Instead of sacking him like the rest of her lab suggested, Elaina thought he was cute and wanted to make him happy, so she brought him home. Hence, our first pet. We named him Arty Retardy, or Arty for short.
Arty didn't eat much, so we decided to give him treats. All rodents like treats. We tried Froot Loops, Corn Pops, and cooked chicken, none of which made him happy. Finally, Elaina gave him a piece of cheese, which he leapt onto and started eating in giant chunks. Who would have thought that mice actually like cheese?
Now, Arty was developmentally mis-shaped, his little body wasn't made to last very long. Elaina wanted to give him things he couldn't have as a lab mouse. She made him a house, gave him a tube to play in, bought a toy mouse for him to cuddle, and got a plastic ball for him to roll around the apartment in.
Arty passed away this morning. We love you and miss you, Arty.
6 comments:
Did you disect poor arty to determine the cause of death? I bet my cats would have loved to play with arty. They would have kept him alive about as long as you guys did.
Not cool, dude... I cried when that cutie pie died.
Cause of death=developmental defects previously mentioned.
Yeah, I'm sorry for the previous comment, I'm a heartless bastard. Why did it have developmental defects?
We breed a colony here at our lab, and I think because of inbreeding, every so often things like this happen.
Arty was my chance to give back for all of the things that I do to other rodents in my line of work. I think that is why I am so sensitivo about him:)
Noah's MEAN!
haha Arty Retardy
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