MY COMPUTER MOUSE

This is Toffee, my 'computer mouse'. The computer screen fascinates him and he sits on my hat or shoulder and stares at it constantly like he's watching television.


He is only tiny but brave and believes he is Mighty Mouse. He chases my big pet rats away and bites them. We call him the Rat Killer. 

He is good company. He doesn't talk but seems to convey messages to you with his eyes and facial expressions. When he's happy or excited you can feel him throbbing in your hand like a mobile phone. 


I feel sorry for him  because he's such a tiny thing in a big bad world and yet he maintains a strong personality and determination.


Even a little mouse has feelings of affection, much like all animals. Like us they feel fear and pain, pleasure and 
joy. They also have intelligence, sometimes at a surprisingly high level. 


Another thing I've noticed about mice and rats is how clean they are. Like most animals they wash and preen themselves regularly - more so than some humans I know. 


The sad thing is that rats and mice don't have long lives. Their metabolisms operate much faster than ours, like their time on this earth has been accelerated.


So I treasure my precious time with them and try to give them happy and loving lives. In the world outside they call them vermin. Rats and mice are disliked, killed and fed to snakes. People have been brainwashed about them and other animals but hopefully one day they'll see that life is precious and even a little mouse deserves its day.

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THE MYSTERY OF MILO

Milo

This is Milo, a young brown male. I usually carry him around on my shoulder or inside my shirt. He also comes in  the car and usually sits beside me. He's quite a character and a prolific jumper who can leap well over a metre.


Anyway, just recently I was doing some gardening and moved the car  out of the carport. It was after I cut the lawn that I realised he was missing.


My wife and I conducted a massive search every day - emptying the car and searching it many times. Searching all over the garden area and outside. I even asked neighbours to keep an eye out for him. But we did not find him.


It was nearly four whole days later that I drove the car to the tip to dump some garden rubbish. While I was there a familiar face suddenly appeared from under the interior of the car dashboard. Yes it was Milo.


Of course we were very happy and we had prayed a lot for him to be safe and return but quite frankly I had given up hope. NEARLY FOUR DAYS  LOST.  How  did he survive? There was no food or water in the car and it was very hot summer weather.  Maybe he got out of the car somehow, found nourishment somewhere and returned to the car because he regards it as a home.  I just don't know. It's  the mystery of Milo.


Anyway while he was gone my son brought me a young replacement whom I named Pluto after the planet because it is small and is the same fawn colour as him. Pluto is really delightful and friendly and after a careful introduction the two rats - Milo and Pluto - are now a team and playing happily together.  It's a joy to watch.

Pluto

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RATUSA ORCHIDUS - THE RAT ORCHID

SCIENTISTS HAVE CREATED  A BLEND OF RAT AND ORCHID CALLED RATUS ORCHIDUS BY USING  DNA AND EPIGENTICS BLENDED WITH PLANT SEEDING.  THE ÇENTRE OF THE ORCHIDS BLOOM HAS THE HEAD OF A LIVING RAT THAT CAN BE FED AND WATERED . 

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