▲老鼠竟然能成為小貓咪的保母兼玩伴。（圖／翻攝自Brooklyn Cat Cafe）
寵物小組／綜合報導
貓咪和老鼠在許多故事中都是「死對頭」，很難想像有「老鼠照顧貓咪」的一天。美國紐約一間貓咪咖啡廳就有2隻「老鼠保母」瑞米(Remy)和艾蜜莉(Emilie)，牠們負責8周以下的小貓咪，直到小貓咪夠大了能夠送養。在鼠鼠的陪伴下，這些小貓咪不把牠們當獵物，而是成為好朋友。
紐約「布魯克林貓咖啡(Brooklyn Cat Cafe)」由一個動物福利機構經營，而瑞米和艾蜜莉就是「鼠鼠保母」，牠們今年4月時被從一個專門救援小動物的機構領養，其中瑞米是棕色的，而艾蜜莉是灰色的。根據《The Dodo》，貓咖啡的經理拉文(Anne Levin)表示，2隻老鼠喜歡爬來爬去、玩、親親還喜歡摸摸，「每次抓艾蜜莉的肚肚，牠都會發出像是在笑的聲音，超級可愛！」
Remy (grey/white) & Emile (brown) are two new, young rats who are joining the kittens in the terrarium. These boys are so active and playful and they love to share snacks with the kittens. They love vegetables and head scratches. Although rats and cats have adversarial relationships outside the terrarium – inside the kittens are the perfect size to have supervised romp and play sessions with the kittens. Because the rats are not scared of the kittens, they don’t run away and the cats don’t hunt them. However, the kittens are convinced that the rat tails are there primarily for them to play with. Remy and Emile are ok with that so long as the kittens play gently with their tails. These boys were rescued and lovingly raised by HALT. Helping All Little Things is a small animal rescue serving New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. It is run by is run by Danielle Challender, Jimmy Clark and Ericka Chadbourne, who have decided to open their homes and hearts to neglected, abused and unwanted small animals. Working in conjunction with foster homes, shelters and other rescues, they find permanent loving homes for animals such as guinea pigs, chinchillas and hamsters. If you are looking to adopt a small animal we recommend you check out the wonderful small mammals that they have who are looking for homes! Watch Remy, Emile, and the kittens on our Kitten Cam! CatCafebk.com/kitten-cam . . #catcafebk #adoptdontshop #HALT #ratrescue #catsandrats #kittencam #BBAWC
由 Brooklyn Cat Cafe 貼上了 2017年5月11日
或許是跟著貓咪一起長大，瑞米和艾蜜莉完全不怕小貓咪，還會一起睡覺，甚至會幫小貓咪理毛，表示牠們和小貓咪之間是「真友誼」，完全不會敵對，而且即使小貓咪跟成年老鼠已經一樣大，但瑞米和艾蜜莉還是知道小貓是寶寶，對牠們相當溫柔。除此之外，瑞米和艾蜜莉長長的尾巴總是逗的小貓咪好忙，而無論被寶寶們怎麼抓、玩，稱職的鼠保母也不生氣。
Happy #Caturday! Emile is grooming two of our (many) bottle babies. We are open from 11 am to 7:30 pm today, and we're Adults Only after 5:30 pm. CatCafeBK.com
由 Brooklyn Cat Cafe 貼上了 2017年7月8日
目前瑞米和艾蜜莉已經照顧過15隻小貓寶寶，而目前跟牠們感情最好的是5個月大的喬(Jo)。喬和兄弟姊妹不同，牠除了吃和睡還很好動，耐不住無聊，所以總是跟鼠保母們玩找樂子。拉文表示，雖然鼠鼠和小貓相處融洽，但還是會有人24小時盯著，而且晚上睡覺時老鼠和貓咪會分開，「特別是哺乳中的母貓在的時候，一定會把鼠鼠分開，以免媽媽晚上突然想吃宵夜了。」
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