Rat lessons: rats will eat/chew anything!!!!!

although many are skeptical about this fact,
most rats will eat/chew anything!!!!! now see there?
i knew i could work the title into the dialogue!
anyway, here's an example:
I walked into my room to let the rats out.
as reading on my bed, i heard a chewing sound.
unsure of what the noise was, i crawled under the bed to see.
of course the culprit had run away at that point, but guess what i found instead?
no not a pile of raisins. that would be even worse. ( for people not familiar with the second use for the word, "raisins", it means rat feces. disgusting i know. ) anyway, i found a chewed
up lip balm tube with, (sit down now if you haven't already,) NO lip balm left!
yes that's right, THE RATS ATE IT ALL! and i mean ALL!
don't worry, the rats were fine, but here's the first lesson:
never leave anything lying around.