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Variety: Champagne hooded buck (top-earred)

Date of birth: Jan 2005

Date came to live with us: March 2005

Date of Death: May 12th 2007

Cause of Death: Myco and various old age complaints (pts)

Nicknames: Mr Casual

Lived with: Hobbes, Baldrick, Snaggle, Derfel, Merlin, Riff, Cobway, Toga, Dobby, Pocket, Piglet, Mumble

Best friends: No one in particular

Name came from: The plant and the sweetie – a sweet name for a sweet rat

Temperament: Quiet, nervous, “background rat” personality, cowardly, a bit stupid – hysterical and insane while top rat

Fun fact: Mallow was temporarily the top rat.  He was rubbish.  We think that, if he’d been human, he would have been shot by his own troops.