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There will be rats
Feb. 18th, 2024 12:16 pmMore heatwaves. Temperature records now being broken around the state, much to the excitement of Perth Weather Live the Bureau of Meteorology on Facebook, who announced with exclamation marks that the town of Carnarvon had managed to reach 48.1^C. I half expect them to encourage Perth and say we can do better! We're supposed to reach 44^C today in my neck of the woods. EDIT [Carnarvon, 49.3, Geraldton 48.6!] Geraldton is about 5-6 hours drive up north from us.
Also EDIT: Strictly speaking, the site transmitting the news is Perth Weather Live, but all the data comes from the BOM. There are, I'm told, quite a few automatic stations. And yes, some of the followers are now leading cheers for Carnarvon to crack 50^C, saying if they have to endure these temps, they might as well get something for it.
My detective efforts re what's happened with M's medication has reached the interesting possibility that the pharmacy did indeed duplicate an order. They deliver batches of Webster-paks to M at fairly frequent intervals. I'm hampered by M's memory problems, but she did indeed say, about two months ago, that there had been two deliveries very close together, and she's remained certain of that. I also believe her that she's been taking them over the last two months; we've discussed that often. The dates on the excess Webster-paks are for January and December before it. M's health has also remained fairly steady.
So I'll be asking the pharmacy to check their records for that time, next time I talk to them, as I now believe the anomaly lies with them.
In other news, there will soon be the pitter-patter and chomping gnashers of small squeakables. In past entries, readers may recall I mentioned the complete failure of a certain male rat to do the deed, when Alison, my friend the rat breeder, was aiming for the next litter. He groomed female rat Cesi's tail but that was about it. So now his nephew was put forward to take over. This young man may have paid too much attention to his uncle's stories; Alison says he too did some tail-grooming, but sometime in the night, Cesi was able to explain the facts of life to him and she's now pregnant, due to give birth in about a week.
This breeding program is aimed towards eliminating some of the health problems endemic in the Perth pet rat population; respiratory and heart problems. Any rat that starts sniffling in Alison's population is immediately eliminated from inclusion, and that was a lot of them. Then once I get the babies, I keep Alison informed of any health issues, vet results and so on. Should one of them prove suitable, he'll also be in the breeding program when old enough. I'm only planning on a pair, to keep costs down and also because I don't feel able to deal with larger groups of rats at the moment.
So now, we wait. It's too hot to do much of anything else.
Also EDIT: Strictly speaking, the site transmitting the news is Perth Weather Live, but all the data comes from the BOM. There are, I'm told, quite a few automatic stations. And yes, some of the followers are now leading cheers for Carnarvon to crack 50^C, saying if they have to endure these temps, they might as well get something for it.
My detective efforts re what's happened with M's medication has reached the interesting possibility that the pharmacy did indeed duplicate an order. They deliver batches of Webster-paks to M at fairly frequent intervals. I'm hampered by M's memory problems, but she did indeed say, about two months ago, that there had been two deliveries very close together, and she's remained certain of that. I also believe her that she's been taking them over the last two months; we've discussed that often. The dates on the excess Webster-paks are for January and December before it. M's health has also remained fairly steady.
So I'll be asking the pharmacy to check their records for that time, next time I talk to them, as I now believe the anomaly lies with them.
In other news, there will soon be the pitter-patter and chomping gnashers of small squeakables. In past entries, readers may recall I mentioned the complete failure of a certain male rat to do the deed, when Alison, my friend the rat breeder, was aiming for the next litter. He groomed female rat Cesi's tail but that was about it. So now his nephew was put forward to take over. This young man may have paid too much attention to his uncle's stories; Alison says he too did some tail-grooming, but sometime in the night, Cesi was able to explain the facts of life to him and she's now pregnant, due to give birth in about a week.
This breeding program is aimed towards eliminating some of the health problems endemic in the Perth pet rat population; respiratory and heart problems. Any rat that starts sniffling in Alison's population is immediately eliminated from inclusion, and that was a lot of them. Then once I get the babies, I keep Alison informed of any health issues, vet results and so on. Should one of them prove suitable, he'll also be in the breeding program when old enough. I'm only planning on a pair, to keep costs down and also because I don't feel able to deal with larger groups of rats at the moment.
So now, we wait. It's too hot to do much of anything else.