i has got me some rats!
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BOLLOX! Big boy rat ones. 
The Groke
hot hail/Paging Dr. Beat
Oh!
I just remembered!
We did have rats once!
Pie and Brie.
One of them, Pie (or maybe it was Brie) had a bit of a freakdown, started breakdancing on his head, and then his eye burst and he went dead.
The other one just went dead without the breakdancing/eye burst combo.
They were Ok like, but not a patch on cats as pets.
I just remembered!
We did have rats once!
Pie and Brie.
One of them, Pie (or maybe it was Brie) had a bit of a freakdown, started breakdancing on his head, and then his eye burst and he went dead.
The other one just went dead without the breakdancing/eye burst combo.
They were Ok like, but not a patch on cats as pets.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
My friend got a nasty bite from her pet rat after he went a bit mental, but she thinks it was probably her fault for feeding him leftover kebab meat.
Agent Sparrow
AGENT TRAITOR; fools 8 year olds
Aw, please post pictures when you have them! I was looking into getting rats earlier this year, and most people recommended lady rats too.
Hmmm, 7 months later and me and Crispy are still ratless! Jeez, collectively we couldn't organise a piss up in a pub!
Edit: sorry, just saw your post about raturday not happening.
Hmmm, 7 months later and me and Crispy are still ratless! Jeez, collectively we couldn't organise a piss up in a pub!
Edit: sorry, just saw your post about raturday not happening.
Agent Sparrow
AGENT TRAITOR; fools 8 year olds
Hmmmm, I may be able to use this advice! As one of the main reasons I don't have a kitten is that my beloved refuses point blank at the moment, it would be a pretty good solution!Swarfega said:
ymu
Niall Ferguson's deep-cover sock-puppet
I missed this thread before due to the smoking ban. Grrrr. 
Are you still gonna get some ratties?
Girls are less smelly and more adventurous - boys are more likely to just fall asleep in your lap. I had more fun when I had girls - they'll also accept new ones more easily than boys, but my boys were always really good with new babies anyway so it's not necessarily a concern. (You shouldn't keep rats on their own, so if you start keeping them you will probably find that you need to introduce a new companion when one of a pair dies).
Baby rats from a good breeder will not be scared when you pick them up. If they are nervous or try to jump off you they haven't been handled enough and may never get over it. You don't want baby rats that are too nervous to let you pick them up - it takes a lot of patience to coax them out and they'll probably never learn to relax properly around people. You want rats that won't let you do anything without clambering all over you - my girls were jealous of my computer, my tea, the washing-up ... never left me in peace when they were out.
Anyways - hope you find some good uns. They're fabulous pets.
Are you still gonna get some ratties?
Girls are less smelly and more adventurous - boys are more likely to just fall asleep in your lap. I had more fun when I had girls - they'll also accept new ones more easily than boys, but my boys were always really good with new babies anyway so it's not necessarily a concern. (You shouldn't keep rats on their own, so if you start keeping them you will probably find that you need to introduce a new companion when one of a pair dies).
Baby rats from a good breeder will not be scared when you pick them up. If they are nervous or try to jump off you they haven't been handled enough and may never get over it. You don't want baby rats that are too nervous to let you pick them up - it takes a lot of patience to coax them out and they'll probably never learn to relax properly around people. You want rats that won't let you do anything without clambering all over you - my girls were jealous of my computer, my tea, the washing-up ... never left me in peace when they were out.
Anyways - hope you find some good uns. They're fabulous pets.
Agent Sparrow
AGENT TRAITOR; fools 8 year olds
Just a random fact here - Siberian hamsters apparently show the more behavioural signs of human depression when they are separated from their pair bond. In fact they use that to test anti-depressant medication.cyberfairy said:
Agent Sparrow
AGENT TRAITOR; fools 8 year olds
Hang on, lets see if it works first! I'll give you your quid if I can persuade him to get into the cage!Swarfega said:That'll be a quid then please.
Agent Sparrow
AGENT TRAITOR; fools 8 year olds
I'll lure him in with some star wars lego as bait.
pembrokestephen
New Member
Siberian? Are they the tiny dwarf ones?Agent Sparrow said:Just a random fact here - Siberian hamsters apparently show the more behavioural signs of human depression when they are separated from their pair bond. In fact they use that to test anti-depressant medication.
Cos don't Syrian ones bite their lovers if they hang around too long...
Maggot
The Cake of Liberty
Oh Rats!tufty79 said:RUBBISH!
RATURDAY!!1!! IS OFF!
tried to call the guy yesterday as agreed to sort out collecting, and left a message... didn't hear back... tried again today.. left another message... sent an email...
AND THEY'VE ALL GONE!
i'm all caged up and no rats to go
Why did the guy offer you some and then give them to someone else?
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