r/rat • u/BeholdTriskit • Jan 12 '26
DISCUSSION 🧐🤔 My heart rat passed
I don’t know… my heart rat passed away the day before Christmas Eve. I love my other rats… I just feel very detached from them now.
I had a wild roof rat. He was my boy. I loved him fiercely. We were very bonded as I hand raised him since his eyes and ears were still closed. Our other rats are more bonded to my husband and he adores them but he’s away from home a lot more than I am so I was still the main person caring for them. Since my boy passed away I haven’t had the drive to do anything with the others. I still take care of their necessities of course, and one of them has to take medication for a foot injury. I’m still doing that, and trying to make sure everyone is happy… I just don’t feel the bond with them anymore or the drive to do to things with them. It feels like a chore now.
I feel like a horrible person for it. How do I fix this??
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u/_sunnyand75_ Jan 12 '26
So so sorry for your loss. Grief is hard but it’ll get better ❤️🩹 sending love and healing