Comments on Re: What the Hell Is a “Fancy Rat”?

what's a piss log?

There's nothing wrong with rats.

They are just successful adapters.

Pls. stop the stereotyping, it is unseemly.

And you're probably humiliating them, just like when the bears are forced to dance in a circus, in public yet.

**PUURRRR!!** Yummy that looks really tasty! MEOW!!!

@2, no one wants to see bears dance in public but they still do it at the Cuff every weekend....

Aw, it's gonna look so *cute* biting your face off!

Correction: ferrets feel like drunken socks and smell like piss logs, but I'm willing to blame the pee smell on the stupid stereotypical ICP-listening, bong-hitting, suburban white guy who names his ferrets Brad Nowell and Captain Green. If the boxes are changed regularly, they don't smell that bad. Unfortunately, those assclowns only change ferret litter boxes on a biennial basis.

I actually had a rat, but he wasn't cute or cuddly since he'd been born a feeder rat. Once I got him to trust me he was the best pet I ever had. Rats are very affectionate, intelligent, and clean--they just get a bad reputation.

@3: Cats and pet rats usually get along.

@5: What you're looking at is the equivalent of a puppy. It is never going to bite your face off. Unless you leave it in a dark box and beat it.

gee, aren't rats cute when they eat all your food & poop everywhere?

cats are pets for a reason.

Yes, "some rats are pretty darn cute"--"cute" like a pit bull puppy!

I *heart* ferrets. It's nearly impossible to be depressed in a house infested with carpet sharks. Pissed off, irritated beyond belief, yeah, but you'll never be bored and depressed with ferrets around.

I have a friend who's seriously involved in the rat fancy; she has about 100 of them, along with several cats. None of the cats try to make snacks of the rats; they grew up with them and don't seem to regard them as prey. The rats are pretty good little pets, but they piss on you when you hold them, which I personally find distasteful. Also, I can't deal with how short their lifespans are; I'm a basket case every time one of my pets dies.

If you love little furry rodent-ish animals, you should consider Guinea Pigs. If raised properly, they do NOT piss on you, or anywhere except their 'safe zones', which you can put around the house. With newspaper lining, or whatever. Totally responsive & loving, they get a bad reputation from most of the other little furry creatures. Rats are cool, but rat-cages smell terrible. Not a prob. with Guinea Pigs.

@9 Rats poop in their litter.

Female rats smell like grape juice.