Tenac took his first rat today. It was a smaller, normal rat. I was up in Sioux Falls, SD .. about an hour from me and took a tour of the pet stores there. Besides telling Petco that their BPs need at least one hide, and pointing out that the humidy was at 30%, I didn't get much.

All of the petstores had at least 1 BP, and ALL of them were kept incorrectly. If I would have had the space, I would have bought them all to take home .. but I didn't. I looked at the rats to see how expensive they are, and to figure out what kind of investment it would take to start a little breeding coloney .. looking at the pros and cons.

The last store I was in had their rats marked at $9.99. yeah .. I typed that right .. $10 effing dollars. I looked at my watch, and realized that by the time I got home our pet store would be closed ... and Tenac already had a night or two of hunting in ... so I was like "Screw it, Tenac needs food .. and I need to get going, so I will just pay the price and see if Tenac takes it alright".

"Ma'am, I need a rat."

"For a pet or for a feeder?"

"Feeder"

"Alright, Follow me."

She lead me to this box of rejects .. full of red eyes and such .. just the ones that would never get sold as a pet. She boxed one up, and brought me to the counter.

"That will be $2.18."

" ... what?"

"The ugly ones are cheaper"

"SCORE!"

So .. I got me one of the rejects, and took him on the journey home. The guy wasn't in a playful mood, kinda lazy .. not weak .. just lazy. Tenac didn't know how to react. He only eats live, so He was all excited, Sed his neck and sat waiting fro the rat to run by.

he didn't.

It took Tenac some time to realize that if he wanted to eat, he was going to have to get close to his food as his food will not get closer to him. WHAM! Perfect strike, perfect constriction. Since it was his first rat I was worried about the rat bite .. but Tenac knew what he was doing and all I had to do was sit back and watch him work.

YAY!

So .. long story .. but I had a cool day so .. TIME FOR SHARING!

^_^