#deciposting

Who is this mysterious tiny man?

His name is Decibel, or Deci, or Bubby. Or sometimes even Decibub. Or when he's curled up, I dare say Deci-ball. He's the friendliest little cotton rat I've ever met, rescued from a cat when he was just 5.4 grams. Now he's a big boy weighing in at 72 grams at around 2 months. He knows how to spin and give paw, but none of that is important. What is important is that he'll fall asleep on your hand if you pet his cheek for 0.3 seconds because as a wild rat, he's still amazed at how nice human fingers are for giving tiny scratches behind his big ol ears. He's very curious, but not about you, or your friend, or my friend, or anyone other than his weird hairless giant mom that hand fed him since day one and warmed him with her body heat. Oh well, it's okay to be a little shy, Bubs :)

He's very proud of himself for getting big and strong. He gets so excited to get on the scale and get hyped up and told that he's a big boy that I have to hold him back while it calibrates to 0.