| my date had pet rats !
Posted: 2/23/2006 5:45:27 AM | When I was thirteen I brought home Ivan and Igor. Both full grown male Hooded Rats that a friend of mine no longer wanted. My mother was on the verge of freaking out..for about two minutes, until she realized how friendly they were. Next thing ya know Mom's doing the dishes with a rat perched on each of her shoulders. Then all of us kids wanted a rat. My one sister bought two females. Before long we were selling the babies for 50 cents each to the local pet shops.
Wild rats NEVER calm down in a cage, just as a wild wolf will not make a good pet.
I also had an eight and a half foot long Burmese Python named Bossy. She prefered eating rabbits over rats..Never met a woman who couldn't appreciate the beauty of such an animal. | |
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| my date had pet rats !
Posted: 2/23/2006 5:51:24 AM | She prefered eating rabbits over rats..Never met a woman who couldn't appreciate the beauty of such an animal.
oh ..... it eats bunnies
I say to you without hesitation that if I met a man who had a pet that he fed soft adorable live bunnies to I would be GONE in 60 seconds. I could even find the cage full of motown rats quirky in comparison. | |
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| my date had pet rats !
Posted: 2/23/2006 5:56:34 AM | hooded rats?
you trying to make us have nightmares?
I am picturing a 4 foot tall rat with a ski mask, big sharp yellow teeth and
a handgun now..... who can fly ! | |
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| my date had pet rats !
Posted: 2/23/2006 8:32:51 AM | I was completely freaked out about rats until my roommate came home with one. She was the most friendly little thing ever! But she wanted to play with my cat and he didn't want to play with her so I frequently saw the rat chasing the cat around the house. They're very social, quirky and fun little critters.
I would have to disagree with sewer rats, however, EW! And having an overabundance of the rodents would be a bad idea.  | |
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| my date had pet rats !
Posted: 2/23/2006 2:46:44 PM | The Hooded Rats are the cutest ones. They usually have a brown head, neck and shoulders followed by a white back and belly. They can also be solid in color. Than there's the Blue, Silver, Cinnamon and Hairless breeds. I'm sure there are more.
Remember, everything has to eat and rabbits are probably a number one meal for almost every predator out there, including the birds of prey.
BTW, I have seen thousands of rats in my day(know a couple of breeders) but can honestly say that you'll rarely ever see one bigger than a squirrel. Many people mistake Muskrats for the usual variety of rat, which I'm sure is why so many people think that a rat can be nearly the size of a cat. | |
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Posted: 2/23/2006 2:50:57 PM | Quote
here's a question for ya. To bring this into the context of dating again. If you met the woman of your dreams (whoever she is to you) and she was scared of snakes (or rats, whatever ... girls switch it to guys and the exotic pet of your desires) .... who would would you get rid of??
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If i met a women that had unconventional pets [lizards,rats etc],I would have no problem with it and would actually think it was kinda neat,with one exception ,if she raised Roaches and kissed them on the nose like most people do with their pets ,I would have to say we have no future.
I realize that Roaches are also Gods creatures ,but i have a hard time not getting discusted ,I also realize this is my hang up not the Roaches. | |
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| my date had pet rats !
Posted: 2/23/2006 3:40:35 PM | Remember, everything has to eat and rabbits are probably a number one meal for almost every predator out there, including the birds of prey.
 Ok so that's why predators should be left "out there". I swear I have a new first date screening question, along with asking if they know anything about string theory. I'm going to want to know if they've ever bought and fed live bunnies to a pet before.
Do all hot guys do this??? Why?? Why??
EDIT: Steel ... you don't feed your snake bunnies do you??
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Posted: 2/23/2006 3:56:53 PM | What I want to know is if any of these costumed,dancing MoTown rats, were having wardrobe malfunctions??  
Cindy O
Well behaved women seldom make history | |
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Posted: 2/23/2006 4:21:33 PM | EDIT: Steel ... you don't feed your snake bunnies do you??
No, he's only about 20 inches long, he eats little white mice. I do kiss him on the nose though 
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| my date had pet rats !
Posted: 2/23/2006 6:21:47 PM | ""She prefered eating rabbits over rats..Never met a woman who couldn't appreciate the beauty of such an animal."
oh ..... it eats bunnies
I say to you without hesitation that if I met a man who had a pet that he fed soft adorable live bunnies to I would be GONE in 60 seconds. I could even find the cage full of motown rats quirky in comparison. "
Ball Pythons are gorgeous, with more interesting patterns than a tabby cat. At a vetoffice I once worked at we had a client bring in a snake that was near death for being attacked by a feeder rat. The !@#$-ing owner put the rat in when the snake wasn't hungry. We had to euthanized the poor snake.
FYI Rabbits carry paturella bacteria which people can contract and they have almost no immune system to fight it. I would rather kiss the snake that a so called cuddly rabbit. | |
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Posted: 2/23/2006 6:35:18 PM | The !@#$-ing owner put the rat in when the snake wasn't hungry.
See I bet in the wild the python gets to decide when it's hungry. And the rats know when to run.
I would rather kiss the snake that a so called cuddly rabbit.
I'll be very honest with you. All animal jokes aside, and what makes a better pet and my pet can kick your pet's ass, and your pet has more germs than my pet and so on ...
I would rather kiss a man any day. | |
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Posted: 2/23/2006 7:01:58 PM | | I've got a story that yas probably won't believe! I had a Ball Python about ten or so years ago. He was a young little guy, just getting past the "pinkie" eating stage(I won't explain this but I'm sure other snake owners will know what I'm talking about)and was use to people. I kept him in an octogon tank in my bedroom. Well, one night I'm sitting on my bed and the dog runs into my room and straight over to the tank. Mr.Snake got really scared and threw up and played dead. I got the dog out of my room and simply let the snake be, figuring he'll be OK with a little peace and quiet. The next morning I woke up and saw the snake was no longer "playing" dead, he had died. I still wonder if he didn't have a heart attack...This is no BS story! | |
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Posted: 2/23/2006 7:06:20 PM | hell nothing wrong with that..
I had 2 pet rats.. salem and marshmellow.. a cat named magic.. a dog.. princess fiona.. 2 lizards mooshoo and godzilla.. a ferret binky.. and quite a number of betta fish..
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| my date had pet rats !
Posted: 2/17/2008 3:30:10 PM | | i used to breed and keep mice as pets and i guess this guys a bit weird to catch and keep them from the streets but other than that someone who has pet rats isnt weird and as for the python soo lucky i love snakes and maybe he is collecting the rats to feed to the snake as theyre better fresh lol | |
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| my date had pet rats !
Posted: 2/17/2008 4:09:05 PM | That is really disgusting!  And they are not pet store rats that would be clean. these are nasty rates with rabies and the dreaded T-virus! I think rats are disgusting as are msot rodents. Guinea pigs are kind of cute. But any mice or rats are dieseas e carrying vvermin. I ama cat/dog person. Why would someoen own rats and a snake cionsiderign snakes eat rats. Were the rats the food for the snake,. Oh no he ate little michael Eeee-HEEE! WhOOO! | |
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Posted: 2/17/2008 4:25:11 PM | | rats are cute...and smart....i have 3 hamsters and if anyone was freaked out by them theres a door lol...there my babies and no one comes between me and them...pets shouldn't bother you since you don't have to live there....some people like the rodent family...i do i think there all cute...and trust me there all smart too...my babies are trained and theres plenty of prof of it too.. | |
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| my date had pet rats !
Posted: 2/17/2008 4:25:33 PM |
200 of them in cages in his one bedroom apartment ?
Rats he traps and keeps for pets... names after Mowtown personalities?
50 cages piled on top of cages... beady eyed little critters, all hungry looking
If it was 1-5, I think I could handle it. That many is unhealthy. | |
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| my date had pet rats !
Posted: 2/17/2008 4:30:58 PM | | GIRL he needs therapy that is discusting and foul can we say DECON | |
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Posted: 2/17/2008 4:33:12 PM | | Anyone sticking up for this nutter must be a freak as well. This person took rats from the street and caged them!! Rats on the street carry hundreds of disease's and this guy should be investigated by the authorities. | |
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| my date had pet rats !
Posted: 2/17/2008 6:24:29 PM | | Did you ever see the "Raymond" episode where the woman ate the fly and turned out to have tons of frogs? Reminds me of that...I would not be able to handle that either! | |
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| my date had pet rats !
Posted: 2/17/2008 6:33:51 PM | Hey now. I have a pet rat. ...or I should say a rat lives at my house - he's hardly a pet, he's more of a room mate.
Picture in profile.
He rocks. | |
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| my date had pet rats !
Posted: 2/18/2008 12:35:03 AM | My highschool home room was in a biology lab. My friends and I looked after the rats. We named our favourites after Dallas characters.
One of my friends had a pet rat called Einstein. He had free run of his bedroom. Einstein used to sit on the nightstand at look down at the turntable when a record was playing. Eventually he would jump onto the turntable, as he went round on the record he would hit the arm of the player which would scratch across the record leaving Eintein happily riding in circles.
When my daughters were at the small pet stage, I suggested rats. Much more sociable than many other small animals. We also have a snake - 5ft California King, had him since he was a baby.
Pet snakes should be fed dead feeder mice (or what ever it is they eat). Snakes in the wild will eat dead food if they find it. Feeding live mice or rats can result in damage to the snake. Mice and rats don't want to be eaten and have defenses = teeth and claws. The post earlier about a snake needing to be put down due to damage from a feeder rat is testimony to the dangers of live food. Some snakes are really picky and will only eat live food if that is how they have always recieved their food, but if at all possible - to protect the snake - life food should be avoided. Wild mice/rats should not be fed to snakes due to the risk of disease.
Python's are constrictors, not poisonous. | |
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| my date had pet rats !
Posted: 2/18/2008 12:39:45 AM | This is really improbable
these are nasty rates with rabies .
Rats with rabies are very rare....however almost 100% of wild rats have fleas. | |
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| my date had pet rats !
Posted: 2/18/2008 1:09:14 AM | | I have a pet rat, she's silver and while and I named her Acacia. She's real pretty and friendly.. | |
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