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Howdy! I'm Pokey. Or you may call me "the Pokester" as Juliannah does. I'm a white albino rat. I actually belong to Erin, Juliannah's son. I was born in a pet store and lived there until I was a few months old. One day Erin & Juliannah came in and Erin picked me to go home with them. They also picked up an awesome cage, a neat wheel and some really tasty food. I was still small then, but I soon grew to be about 7 inches in length.

Now I know some people are a bit squeamish when it comes to rodents, but I assure you I am quite a gentleman. Even Juliannah feel in love with me. But hey, what's not to love? Erin and I soon became best friends. We do everything together. We love to watch TV together and listen to music. I get to go visit his friends and play with them too. Erin taught me how to do acrobatics. I hold onto his fingers and he swings me around and I don't even fall off. It's alot of fun! He even built me a maze to run in. That was fun too. Sometimes we take naps together. I just curl up beside him and go to sleep. He likes to play video games and I like to watch or curl up in his lap and take a nap. One of my favorite things to do is go swimming in the bath tub. Erin fills it up and I jump in a have a blast. When I'm done, I have a nice fluffy, clean coat again.

I have to be real careful when the kittys are around. Juliannah says the cats want to eat me for dinner.(I can't imagine why!) Well I just stay near Erin and I know I am safe. Still, It might be fun if we could all play with each other. Maybe someday.

Some of the best times I have had are on lake trips with Erin. I went riding on the boat and swimming in the lake. I found rocks to climb on and enjoyed sitting on them and cleaning myself. One time there was alot of bees there. Everyone was worried that I would get stung. Well, one brave bee decided to fly into my cage. I reached up and smacked him down. No problem. No more bee. Since I am albino, my eyes are sensitive to bright light. Erin always keeps a towel over my cage during the day so the sun doesn't hurt my eyes. He always takes really good care of me. I truly am a "Lake Rat".

Everybody that comes to our house holds and plays with me except for Erin's Grandma. When she sees me she goes the other way. Gee wiz, I hope I didn't offend her. It's cool Grandma, I still like you.

Well, thanks for visiting me and be sure to check out my photos. I have some nice lake pictures there. Hope you will sign our pet's guestbook and come back anytime.

Juliannah was nice enough to make these graphics just for me, so please do not take them.

*note from Juliannah*

Unfortunately, last May Pokey passed away. He had been ill for awhile, but seem to be recovering. He was almost 2 years old which is pretty much the life span of a rat. We all miss him, especially Erin. We buried him in our backyard and planted a pine tree over him, which by the way was provided by Grandma. Pokey had some wonderful adventures and gave us wonderful memories. I am very proud of my son Erin, for being a caring and loving pet owner. I love you Erin!

IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR "POKEY"

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