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Hanna wrote on 2014-10-30 04:41
Moved into a bigger home since she's more active
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Aubog007 wrote on 2014-10-30 06:14
i find rats to be... Very unpleasant. Same with other woodland creatures that come into our house during winter.
Our cat takes care of them though.
I honestly don't know how you can keep these as pets. Dunno whether to applaud you or what. Maybe im too tired to think clearly, but the first thing i think of when seeing a rat is get it away from me.
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Hanna wrote on 2014-10-30 21:27
Quote from Aubog007;1252526:
i find rats to be... Very unpleasant. Same with other woodland creatures that come into our house during winter.
Our cat takes care of them though.
I honestly don't know how you can keep these as pets. Dunno whether to applaud you or what. Maybe im too tired to think clearly, but the first thing i think of when seeing a rat is get it away from me.
They make great pets because they're extremely smart, social and affectionate and for this reason they're a pain in the ass to get rid of as pests. My dog brought her from the woods so her family wasn't near the house, I'm taking care of her until she's old enough to care for herself and then off she goes.
Anyway she's doing great but normally she'd be playing and grooming her siblings at this age and she's very lonely and squeaks when she's alone so I keep her in my sleeve where she starts bruxing
Video 1
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=537328166411139&id=100004018824104
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Darkboy132 wrote on 2014-10-30 21:57
Quote from Aubog007;1252526:
Our cat takes care of them though.
Take care or "take care"?
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Hanna wrote on 2014-10-30 22:01
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Take care or "take care"?
"Take care" theyre taking a dirt nap you know what I'm saying?
Anyway sexing it is pretty difficult I'm assuming it's female because I do not see even the tiniest ball sack
Thinking of naming her skeever
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Osayidan wrote on 2014-10-30 22:53
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"Take care" theyre taking a dirt nap you know what I'm saying?
Anyway sexing it is pretty difficult I'm assuming it's female because I do not see even the tiniest ball sack
Thinking of naming her skeever
Maybe it's a male Asian rat though.
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Yoorah wrote on 2014-10-30 23:36
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Maybe it's a male Asian rat though.
:shock2:
Poor asian males.
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Hanna wrote on 2014-11-02 16:19
Some things I found out:
- They do not pee and poop often, in fact the leave a trail of piss thing is totally false they have one bathroom area in their cage and hate going anywhere else. I've held her for hours at a time with no accidents but when I let her back in her cage she goes to her corner to do her business.
-They're extremely clean but of course if they're in dirty surroundings they can't stay clean. They are very vigorous about keeping themselves clean.
Oh and she also has been cleaning me
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=538544932956129&pnref=story
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Campylobacter jejuni wrote on 2014-11-02 17:10
My sister's rats peed all over my room when they were let out to play. It was only noticable on the covers of my classical German literature though. :( They don't pee much at once.
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Darkboy132 wrote on 2014-11-02 17:16
Just why do you have to let her go eventually? Why can't you keep her?
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Aubog007 wrote on 2014-11-03 07:10
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Just why do you have to let her go eventually? Why can't you keep her?
Possibly certain laws.
A POSSIBLE example would be society's view on rats, and if you have one person with rats in their home, it can cause land values to plummet.
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Campylobacter jejuni wrote on 2014-11-03 17:21
I think she just wants to release the rat back into the wild.
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Taycat wrote on 2014-11-03 17:51
yeah, she's just taking care of it until it's old enough
didn't hanna say that in her op
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Kingofrunes wrote on 2014-11-03 20:34
I mean it makes sense, it is a wild animal and wild animals shouldn't be kept in captivity just because people find them "cute". I mean if I was nursing a wild animal back to health, I would be sure to let it back into the wild to let nature take it's course from there.
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Hanna wrote on 2014-11-06 01:56
My sister unintentionally released her, however she grew over 3 inches in size and put on a few grams
It's going to be warm for about 5 days so that gives her plenty of time to find somewhere to live
The reason she needed to be let go:
-She's not a domestic rat which mean soon she will outgrow her cute and be more inclined to bite
-She's a wild rat that was yanked from her nest but she still belongs in the wild
-I'm moving across the country in less than a month and have no means to take her with
She can fully eat solid food and is very quick so she'll be fine