For Science!
Jul. 11th, 2007 12:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ladylucklessI decided to conduct an experiment on my rats. For Science! Not one of the fancy ones with notes and a hypothesis but the ones that start out "I wonder what/if . .. "
I decided to test what the rats would do if left to roam around the bathroom whilst I was busy showering.
Epsilon did exactly what I would expect a curious and slightly clever rodent would do. She hopped into the shower and basically froze in a "Oh noes teh water is teh wet!!11!" mode before frantically looking for a safe place. Then, cowering behind the shower curtain, she decided to start frantically grooming herself. Eventually the water made it behind her hiding place so she was forced to flee out of the shower to groom.
Occasionally, she would return to walk along the outside edge of the tub/shower checking to see if the evil water was still raining down on the shower, peering around the shower curtain warily and poking at the middle bits.
Kai's reaction was far sillier. She took a flying rat leap into the shower and had the "oh noes teh water it is wet!!1" reaction, too. Unlike Epsilon she didn't immediately flee. Somewhere in her tiny rat brain she seemed to have determined that I was in danger from the falling water. She leaped into rattie action "I can has will save j00 now!" She dashed across the shower where she reached my big toe and, clasping it firmly in her two front paws, started trying to pull me to safety.
Eventually the water proved to be too much, so with a parting lick and one last pull she fled. After shaking herself off and grooming a tiny bit she decided to give it another go.
She leaped in to the shower "I has very important mission!" and ran strait towards me. Rather than trying the pulling on Amber's toe tactic again she decided to try something new. After giving me several new rat marks on my legs she made it up to my shoulder, where she started desperately trying to pull me by my hair to safety. This didn't work either. She also got really, really wet and had to flee to safety and groom the evil, strange, falling water out of her rat fur.
After I got out of the shower, Kai had to check to make sure all parts of me were still in one piece, which she did by licking me and chittering a lot.
I have very silly pets.
I decided to test what the rats would do if left to roam around the bathroom whilst I was busy showering.
Epsilon did exactly what I would expect a curious and slightly clever rodent would do. She hopped into the shower and basically froze in a "Oh noes teh water is teh wet!!11!" mode before frantically looking for a safe place. Then, cowering behind the shower curtain, she decided to start frantically grooming herself. Eventually the water made it behind her hiding place so she was forced to flee out of the shower to groom.
Occasionally, she would return to walk along the outside edge of the tub/shower checking to see if the evil water was still raining down on the shower, peering around the shower curtain warily and poking at the middle bits.
Kai's reaction was far sillier. She took a flying rat leap into the shower and had the "oh noes teh water it is wet!!1" reaction, too. Unlike Epsilon she didn't immediately flee. Somewhere in her tiny rat brain she seemed to have determined that I was in danger from the falling water. She leaped into rattie action "I can has will save j00 now!" She dashed across the shower where she reached my big toe and, clasping it firmly in her two front paws, started trying to pull me to safety.
Eventually the water proved to be too much, so with a parting lick and one last pull she fled. After shaking herself off and grooming a tiny bit she decided to give it another go.
She leaped in to the shower "I has very important mission!" and ran strait towards me. Rather than trying the pulling on Amber's toe tactic again she decided to try something new. After giving me several new rat marks on my legs she made it up to my shoulder, where she started desperately trying to pull me by my hair to safety. This didn't work either. She also got really, really wet and had to flee to safety and groom the evil, strange, falling water out of her rat fur.
After I got out of the shower, Kai had to check to make sure all parts of me were still in one piece, which she did by licking me and chittering a lot.
I have very silly pets.
