resistance is futile.

It would be difficult for a rattie-obsessed woman to run into a slew of adorable rat pups without adopting at least one. Or two.

Yeah.

Meet Bill, a beige variberk, and Ben, an agouti berkshire. Both very young females, named by the resident toddler.

They're getting along splendidly, even doing well with our cat Leia, though it reminds me a bit of the "fish are friends, not food" scenes in Finding Nemo.