The Rat is (possibly) dying…
May 12th, 2025 by The Rat
Oh my gosh I feel so AWFUL. I was so tired and sore after pulling all those dandelions, that I had a few peanut butter cups to build up my strength. Well, maybe I had more than a few. Maybe I had a LOT. But then last night my paws started to shake and my little ratty heart went about 600 beats a minute and my ears turned all red and scabby.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, I started to itch all over. I looked in the mirror and I was covered with SPOTS! Oh, my aching tail. I was so worried– what if it was the Ratbonic Plague, or the dreaded SCALY TAIL FEVER?!?
Oh, I feel sick. And it’s hard to breathe… (gasp! gasp! gasp!) Am I contagious? Will everyone want to stay away from me? What if the spots never go away, and I look like a polka-dotted furball for the rest of my ratty life?
Maybe I need some MORE peanut butter cups! Yeah, that would cheer me up!
Have YOU ever been sick? Do you have any good ideas for what might make me feel better?
P.S. I hope I’m not allergic to peanuts. Or chocolate.
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May 12th, 2025 at 12:03 pm
Hi ratty! Hopefully you will feel better soon! But no I did not get sick after folding laundry or being allergic to my sister unfortunately. But I think you might not be allergic to peanuts or chocolate, maybe you are allergic to dandelions? But maybe eat some healthy food and rest! When I am sick my mom lets me take the day off and makes me Sancocho (its a soup) Maybe you could try it! Hope you get better soon!
May 12th, 2025 at 12:04 pm
Oh-no! Hope you feel better and maybe ask Emmy for some tea . I think maybe you are allergic to DANDILIONS !
May 12th, 2025 at 12:05 pm
Hi Ratty! Mateo again here again. I feel so sorry that you are sick. I hope you dont lose your fur after. Yes I have been sick, and very badly. Like when I got stomach flu, lost my appetite, threw up, could barely move and was overheated. That was a hard time to go through. But to make me feel better, I talked with my sister Helena. And also play with my cat. But wait! My cat Ashi is friendly to everybody, even strangers and creatures. Try talking to Emmy or drinking water, and even sleep to make you feel better. Have to go, so hope you feel better!
P.S. I love peanut butter cups. Now I’m hungry.
May 12th, 2025 at 12:05 pm
Hiya, Gaby, Leah, and Mateo–wow, thanks; all these get-well messages are making me feel better already!
Gaby, you might be right–I could EASILY be allergic to dandelions. I know for sure that I’m allergic to the WORK of pulling them! And eating healthy food sounds like a ratabulous idea. I think soup sounds good… what if I melted some peanut butter cups in a bowl, and added some cream, and stirred it all together? That would be the most ratawesome soup EVER!
Leah, thanks for feeling sorry for me (I feel sorry for myself, too, but I can always use more sympathy). I think you are ratsolutely right–I’m allergic to dandelions! Now if only you could persuade Emmy, it would be ratariffic. I like the idea of asking for some tea, but I’m wondering–do they have peanut butter flavored tea? Or chocolate flavored tea? Better yet, tea flavored with peanut butter AND chocolate? Mmmmm…
Hi Mateo, I’m here again, too! No, I didn’t lose my fur… not totally. I think maybe it was just flattening out because I was sweating so much, and it looked sort of patchy. I have been pretty sick, but at least I wasn’t throwing up (like YOU), so I feel sorry for you, too! Talking to your sister sounds like it might help (maybe I should talk with Sissy? She’s very understanding!), but I don’t think I would want to play with your cat. I mean, sure, Ashi might SEEM friendly NOW, but I think she might be just biding her time, and waiting for just the right moment to scratch and bite. Cats can be very sneaky that way, so watch out! (And I hope you ate some peanut butter cups after writing.)
May 12th, 2025 at 12:06 pm
Ratty, another big hello from me. So ratty I see that you are very sick! That is very bad. Because we don’t want ANYTHING bad happening to you. To answer your question, I have been sick many times. And there are many things that have helped me when I was sick. For example you have to get a lot of rest. Also drink a lot of water to prevent really bad headaches. Well ratty that’s all the advice I have for you. Hope you get better!
P.S: I’ll try to bring some peanut butter cups!
May 12th, 2025 at 12:06 pm
Ratson, I am so very sorry, but this time I might not be able to agree with you. Ratty, maybe you shouldn’t eat any more peanut butter cups. You should take my advice, for allergies are very common…especially peanut allergies. I have a tip for you! You should try a new way of eating. It’s called diverse eating (or ratverse). It’s like normal eating BUT you eat a larger variety of foods! Try this style of eating and you might just get better.
P.S Take note: I said food. Not candy.
May 12th, 2025 at 12:07 pm
Hello ratty, I currently have a runny nose, with no clue where that came from, but I am mostly sick of school There’s a cure for a runny nose but no cure for SCHOOL. (which I think is pretty unbelievable) Perhaps you can ask Emmy what she can offer to make you feel better. I hope you feel better, Ratty.
May 12th, 2025 at 12:08 pm
Hey, hey, hey, Sebastian, Alaisha and Sabrina, another big hello from Ratty, and thanks for thinking of me! (Of course that’s my favorite subject–ME. Just sayin’.)
Sebastian, you are so ratly sympathetic! I’m glad you don’t want anything bad happening to me. (I feel the same way, ratually.) I’m sorry that you have been sick so many times, but I think you have good advice for a little rat. Of course it’s good to drink water and get lots of rest, but I think maybe you forgot the most important thing–eat lots of peanut butter cups! Yeah! So if you really are going to bring me some peanut butter cups, then I just KNOW I’ll feel better!
Alaisha–wow, really? You think I might be (gasp) allergic to PEANUT BUTTER CUPS? How could that possibly beeeeeeeeee?? (wrings ratty paws in despair) I feel my heart rate going up just THINKING about it. Hmmm… okay, maybe I could try eating that ratverse way. I suppose I could use a greater variety in my diet. For example, I could try dark chocolate flavored with raspberry. Or orange. And I could have crunchy peanut butter instead of smooth. Doesn’t that sound good? Oh–wait. You said NOT candy. (heavy sigh.) This is… just… sad. I can feel my ears drooping in sorrow right this minute…
Oh, Sabrina, I’m sorry your nose is running! Can the rest of you keep up, or does your nose just take off down the road all by itself? My nose always sticks pretty close to my ears (and the rest of me, too), but it might be fun to have a nose that actually runs. And hey, I know what you mean about being sick of school. I ought to know– I spent YEARS in a fourth grade classroom, and believe me, the curriculum got OLD. Thanks for hoping I feel better (I think I might be feeling a little better already) and that’s a good idea, to ask Emmy to help! (But if she says she’s going to make me dandelion tea, this rat is going to say NO THANK YOU.)
May 12th, 2025 at 12:09 pm
Hello ratty! I hate when I’m sick myself it really sucks! but its just how our body works to try and make us get better, maybe try to put a cream to make the bumps go away or to make them at least. Its the best I can try to do to help you, maybe try asking Emmy to help you get better. I hope you well! 🙂
May 12th, 2025 at 12:09 pm
Hi ratty, sorry you are coming down with something and had to find out the truth, maybe to rebuild the bridge, I could try getting a cookbook and making you some peanut butter cups. And maybe I can eat all the dandelions because I’m a VEGAN! Our teacher fed me pellets since I was a KITTEN! And my question to you is, What do you think about joe?
(P.S. I REALLY love SNICKERS!!)
May 12th, 2025 at 12:09 pm
Dear Ratty I have been sick before and what help me the most was to rest and drink my medicine so I suggest that. And my question is what is your favorite thing to do.
May 12th, 2025 at 12:10 pm
Wait I mean I REALLY love Strawberry jam,(TYPO, WHY!!!)
May 12th, 2025 at 12:11 pm
Hello, Liliana, Jayda, Leandro and Adrian–thanks for writing, and thanks for caring about this little sick rat!
Liliana, you’re right, it’s no fun to be sick. Do you really think my body is trying to make me better? It seems like a strange way to do it, but hey, I guess you learn something new every day, right? (I especially don’t like the getting scabby part, though. I think maybe my body could find another way to deal.) I have looked around for a cream and I found one called “Spots B-Gone”, but it was for pimples. Maybe if I was a teen-aged rat… but I’m not that old yet. Do you recommend a certain kind of cream for rats? Maybe I’ll take your advice and ask Emmy!
Jayda the Cat, I have decided to be brave and write to you in spite of your–you know–catness. I suppose it really isn’t your fault that you were born a kitten. But try to curb your desire to scratch and bite, okay? And don’t eat any more rodents! There is such a thing as cat food, you know– you can get it at any pet food store. Oh, wait–if you’re really a vegan, you won’t eat mice or rats or anything like that, right? Whew. And as far as Joe goes, he’s a good enough guy. Except I don’t think he should play pawball, do you? Let him stick to soccer! Oh, and I love Snickers and strawberry jam, too. (Weird–I like something a cat likes. Something is seriously wrong, here.)
Dear Leandro and Adrian, if you have been sick before, you know what I am going through! Thanks for your good advice– I am resting (mostly–I still have to jump around on the keyboard to answer you), and I would drink my medicine in a ratflash if I had any. Maybe I need to go to the doctor! About my favorite thing to do– hmmm. Can I tell you my favorite THREE things? Pawball, Poetry, and Peanut butter cups! (That’s three P’s in a row, so it’s easy to remember.)
May 12th, 2025 at 12:12 pm
Ratty hope you feel better, but it may because you had no protein after a hard job which made you shake. The dots may be bug bites. (Bugs are sooo annoying) But if it is not I would just sleep and eat soup. If it stays then check it out at the rat doctor. Bye
May 12th, 2025 at 12:12 pm
WHAT! You’re dying!? Are you okay?
Well I hope you are, because it would be sad if something happens to you 🙁 I’ve been sick before but my mom always take care of me. I’m not good at giving advice…but maybe you can ask Emmy for help or rest. And hopefully you’re not allergic to peanuts because I know you love peanut butter cups! But if that’s the reason you’re feeling bad then I suggest to stay away from peanut butter cups for a while. And don’t forget to rest! It’s important to eat (not peanut butter cups!) and rest a lot!
P.S I hope you get better! 🙂
May 12th, 2025 at 12:12 pm
Hai ratty! When I’m sick my mom makes me drink medicine, currently I’m sick right now :c Stop eating so many peanut butter cups!! Maybe that will help you feel better
May 12th, 2025 at 12:13 pm
Hi my dear friends, Cam, Rayna and Julieta, so nice to hear from you! And thanks for all the sympathy. We rodents need a lot, and sick rodents need a LOT MORE.
Cam, I didn’t think about the protein thing. But, you know, peanuts have protein! And chocolate is made from cocoa BEANS, which also have protein in them. So, you know, peanut butter cups are like the perfect food, right? I didn’t think about the dots being bug bites, but if they were, you’d think I would have noticed getting bitten. (All I noticed was how hard it was to pull those wretched dandelions.) I think maybe you’re right about going to the rat doctor, though. I wonder if Emmy would take me?
Reyna, try not to worry–I think I’m a little better (by that I mean, NOT dying), and I think it’s because I’ve been getting all these ratastic get-well messages from all of you! It’s so ratly nice of you to be sad if I died. I don’t want to make you sad, so I think I’m going to get better, and I will ask Emmy to help me. And I’m going to REST, especially from WORK LIKE PULLING DANDELIONS (oh, sorry, was I yelling?) I’m pretty sure I’m not allergic to peanut butter cups (don’t you think I would have noticed it before, sometime?) but maybe I should cut down. Just a little bit. Not much. (I don’t want to die of despair, you know.)
Julieta, seriously, are you sick right this very minute?? I’m so ratly sorry for you! (Are you writing from the School for the Sick, by any chance?) Maybe Mrs. Mclaughlin can help you get better, if you’re at school. Okay, though, I’m not so sure I should stop eating peanut butter cups. I mean, they’ve always made me feel better in the past. And they are a ratstremely healthy food, you know. Peanuts are legumes–ratceptionally good for you–and chocolate is made from the cocoa BEAN, which is a vegetable, right? So there you go!