Tuesday morning, after the very first night I put three rat traps out, I caught two dead rats, one male and one female.

They were actually much cuter than I expected, with their tiny eyes and hands, cute little whiskers, and their soft, silky grey fur. I can see why some people keep live ones as pets. So I decided to keep these..

Within one day, they REALLY started to smell, so I moved their cage outside. Now they look like bad hairballs and stink up the back yard. I doubt they’ll last much longer.

I’ve been considering to name the male “Stanky Rat” and the female “Stinky Deadrat” (pronounced DEED-rit) but with all the talk on Fluther about giving rats asses and all that, I wondered if anyone can think of better names. There have been some really good posts on things like this.