Gone but not forgotten: Sly

This is Sly, who came to us with his brother Scully. He passed away about a month and a half after we got him. He was probably a little ill when we first got him. We were told he was shy which was a bit of an understatement. We watched him lose weight and took him to the vet's many times with numerous medication attempts. In order to get him to eat, I would have to hold and sit with him. He passed away when I was holding him. We are not sure what it was that made him sick, but the vet thinks cancer. Don't believe it when someone tells you that all rats forget their bonds. Scully never was quite the same afterwards and Sly's other cagemates shunned me for a while.