A agouti hooded rat with a brown head and neck and white butt, drinking milky tea from a cup.

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   Zumbador (zumbador@mefi.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Jun-2023 21:04:54 JST Zumbador

   The rats shared my rooibos tea this morning. It was not hot, but much warmer than anything they've encountered before. The cashew nut milk probably attracted them.

   Jasper takes one lick, then backs off. Shakes out his little hands, *shake*, like that, washes his nose. Then goes back for lick, then backs off for another shake and wash.

   Saffy drinks, glances up at me whiffling her whiskers at the unexpected temperature, and just goes on drinking, noting the heat but not worried by it.

   I also watched Maurice wash behind his ears: he doesn't use his hands like I assumed. He reaches up with his little arms straight up, and rubs the inside of his wrists behind his ears, exactly like a lady applying perfume to her pulse points. 😂

   And to wash his chest, he doesn't do that "crane and lick" thing that cats do, he very sensibly takes hold of his loose chest-skin and pulls it up to his mouth as if it was a jersey. Too cute.

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