The vet looked at his records, checked out his undercarriage and then said to me "You do realise Stripe's a girl, don't you?".
Ah. That will explain the lack of testicles - we just put that down to Stripe being young. It also explains why she hasn't chilled out yet.
Male rats are more laidback, actually lazier, than their female counterparts. We purposefully asked the pet shop for a male rat, knowing he would turn out to be more of a lap rat than a girlie rats who tend to be more active.
El's with her dad until we go camping tomorrow. I called her this afternoon as soon as she finished holiday club. She was as incredulous as me at the news.
Somehow, and this is wrong of me I know, I love Stripe all the more now that he is a she.
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