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cookiepuss
10-05-2006, 05:29 PM
who here has had or has a pet rat?(y)

I've had three rats and i loved em all. they have alot of personality and are really sweet. I don't think I can manage to keep one now that I have a cat who hunts mice, but if I could I'd still own rats.

lots of people don't like rats though. and most comonly I heard people say that they are grossed out by thier tails. I theorize that if rats had furry tails like squirls or gerbils they'd be loved. but they are persecuted for thier nakid tails...oh and I don't think they ever recovered from that whole black death rap they got...but that was a fault of fleas not rats!

um yeah. so I like rats.
The Notorious LOL
10-05-2006, 05:31 PM
I like rodents but i draw the line at rats. I find them revolting.
paul jones
10-05-2006, 05:36 PM
a friend of mine in New York has a pet rat
hpdrifter
10-05-2006, 05:46 PM
We have them at the shelter all the time and I think they're a great pet. I am fostering one right now. They are smart and they bond with their owners. The drawbacks really are they can be messy so you have to keep their cage clean, and they chew on stuff so you have to be careful what you put next to their cage (R.I.P. Volcom jacket). They don't have a very long lifespan (2-4 years) so that can be a good thing and a bad thing. Less commitment, but also less time to spend with your pet.

My rat is called Oven Mitt. Because she came to the shelter sleeping in an oven mitt.
cookiepuss
10-05-2006, 05:57 PM
We have them at the shelter all the time and I think they're a great pet. I am fostering one right now. They are smart and they bond with their owners. The drawbacks really are they can be messy so you have to keep their cage clean, and they chew on stuff so you have to be careful what you put next to their cage (R.I.P. Volcom jacket). They don't have a very long lifespan (2-4 years) so that can be a good thing and a bad thing. Less commitment, but also less time to spend with your pet.

My rat is called Oven Mitt. Because she came to the shelter sleeping in an oven mitt.

awe i want you to send her to me!

oh the chewing thing oh yes. right before my trip to iceland years ago I bought a super cute torque and I left it right next to Mushika's cage. and Little Mu saw that and through OMG what excellent nest material! so he pulled it into his cage and chewed a hole in it. and i basically had to make the hat in to a purse because it couldn't be a hat anymore. He also destoyed the hood of my wool dragon coat, but again my fault for leaving it near him. I use to let him run freely in the house alot too...until he started chewing a tunnel through the middle of the foam futon matress.

ah but rats are so much fun! I use to love answering my door on halloween with my rat on my shoulder. the kids get a kick out of it.
Guy Incognito
10-05-2006, 05:57 PM
Michael Jackson had a pet rat - that's what "Ben" is about. That's all i know about pet rats
cookiepuss
10-05-2006, 05:59 PM
Michael Jackson had a pet rat - that's what "Ben" is about. That's all i know about pet rats


I thought Ben was written for the movie of the same name about a demonic rat. but maybe michael had one as a pet too. me don't know.
Guy Incognito
10-05-2006, 06:02 PM
I thought Ben was written for the movie of the same name about a demonic rat. but maybe michael had one as a pet too. me don't know.

Didnt even know there was such a movie although i reckon he was only young when he wrote it and his record co prolly wouldnt have wanted him associated with that movie at that time, i dunno.
cookiepuss
10-05-2006, 06:05 PM
Didnt even know there was such a movie although i reckon he was only young when he wrote it and his record co prolly wouldnt have wanted him associated with that movie at that time, i dunno.

na... he wrote it for the movie, pretty damn sure of it. you gotta see the movie actually. so much cheesy goodness.

they remade it actually with Crispin Glover. thought that one sucked quite a bit. and I don't think it was called Ben.
Guy Incognito
10-05-2006, 06:12 PM
na... he wrote it for the movie, pretty damn sure of it. you gotta see the movie actually. so much cheesy goodness.

they remade it actually with Crispin Glover. thought that one sucked quite a bit. and I don't think it was called Ben.

Just looked it up and it came out 1972 so yeah you were right and yet again I look stupid.:o
cookiepuss
10-05-2006, 06:13 PM
Just looked it up and it came out 1972 so yeah you were right and yet again I look stupid.:o

no no no. not every one can be up on thier rat cinema. ;)
ampm
10-05-2006, 06:51 PM
I heard Padster has a nice collection of gerbils.
Lyman Zerga
10-05-2006, 07:15 PM
rats are cute but i wouldnt want one cause they are too small and fast for me and they dont live very long
Dorothy Wood
10-06-2006, 12:56 AM
I like rats, but they're dirty and make me scream out loud when I see one on the street. except the other day when I saw a baby rat dying from poison in the alley and I burst into tears. :o
Guy Incognito
10-06-2006, 12:43 PM
no no no. not every one can be up on thier rat cinema. ;)


It was bugging me if Jacko did have a pet rat as well but I couldnt find that out but I did find out that the film is a sequel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_%28song%29
cookiepuss
10-06-2006, 01:11 PM
It was bugging me if Jacko did have a pet rat as well but I couldnt find that out but I did find out that the film is a sequel.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_%28song%29

oh yeah the prequel is the one they remade with Crispin Glover. "Willard".
Lex Diamonds
10-09-2006, 02:12 PM
I heard Padster has a nice collection of gerbils.
Leave me out of this, butt-rodent.
Dr Deaf
10-09-2006, 02:16 PM
rats get a toofbrush in the fucking neck.
cosmo105
10-09-2006, 04:22 PM
one of my old professors/close friends kept a bunch of pet rats. they were all super sweet. wild rats, not so much.
chrisd
10-09-2006, 04:24 PM
if i had a rat, i'd dress im in green mat and teach him to teach turtles to fight with bat, WUAAATAAA!
thegoodmrbrodie!
10-09-2006, 05:08 PM
i once met a pretty german girl who had a rat. her sister, also pretty and german, also had a rat. the rats seemed pleasant, but i preferred the girls.
backwoods
10-09-2006, 05:10 PM
rats are incredibly awesome, unless they are with disease. I'm not into diseased rats so much.
cookiepuss
10-09-2006, 05:40 PM
I miss the way thier fat little bellies feel when they squirm around in you hand! and when they climb on the back of your neck and try to hide in your hair! awe and some times my rats would lick my cheek, cause they loved me. little rattykins, how I miss theee!:o