Ffiona November 1999 - November 27th, 2001
Arushia Januar 1999 - July 23rd, 2001

Arushia and Ffiona joined us on July 1st and July 2nd, 2000. The police had dropped off Ffiona at the local shelter. She had been found in a security box in a train station. Arushia was the only rat left of a friend's rat group. She should not stay alone and so we took her in. Ffiona was quite shy and seemed never to have seen any other rats in her entire life. But the other rats, Ophelia, Calliope and Arushia soon accepted her and the intro went fine. In September 2000, our group got another two rat friends, Troja and Pandora. From then on, Arushia did not longer chase Ffiona but tried to catch the little white rats Troja and Pandora.

Ffiona was never ill a day in her life. She spent a happy 1.5 years with us. But when she got more and more frail as well as very confused and disoriented, we helped her to the bridge. Arushia was always healthy until she started bleeding form her vagina. We soon discovered she had a tumor inside and before we could get her to have surgery, the tumor prolapsed and we had to euthanize our little old lady.

Ffiona and Arushia, we miss you.

Ffiona's quirks:

	She could defy gravity. So jumpy she flew out of your hands.
	A dedicated head-weaver.
	Became very friendly and extremely curious after she learnt to trust us.
	No plant was safe from Ffiona. She loved to garden.
	Loved to terrorize unknown visitors and chase their feet.
	Most elegant sleek model figure.