What do they do when they see a tortoise?

Stupid bleeding heart democRATS.

You can compare me to rats, but don't compare me to bankers.

It's funny cause it's true.

Johnathan, your wife has come at last. Perhaps now I can repay you for your kindness to me, yet Mrs. Brisby may serve the rats of NIMH more than we her. Jenner, I fear, could do her harm. He is consumed by a lust for power. Thus far the amulet has remained safely hidden, but if he finds it... Heaven help us.

I dunno, even farkers feel empathy for the unfortunate victims in an "ow, my balls" article.

I've had a few pet rats, and they were all awesome little guys. One of them used to like sitting on my shoulder while I was watching TV. He also pooped in a littler box that I kept in his cage.

Jake Havechek: Johnathan, your wife has come at last. Perhaps now I can repay you for your kindness to me, yet Mrs. Brisby may serve the rats of NIMH more than we her. Jenner, I fear, could do her harm. He is consumed by a lust for power. Thus far the amulet has remained safely hidden, but if he finds it... Heaven help us.

The owl scared the hell out of me when I was little. I look forward to terrorizing my own kids with it soon.

KangTheMad
I dunno, even farkers feel empathy for the unfortunate victims in an "ow, my balls" article.

And cats.

Hankie Fest: Knew this already.

Seriously, rats are awesome. Raturday?

Already knew this, too. Had pet rats as a kid. Raturday sounds spiffy.

PanicMan: You can compare me to rats, but don't compare me to bankers.

i lol'ed. +1 sir.

Don't wild rats live in a colony? Any social animal should exhibit some form of empathy.

KangTheMad: I dunno, even farkers feel empathy for the unfortunate victims in an "ow, my balls" article.

Yeah but we all laugh and point and cheer when a cop is killed. (Like yesterday's epic thread)

Tendentious fear of anthropomorphism has biased science.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.


/kidding

Leeds: KangTheMad: I dunno, even farkers feel empathy for the unfortunate victims in an "ow, my balls" article.

Yeah but we all laugh and point and cheer when a cop is killed. (Like yesterday's epic thread)

Well, that -was- virginia tech, where the average GPA is a .44

//too soon?

PanicMan: You can compare me to rats, but don't compare me to bankers.

this

people often act surprised when i recommend rats over hamsters, gerbils or even guinea pigs. simple fact is they are intelligent and social. the biggest negative to a pet rat is the short life span and the fact they poop constantly. rats enjoy play and make good pets, although you do need to have them in pairs.

although i have also fed rats to many many other living things. sadly for the rats they are a prey item and i am a herpetologist. however for rodents i can't recommend much else.

kd8our: people often act surprised when i recommend rats over hamsters, gerbils or even guinea pigs. simple fact is they are intelligent and social. the biggest negative to a pet rat is the short life span and the fact they poop constantly. rats enjoy play and make good pets, although you do need to have them in pairs.

although i have also fed rats to many many other living things. sadly for the rats they are a prey item and i am a herpetologist. however for rodents i can't recommend much else.

Should they be separate genders and not neutered?

I would be willing to share my cheese, so there go's your theory!!

Most strikingly of all, rats still prioritised their cage-mates when offered the option of ''freeing'' chocolate chips from a second restrainer tube.

That's a little hard to digest. We use rats for deadly and painful experimentation, while testing shows them to be morally superior to some, if not most, human beings.

kd8our: people often act surprised when i recommend rats over hamsters, gerbils or even guinea pigs. simple fact is they are intelligent and social. the biggest negative to a pet rat is the short life span and the fact they poop constantly. rats enjoy play and make good pets, although you do need to have them in pairs.

I have a pet hedgehog, I don't know if he's a rodent or not but as for small animals who live in cages they are pretty similar. They also poop constantly, but they do well without another hedgehog (actually you need separate cages for multiples but they can be together when supervised) Cats and most dogs will not mess with them, so they play well with traditional pets. They can be antisocial but most of them are pretty friendly little guys and even the crankiest of them doesn't have sharp enough teeth to break the skin.

Well, except for the Shamen rat, that one just spawned anvils on the other rats and took the chocolate.

I've seen this sort of behavior with Zebra finches. I had one a couple of them get out of a cage (both females). When I tried to grab one, a small, sort of sickly one, the other flew between us and went berserk. I couldn't believe this little creature being so brave.

Rats can also work as a team towards a common goal.

Trance750: KangTheMad: kd8our: people often act surprised when i recommend rats over hamsters, gerbils or even guinea pigs. simple fact is they are intelligent and social. the biggest negative to a pet rat is the short life span and the fact they poop constantly. rats enjoy play and make good pets, although you do need to have them in pairs.

although i have also fed rats to many many other living things. sadly for the rats they are a prey item and i am a herpetologist. however for rodents i can't recommend much else.

Should they be separate genders and not neutered?

Unless you want 2 rats to turn into 20, yes.

So what you are saying here is that rats reproduce asexually, unless with a member of an opposite gender, in which case rats do not reproduce.

Fano: What do they do when they see a tortoise?

What's a tortoise?

MemeSlave: Fano: What do they do when they see a tortoise?

What's a tortoise?

You know what a turtle is?

I really don't give a rat's o-ring about this issue.

Jake Havechek: Rats can also work as a team towards a common goal.


Like thinning the human population, maybe? (new window)

Amos Quito: Jake Havechek: Rats can also work as a team towards a common goal.
Like thinning the human population, maybe? (new window)

Technically it was the fleas on the rats not the rats.

Put me in the group that thinks rats are good pets. Way more intelligent than gerbils and hamsters. But you got to give them your time. Take them out of the cage daily. You won't be disappointed.

Amos Quito: Jake Havechek: Rats can also work as a team towards a common goal.


Like thinning the human population, maybe? (new window)

No Black Death = no Renaissance

Jake Havechek: Amos Quito: Jake Havechek: Rats can also work as a team towards a common goal.


Like thinning the human population, maybe? (new window)

No Black Death = no Renaissance


As usual, it all worked out for the best. :-)

I would also like to express my support for the pro rat movement. "b-but their tails eww" grow up.

Hope this isn't Fark inappropriate. .

kd8our: people often act surprised when i recommend rats over hamsters, gerbils or even guinea pigs. simple fact is they are intelligent and social. the biggest negative to a pet rat is the short life span and the fact they poop constantly. rats enjoy play and make good pets, although you do need to have them in pairs.

although i have also fed rats to many many other living things. sadly for the rats they are a prey item and i am a herpetologist. however for rodents i can't recommend much else.

They don't crap constantly. Mine don't, at least. The young ones are a bit incontinent, but by year one they learn to crap in a corner of their cage, on their own, without any training on my part. By then, you can bring them out to play with party goes and be reasonably sure they wont be a problem, and they'll wait to get back to the cage to let loose.

Farkers have empathy for their cats

Honestly, that's an interesting article but anyone who's spent a few years around rats could have told you the result.

/hot

Hankie Fest: [ratsforsale.org image 450x353]

Knew this already.

Seriously, rats are awesome. Raturday?

Raturday! :D

After keeping rats for the last eight years, the last of my rattie boys passed away a couple months ago (Just couldn't afford to keep them anymore, and their 2-3 year lifespans were just too heartbreaking). It wasn't until recently that I break the habit of breaking off little bites of whatever I was snacking on to give them. Rats. Coolest animals ever.

I miss my boys so much.

Trance750: Great Porn Dragon: Hankie Fest: [ratsforsale.org image 450x353]

Knew this already.

Seriously, rats are awesome. Raturday?

Raturday! :D

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That's just adorable

Ratties are adorable. Smart, too. (Yes, you can housebreak them/litterbox train them, and they are roughly as intelligent as a dog--without the yipiness.)

Moar rats with teddies (or more properly, an Internet-famous rat with teddy-bear, a piccie I've not seen before):

And now that teddy is safely in stroller, it's time for Ratty to take Teddy to the tea party:



(Have I mentioned I am an utter, complete sucker for rat/teeny-tiny-teddy-bear pics? :D)

Trance750:
The one in the 2cd picture looks like my sweet little Spirit. She is such a mess and handful and loves to get into everything.

I had rats for years and still obsess over rats but now I live were animals aren't permitted. I probably have wild rats living near by (almost everyone does) but I'm not allowed to have any as pets; I miss them pretty badly. *sigh*