Rats at Hogwarts (was Cedric and Pettigrew)

[Jo Hill]

No: HPFGUIDX 91906

Carol wrote:
> And he would have made the exception twice, once 
> for Percy as a first-year (he would have acquired 
> Scabbers when he was about five) and again for Ron 
> as a first-year (Percy gave Scabbers to Ron after 
> he was rewarded for becoming a prefect by being 
> given his own owl, Hermes).
 
Hi, it just occurred to me, why didn't Dumbledore twig that Scabbers was getting on a bit, it must have been nine years old! Was he a magic rat- I think that this is a definitive no based on something in PS (sorry haven't got a copy to hand). Maybe a zimmer-ratus charm? Probably nothing but superfluous ponderings but it is rather strange...

Jo