Saké Hatches a Plan?

Last night while Sushi ate her cooked vegetables (from yet another pot pie), Saké appeared to have other things on her mind.

Sushi licks gravy off her vegetables.

At first, I thought Saké was just hanging out.

We've started to call her Plumpkins.

But then I noticed this:

Hmmmmmm.

Her paw action is reminiscent of someone else....

Of course, my favorite thing about this is that she was bracing herself with her hind paw.

Holding herself in place.

It's Bananas!

Bananas are one of the fruits that Sushi can eat without problem. I often mix pieces into her lab block/baby cereal mush, but sometimes she just prefers to eat a chunk of it straight from the peel:

Sushi.

Commercial Rats

 I don't often watch TV, which means I rarely see commercials. As a result, I love sites such as Ad Week that compile the best/most confusing commercials in one location. This Orkin commercial is one of the best I've seen.

Sushi's Carrots

There have been a lot of Sushi pictures lately, so obviously Saké needs to get back in front of the camera. However, it's easy end up with a lot of pictures of Sushi because I'm so excited when she gets to eat anything normal. It's not easy to be a rat missing half of her teeth.

Rat vs. Cats

This is a great clip, so I'll forgive the site for labeling this tough rodent a mouse.

From the always wonderful animalsbeingdicks.com/.

Vegetables

The other night I had a pot pie for dinner. Besides being one of my favorite things in the world, it also meant I had plenty of cooked vegetables to save for Sushi. Normally I wouldn't feed a rat vegetables straight from a pot pie, considering all the extra calories in the sauce and whatever else is cooked in there, but Sushi is a special case. Plus, I knew she'd love a break from her usual lab block/baby cereal mush.

Sushi assesses her options

Even with softened foods, Sushi is a slow eater. I put Saké on the bed and let her play for a while as Sushi ate.

Selecting a piece of carrot

I saved Sushi two pieces of carrots and a larger piece of broccoli. The carrots were not quite as soft as I would have liked, but she managed to eat most of both pieces. Only the hardest inside parts were left.

Holding onto her carrot.

It astounds me how much Sushi relies on her paws to help her eat. All rats do, but Sushi does much more frequently now since her surgery.

Notice the remains of the first piece of carrot by her foot.

The broccoli was much easier for her to eat, since it was practically falling apart in tenderness.

I think I need to start cooking vegetables for her on a regular basis. We always have fresh vegetables for Saké but other than peas, it is too infrequent that we have something that Sushi can also enjoy.

Little People, Giant Rat?

I follow The Little People Project (at little-people.blogspot.com/), which features various dioramas of action figure sized people in different situations.

I was happy to see a new post show up in my RSS reader and as I was scrolling through the newest pictures, I noticed this:

Is that a rat?

I wasn't sure if I was seeing what I thought. A picture further down clarified for me.

Yep, that's a rat.

You can see the whole awesome display, including more pictures both with and without the rat, at little-people.blogspot.com/2011/12/worst-wurst.html.