Vesta and Zuri

Vesta (36 mo) & Zuri (32 mo) - the Horde is almost Gone RIP on February 3, 2009

Vesta was one of the original Horde, even before they were a thought in my mind. She and her sister Valora were adopted them from the local HS as baby friends for my sickly little girl from another shelter. Brie was in QT and was being treated for neck abscesses (we originally thought might be SDA).

Bouncing silly baby girls :)


Enter Kamali and Kyrie from Fredericton who fit in beautifully then arrived the Glue of the original Horde…Dilbert.
Valora and Vesta loved their new manslave


And soon after this, a little family from Hamilton who were going to be pts entered my home.
A rigged up cagetopper was their home until their Martin’s arrived…Zuri was comfy from the start


Now we fastforward through their growth until they were big enough for my first group intro and the Rampaging Horde was born
(the thin fawn on the bottom is Zuri and Valora and Vesta are up top)


Good times were had by all, including me feeding this group’s plastic habit. [img]http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h75/rattiluv/GIFs%20/fav%20gifs/doh-1.gif[/img] There were many jokes of enrolling them all into Plastic Eaters Anonymous…from the deitrus of waterbottles, FN pans having HUGE chunks taken out of them, and their last habit of biting through my own plastic waterbottle I was presently drinking from…I always got showered. LOL

A very typical Horde moment

But age and some illness started taking away the members of my Horde, others were introduced but finally it was only 3 lovely old ladies left. Zuri who had been fighting severe respiratory issues for ages, Vesta and Valora my oldies who were actually doing very well, but were on maintenance meds for chronic URI…
My little ladies a couple of months ago, HED issues, but still going strong
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Sadly I discovered that Zuri has developed malocclusion, and Vesta has a tiny ruptured inguinal tumour that has been bleeding…I have decided to let them pass together today at my vets. I was going to have Valora go with them, but after observing her for awhile, it felt wrong and she will stay with me, to be as spoiled as I can until she’s ready.

Last night



After I put them back in their cage with some baby cereal, Zuri took a few bites and then was desperately trying to climb out of the cage, I patted her thinking she would go back to the cereal. No. She wanted Out, and to be with me. So I setup my bed on the couch (oww my back) and we slept the night together…I think that’s what she wanted. Vesta had her sister, but Zuri wanted me.

Almost at the end of the Horde, the last of my special teaching rats, never ever to be forgotten.
I will take care of Valora until she is ready to see you guys all again.