So long, Cosmo.

Yesterday the last member of Ratpack-III left us; Cosmo has passed just 26 days after Jeremy.

We knew he'd be leaving soon like so many paired-rats who lose their mates, but it wasn't even a month. He got a bit sick over the weekend and we knew he was getting close to 3 years old, but it was just so sudden that I had to tell Shawn "It never gets any easier."
Then we remembered all the things Cosmo would do: chase the ferret, chew holes in every plastic cage EVAR, and munch dried cranberries with fervor. He was one of the sweetest boy rats, always closing his eyes in bliss when we pet him.

Now we are out of rats--and boys--in the house for the first time in almost 5 years.
Let's not say goodbye; let's say hello many, many times to Cosmo's namesake:

So long, "Everywhere Man."

Our furbaby Jeremy died yesterday.
He was around 2 and a half years old and a real sweetie.

We originally bought him as a cagemate for an older rat of ours who was left alone as the sole survivor of our Ratpack-II. He was so squirmy and active that we called him "Everywhere Man" like the Beatles' "Nowhere Man" and he soon became Jeremy after the Yellow Submarine character. Shortly after Jeremy was acquired, old rat passed too and we had to get another rat. Ratpack-III became a class of 2, Jeremy and Cosmo.

A lot of Peace surrounds me at this time and did yesterday as well when I found Jim-Jam had passed. I wrapped him in a blanket for Cosmo to say goodbye and we buried him in the backyard when Shawn came home. We were doing okay... and then we checked on Cosmo.
He was laying in the blanket Jeremy had been in--not sleeping. He was just... being sad. He would have been crying if he could have; I broke down at the sight. My rat was sad. I'd seen some of our other ratties mourn but this was sad. His only bro-mate, gone. I wept and pet his head while Shawn cradled him. Then we moved his cage into our bedroom to stay and we'll be his company now.

Join me in making a tribute to Jeremy, our Everwhere Man, by enjoying this song.