May 2003
Badger’s entry:
FOOD! We get lots of yummy food now we live in the dining room. Mum and dad come in everyday to eat a yummy meal and we always get some, mmmmm. My favourite is soup because I can just sit there and slurp it 
up, the only problem is I have to share it with my brothers. Willow is okay he gets a bit distracted and wanders off, but Biscuit can eat a lot like me and he even forgets to be grumpy when there is food around. I always make sure I’m first at the door to see what we are getting and to pick the best bits. We have to run around lots though or mum says we can’t eat so much, she doesn’t want us getting fat and unhealthy, I will do anything for yummy food.
Oh wow, we now live in the dining room, it is so exciting. Our cage gets put on the floor and we can run around and squeeze under the furniture and climb up the curtains. There are pots of soil to dig in and plants to eat, oh I am having so much fun bouncing around. When we were in the living room I kept dropping of the sofa and running around on the floor, but dad didn’t like the way I played with his expensive speaker cables. Mum and dad sit on the floor with me while I run around now. There are things I am not supposed to do but I get so excited I forget what they are, so mum and dad have to keep telling me off. When Biscuit and Badger come out I can jump on them and it gets even more exciting. I am just having so much fun.
Mum has made us another tent, the was so popular mum and dad thought we needed a bigger one. It is nice to have all the extra room, Badger is so big and round he used to fill the other one with his bottom. I taught mum a new trick, because I’m a bit shy I don’t like to come straight out of our cage, mum now holds a folded towel in the doorway for me to climb into. I much prefer this method of being handled, I feel much safer in my towel.
Biscuit’s entry:
Mum and dad have been getting worried about me because I have so much energy and Biscuit and Badger are big and sleepy compared to me. I don’t like exploring on my own and sometimes Biscuit and Badger just want to stay in bed. Mum says I have to understand I am a very energetic little rat, she tries to play with me but it’s not the same as my brothers. Mum and dad have talked about getting another friend for me, but he could be just as sleepy as Biscuit and Badger. Mum has made us a “rattie apartment” she saw it on the Rat Planet web page, and thought it would be fun for me. She drags Biscuit and Badger out of bed, if they are being sleepy and stuffs them in it. They get to sleep and I can explore and play knowing I’m not alone. Biscuit and Badger have fun in there too, but I’m not supposed to tell.
Willow’s entry:
Wow we’ve got a new brother, Willow. He is great, he tells me stories like how mum found him in the woods. And how he was kept in quarantine, that’s a special place upstairs. Now we have a new home, it’s enormous. There are shelves and tunnels and lot’s of room for running around in. Willow goes bonkers and bounces around, I join in and we roll around together fighting. Willow is heaps more fun than Biscuit.
We were really frightened when mum and dad first brought us home, so frightened it made us sneeze. Especially Badger he got really poorly, I heard mum and dad say they were worried he might not make it. That really upset me because I didn’t want to be left on my own, I’m really shy and I need Badger to make me feel safe. We had to go to this place called vets and and get some medicine, it tastes nice and although some of the medicine is only for Badger I sneak up on mum so I can get some. I am feeling a lot better, but Badger’s sneezing keeps me awake sometimes and makes me grumpy.