Did You Know One Of The Stages Of Grief Is Called Overcompensation?

Alright fine, I'll admit it, I stopped at the pet store on the way home from ballet. I talked with the Pet and Pond store owner and he told me he would have rats in next Tuesday afternoon.

So I looked at the rat cages and holy crap they are expensive. Mattimeo was so little he lived in an aquarium, but I had been planning on buying him a larger, wire cage. I didn't know it would cost an upwards of 80 dollars! Lucky for me, a used cage was also sitting on the shelf. It was dirty and older, but it only cost 10 dollars. Oooh hard choice, not.I'm planning to take the middle platform out and add a hammock and ladder. Mattimeo would have loved that cage. It's killing me. Climbing and jumping was his thing.