猫咖啡厅聘「2老鼠」当保母！　帮忙理毛尾巴当逗猫棒

▲老鼠竟然能成为小猫咪的保母兼玩伴。（图／翻摄自Brooklyn Cat Cafe）

宠物小组／综合报导

猫咪和老鼠在许多故事中都是「死对头」，很难想像有「老鼠照顾猫咪」的一天。美国纽约一间猫咪咖啡厅就有2只「老鼠保母」瑞米(Remy)和艾蜜莉(Emilie)，牠们负责8周以下的小猫咪，直到小猫咪够大了能够送养。在鼠鼠的陪伴下，这些小猫咪不把牠们当猎物，而是成为好朋友。

纽约「布鲁克林猫咖啡(Brooklyn Cat Cafe)」由一个动物福利机构经营，而瑞米和艾蜜莉就是「鼠鼠保母」，牠们今年4月时被从一个专门救援小动物的机构领养，其中瑞米是棕色的，而艾蜜莉是灰色的。根据《The Dodo》，猫咖啡的经理拉文(Anne Levin)表示，2只老鼠喜欢爬来爬去、玩、亲亲还喜欢摸摸，「每次抓艾蜜莉的肚肚，牠都会发出像是在笑的声音，超级可爱！」

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

或许是跟着猫咪一起长大，瑞米和艾蜜莉完全不怕小猫咪，还会一起睡觉，甚至会帮小猫咪理毛，表示牠们和小猫咪之间是「真友谊」，完全不会敌对，而且即使小猫咪跟成年老鼠已经一样大，但瑞米和艾蜜莉还是知道小猫是宝宝，对牠们相当温柔。除此之外，瑞米和艾蜜莉长长的尾巴总是逗的小猫咪好忙，而无论被宝宝们怎么抓、玩，称职的鼠保母也不生气。

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

目前瑞米和艾蜜莉已经照顾过15只小猫宝宝，而目前跟牠们感情最好的是5个月大的乔(Jo)。乔和兄弟姊妹不同，牠除了吃和睡还很好动，耐不住无聊，所以总是跟鼠保母们玩找乐子。拉文表示，虽然鼠鼠和小猫相处融洽，但还是会有人24小时盯着，而且晚上睡觉时老鼠和猫咪会分开，「特别是哺乳中的母猫在的时候，一定会把鼠鼠分开，以免妈妈晚上突然想吃宵夜了。」

Brooklyn Cat Cafe （@catcafebk）分享的贴文 于 2017 年 7月 月 22 6:43上午 PDT 张贴