A Kenyan Tiktoker who went viral after adopting a tiny rat and raising it as her own child, is in mourning following its death.
Talking to YouTuber Nicholas Kioko, Lady Kay who refers to herself as Mama Panyarito disclosed that she is devastated.
Lady Kay, who is an MKU student, noted that she saved Panyarito from a woman who was in the process of killing it.
From that moment she decided to adopt the rat as her own and take care of it henceforth and she alerted her fans that she was now a mother and went ahead to ask for name suggestions.
After spending five days with the three week old rat, she developed a strong bond but one day she found the rat dead.
According to her, the death of the rat devastated her since Panyarito was her firstborn.
“Earlier before leaving the house, I asked my neighbor to allow his cat Tom to play with Panyarito at home. On coming back I could not find Panyarito and for a moment I though Tom the cat had devoured my rat but normally he doesn’t eat raw meat. After a long search for over 10 hours, I found Panyarito who was no longer alive. I could not believe it cause I loved Panyarito deeply.”
She further shared her plans to cremate Panyarito’s body and keep the ashes since she can’t make a casket.
“I cannot just burry Panyarito on the ground like that, insects will be feeding on it and since I can’t get Panyarito a casket I will opt for the Indian way of cremating the body and keeping the ashes for remembrance and protection.”
