Stella's looking very cute in this photo, probably because she's preoccupied with drinking rather than escaping from her cage and mayhem-ming. (No, it's not a word, I just made it up.) I don't see her much as she's usually buried deep in her nest of papers and fast asleep; I've only seen her eat a couple of times. By all accounts (especially Socar's journal entries), Stella is ornery, which is something to be expected of exotic pets, I suppose. She doesn't really look anything like a domesticated rat -- not only is she much larger, but with those large ears and furry body, she's less rat and more... jeez, like a gopher or something. Then there's her squealing! In this entry there's an MP3 of her protestations. She sounds like a herd of squeaky toys!
I shot a video back in April of Stella shuffling off with some food, and I'll include it here so you can get an idea of her size:
Stella.avi (6.9MB, 47 secs)
