During the summer of 2007, I went on a road trip with six of my friends. We headed out to Rock Springs, Wyoming for a Rainbow Family Hippy Gathering. One of the girls, Holly, had this adorable, furry, and cuddly rat. After the amazing gatheration, I decided I wanted a rat of my own.

I had just gotten rid of my pommeranian, Cuddles, when I decided I still wanted something to love. I just wanted something simpler than a dog or cat. Rats are nice because they're easy and cheap to take care of. Plus, they're extremely loyal to their owner.

One day I went out to the pet store and asked one of the employees if I could hold a rat. I put my hand in the cage and carefully chased the rats in it around. One of them didn't run away from me at all, so I picked her up and immediately fell in love. She was gray with a hazel tint to her fur.

I took her home and decided on the name Missy, because she came to it when I said it right away. At first, I got her with another rat, Flirt, who was owned by my then roomate. However, we both parted ways. I eventually persuaded my current roomate to get a rat who we named Twitch.

This site is about those two rats, Missy and Twitch.

You can contact me at lemonse@mail.gvsu.edu