Tess - May 2011 to September 19, 2014 :'( :'(
Tess (originally Chip) was on her 4th home by the time she reached me...we were told she was 2 years old but had to seriously downgrade her age...her condition made her look about 14-18 months but as she got older and older and never aged we had to downgrade her age...we assumed the very youngest she could be was 9 months old and she lived a couple of rat lifetimes finally leaving me and Jenny at 40.5 months of age.
Jenny picked her up for me and fostered her for a short while...her first email was "adorable but tiny" (she weighed 216 g). She told me she was special, I would love her...and she was right! My first real "sight" of Tess was this video Jenny took...I called it her Happy Video, and this girl just thrived on the attention she must've not gotten before. It still amazes me that the people before me let this amazing little creature leave their lives...but I truly benefited by their lack of foresight.
http://vid972.photobucket.com/albums/ae208/crumbilina/fosters/MOV05854.mp4
And the saga begins. Tess loved people, loved being on them, loved licking them, loved playing with them...she was a real ray of sunshine on those weary days of rescue.
Jenny brings Tess to me on March 23, 2012...no fear in a new place, just new places to explore, humans to lick.
Her pretty posing arrival pic
The first time I caught on camera this excited happy girl's humping of my arm...she only did it to me... LOL
Her playing with me (dark video, but watch that head shake!)
http://vid61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/rattiluv/Tess%20-%20Hamilton%20March%202012/Mar30TessPlaying.mp4
Her first attempt at getting her with a neutered boyfriend...Dusty wasn't the most socially adept...she was too fast for him, so he would try to pin her down so he could sniff her...she had wonderful expressions.
and escape from the situation altogether LOL
So then I played with her to apologize for putting her through Dusty..hahaha. She loved handwrestling
goofy little gal!
Her evil play face... *roar*
I had a wonderful boy who was neutered so he could stay with the girl he came in with. Samson knew how to deal with crazy women, and just took it. His gf Livvy was really a bit nuts, she would cuddle then attack, but he was the only one who could be with her. Sadly Livvy died very suddenly and Samson the hunk was up for grabs and Tess won the lottery
At first she pushed him around, and he took it...seeming to really like this little feisty girl standing on his head
Eventually they became the Couple...they were wonderful together until Samson also suddenly passed away 7 months later
Tess was alone again...
But not for too long, she learned through Samson how to have friends
She loved tilty old Clare
and Ezzie the sweet but standoffish oldie as well
She started to love cuddling and rubs more than running and playing but that was fine with me. She would stand on my foot and I know that was her cue to pick her up and start rubbing.
She even liked her face squished LOL
She met her 2nd last man Joey and really loved him.
Joey ended up with younger Arabella who was not as accepting of sweet old Tess, who was getting older by the day...at this point she had spent 2 years with me and was 33 months old.
She developed a small tumour in her armpit that never grew
She had cataracts in one eye
and she had a new friend named Bean who she went to for comfort
In her final months Tess slept on my neck..if I was lying on my side she was hopping up to drape herself there, it was Her Spot and it comforted us both, just like Hope and Eli in the past, she was one of those incredible special rats that touched my heart. Sadly her body wore out and one day she seemed not quite herself...she died in my arms that night.
I shall never forget her.
Tess (originally Chip) was on her 4th home by the time she reached me...we were told she was 2 years old but had to seriously downgrade her age...her condition made her look about 14-18 months but as she got older and older and never aged we had to downgrade her age...we assumed the very youngest she could be was 9 months old and she lived a couple of rat lifetimes finally leaving me and Jenny at 40.5 months of age.
Jenny picked her up for me and fostered her for a short while...her first email was "adorable but tiny" (she weighed 216 g). She told me she was special, I would love her...and she was right! My first real "sight" of Tess was this video Jenny took...I called it her Happy Video, and this girl just thrived on the attention she must've not gotten before. It still amazes me that the people before me let this amazing little creature leave their lives...but I truly benefited by their lack of foresight.
http://vid972.photobucket.com/albums/ae208/crumbilina/fosters/MOV05854.mp4
And the saga begins. Tess loved people, loved being on them, loved licking them, loved playing with them...she was a real ray of sunshine on those weary days of rescue.
Jenny brings Tess to me on March 23, 2012...no fear in a new place, just new places to explore, humans to lick.
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Her pretty posing arrival pic
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The first time I caught on camera this excited happy girl's humping of my arm...she only did it to me... LOL
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Her playing with me (dark video, but watch that head shake!)
http://vid61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/rattiluv/Tess%20-%20Hamilton%20March%202012/Mar30TessPlaying.mp4
Her first attempt at getting her with a neutered boyfriend...Dusty wasn't the most socially adept...she was too fast for him, so he would try to pin her down so he could sniff her...she had wonderful expressions.
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and escape from the situation altogether LOL
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So then I played with her to apologize for putting her through Dusty..hahaha. She loved handwrestling
goofy little gal!
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Her evil play face... *roar*
I had a wonderful boy who was neutered so he could stay with the girl he came in with. Samson knew how to deal with crazy women, and just took it. His gf Livvy was really a bit nuts, she would cuddle then attack, but he was the only one who could be with her. Sadly Livvy died very suddenly and Samson the hunk was up for grabs and Tess won the lottery
At first she pushed him around, and he took it...seeming to really like this little feisty girl standing on his head
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Eventually they became the Couple...they were wonderful together until Samson also suddenly passed away 7 months later
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Tess was alone again...
But not for too long, she learned through Samson how to have friends
She loved tilty old Clare
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and Ezzie the sweet but standoffish oldie as well
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She started to love cuddling and rubs more than running and playing but that was fine with me. She would stand on my foot and I know that was her cue to pick her up and start rubbing.
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She even liked her face squished LOL
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She met her 2nd last man Joey and really loved him.
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Joey ended up with younger Arabella who was not as accepting of sweet old Tess, who was getting older by the day...at this point she had spent 2 years with me and was 33 months old.
She developed a small tumour in her armpit that never grew
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She had cataracts in one eye
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and she had a new friend named Bean who she went to for comfort
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In her final months Tess slept on my neck..if I was lying on my side she was hopping up to drape herself there, it was Her Spot and it comforted us both, just like Hope and Eli in the past, she was one of those incredible special rats that touched my heart. Sadly her body wore out and one day she seemed not quite herself...she died in my arms that night.
I shall never forget her.
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