That was very touching. It made me choke up I just lost a pet a little over a week ago. The same day I found out my grandfather has stage three cancer my beloved Sprinkles (Rat) suddenly became very ill and I had to take her to the emergency vet to be put down.
You may or may not feel rats count as pets or you may not even like them, but she was a friend and my little shoulder rider. She was an affectionate good pet.