at show for a Silver Agouti too - getting Reserve Best In Show at Cardiff 2008 when she was just 8 weeks old. She was just a gorgeous rat - such a beautiful colour - and the most deep, soulful eyes. Everyone who met her commented on just how gorgeous she was.

Peen was meant to be called 'Reindeer' actually... but Nicola decided Peen was better... ::) ;D so it stuck! She was Peen ever after - I'm sure some thought it rude, but it was never intended that way!

Peeny was such a cuddly rat... she went through so much but never lost her cuddly nature. She developed a nasty facial abscess at just a year old, and had to have it lanced... she ended up with malocclusion and tooth decay. She lost so much weight - we were convinced we would lose her - but we fought and fought with her, she even lost a tooth, and for the rest of her life had a hole through her jaw - but she healed up well, and gained back all the weight she'd lost - and became Peen once more - as opposed to the listless half-rat she'd become.

Peen and I were very close - she was always one of the first rats I would cuddle in the shed - because she was always the first to greet me... always so gentle, she'd lick me every time I opened the cage. I'm going to miss that so much... :*(

I don't know what I'll do without you Peen. I'd always hoped you'd go on forever. The worst bit is that lovely Kirsch will be missing you so much right now - I don't know how she'll cope :*( You two had bonded so well.

Run free gorgeous lady...

"A Tin Peened Reindeer" - Don Van Vliet:

A tin peened reindeer
Metalically hoofed on glass
Scorched cotton snowmen edged the corners
Flesh coloured powder mountains
Yellow lights melts cobwebbed articles
Vague wire tunnels resembling
Peeled flesh caterpillers
Housing very tiny red Christmas tree lights
The Nativity scene
Re-enacted in Ivory soap
A bone shade from age complete
With tiny straw manger
The Christ child its face replaced by an elephant's head
Intricate lace cups each ear and bands the trunk
 

xx

 

Had a gorgeous litter of 14 in 2008

Pedigree

NFRS Cardiff 2008: Best Guide Standard (2 stars), 2nd Novice Breeder, 2nd Kitten Challenge, Reserve Best in Show (1 star)

NFRS Spring Cup 2008: 3rd Guide Standard Kitten

NFRS Clevedon 2008: 2nd Guide Standard