So will just rat update for now:

Elephant's kids are all fantastic aswell as Gargoyle's. One little girl has an eye infection and has to be away from the others for 2 wks while it clears up, but she will be ok. They are 4 wks old now and I've already seperated them from moms. Usually I wouldn't do this until the 5th week, but the moms were looking pretty drained. Especially Gargoyle who was taking on most of the feeding duties with both litters.

Hairless rat Poodle had 9 babies. 4 females and 5 males. I suspect all will be hairless. My rat Plague also had a couple of kids. She was able to push out two, but the rest became lodged and didn't come out. I gave the two kids to Poodle so Plague could recover. She expelled the rest of the babies and is on antibiotics to prevent infection and is acting like her old self again. She had two males. I suspect both will be black. I will let one be adopted out and will likely hang onto the other.

As for myself. I'm getting better day by day. I still miss my friend. I'll always want her back. The memorial is this weekend.