 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | David, tell your wife that Long-Tailed Norwegian Hamsters make great pets and you can get the little ones at the pet stores from the snake food tanks for peanuts -- They are very intelligent and don't bite! The big drawback is that they only live about two and a half years, so there is some heartbreak involved, but their replacements only cost peanuts.
BTW, some people refer to them as norway rats...
Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.
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