Thanks to my GF/caregiver I am now the proud owner of a
I'm now the proud owner of a white, long -haired ,domestic RAT!!!!!!! Our last pet, Cat, died two days before my Dx (Rambo, our Dobie ,went the year before) and I kept putting off another pet so while out shopping today, girlfriend returned with Bella......,
Appreciate any suggestions if anyone-or your kids or grandkids--has ever had one,-- how do you care for a white,long-haired domestic rat? I'll try to look up what I can on internet....
i never expected this!!!!!! ........A Man,His Bag and His Rat........
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"how do you care for a white, long-haired domestic rat?"
VERY carefully I would imagine!
I don't think you'd feed them snakes, they are on opposing sides of the food chain.
Check online, with all of the testing they do on rats, they probably like cigarettes and beer!
They are quite smart and make good pets I've heard.
Glad you got a Long-haired Hippie Rat!
-phil0 -
Was your concluding sentence addressed to me or the rodent?PhillieG said:"how do you care for a white, long-haired domestic rat?"
VERY carefully I would imagine!
I don't think you'd feed them snakes, they are on opposing sides of the food chain.
Check online, with all of the testing they do on rats, they probably like cigarettes and beer!
They are quite smart and make good pets I've heard.
Glad you got a Long-haired Hippie Rat!
-phil
When I first met GF, she had several snakes, including a boa and a python, Marc and Anthony; little rats,mice,grasshoppers,etc were their prey.........She had an iguana or two,several cats and finally just the Doberman......i've had three cats in my life......Never thought i 'd have a rat but she's getting used to us
Actually, her droppings look similar to what my stoma at-times produces so we have something in common.......
Im glad you got a laugh Pepe and since I don't think i can deal with the pain of losing another cat at this stage/conditon in my life, I'm satisfied, as of these frst few hours, with the rat....Now if she grows to 95 pounds like the Doberman was-----0 -
Yuck
Had to laugh when you said the rat's name was Bella, that was the name I'd given to my stoma
Don't think a rat would be my first choice - or last for that matter.
Kim0 -
I never named mine, my stoma, that is; instead, I gave it aAnnabelle41415 said:Yuck
Had to laugh when you said the rat's name was Bella, that was the name I'd given to my stoma Don't think a rat would be my first choice - or last for that matter.
Kim
mouthful:" A permanently rerouted internal solid waste disposal system with an external,replaceable,removeable storage recepticle attachment, to be emptied upon fulfillment",or something to that effect....0 -
what can I say???/coloCan said:I never named mine, my stoma, that is; instead, I gave it a
mouthful:" A permanently rerouted internal solid waste disposal system with an external,replaceable,removeable storage recepticle attachment, to be emptied upon fulfillment",or something to that effect....
goodness what can I say?????
you are just one lucky man/////
hahamags0 -
RATS!!!maglets said:what can I say???/
goodness what can I say?????
you are just one lucky man/////
hahamags
My kids had hamsters when they were younger, but never a rat. One retarded one stepped off the wheel and bashed it's brains out. Just remember not to squeeze it too hard. A neighbor's child finished that one off for us.
Watching crazy redneck videos last night, a ditzy woman had a pet BAT and kept it in her bra for warmth. YUK!!
Good luck with your new pet.
Wolfen0 -
Sprinkles for ice creamwolfen said:RATS!!!
My kids had hamsters when they were younger, but never a rat. One retarded one stepped off the wheel and bashed it's brains out. Just remember not to squeeze it too hard. A neighbor's child finished that one off for us.
Watching crazy redneck videos last night, a ditzy woman had a pet BAT and kept it in her bra for warmth. YUK!!
Good luck with your new pet.
Wolfen
That's what you get when you squeeze them too hard!0 -
I am picturing you with your new friend....
....and smiling!
I actually wanted a ferret at one point, and then found out California doesn't allow them...so I settled for a string of hampsters for my daughters. The only trouble with them was their short lifespan...but they were all loved desperately while they were with us!
"Ben, you're just what I was looking for" (in my best squeeky voice).
Hugs, Kathi0 -
just don't buy a cat now
hugs,
pete
ps is it available to try any supplements, does it like chinese tea.0 -
Starting to read some on albino rats and you're right Kathi,pete43lost_at_sea said:just don't buy a cat now
hugs,
pete
ps is it available to try any supplements, does it like chinese tea.
they don't live too long and GF wanted the biggest ,which was probably the eldest, so......whatever time she has with us, the rat, that is, she'll be well taken care of.....(as long as I know where she is undrr the blanket on my bed so i don't squash her.....We keep her in a real old carrying box I'd used for my cats, lining the bottom of it with old, soft shirts she hides under....And Pete, supposedly you can feed her some banana and avocado ,two foods good for us that I actually enjoy eating (unlike fish, mango, papaya,mushrooms which i dislike)0 -
taste nastycoloCan said:Starting to read some on albino rats and you're right Kathi,
they don't live too long and GF wanted the biggest ,which was probably the eldest, so......whatever time she has with us, the rat, that is, she'll be well taken care of.....(as long as I know where she is undrr the blanket on my bed so i don't squash her.....We keep her in a real old carrying box I'd used for my cats, lining the bottom of it with old, soft shirts she hides under....And Pete, supposedly you can feed her some banana and avocado ,two foods good for us that I actually enjoy eating (unlike fish, mango, papaya,mushrooms which i dislike)
Doesn't it suck that the best things for us seem to taste the nastiest??? Mushrooms....yuck!0 -
Rat's make great companions, but...
There was a period in my life when i had several rats. Worked in a bio lab where there was a mascot rat that i inherited when the biology head went overseas, and she decided she didn't want him anymore, and another rat from the bio lab that someone hit over the head with a hammer before being fed to the other mascot; a rosy boa! That poor rat not only survived the hammer to the head, but a night in the freezer! Had to take him home!
They were terribly affectionate little boogers. Always wanting to be held, and would run from one of my arms to the other via the back of my shoulders. I loved them so much, i got three more. Little did i realize, they don't live very long, and are prone to tumors. It was painful watching them die after only three or four years. I've heard that some of the more hybrid rats can live up to nine years or more, so maybe yours is one of those? I've never heard of a long-haired rat.
Good luck with her!
Krista0 -
I'm trying to learn some more via internet and she appears to bekristasplace said:Rat's make great companions, but...
There was a period in my life when i had several rats. Worked in a bio lab where there was a mascot rat that i inherited when the biology head went overseas, and she decided she didn't want him anymore, and another rat from the bio lab that someone hit over the head with a hammer before being fed to the other mascot; a rosy boa! That poor rat not only survived the hammer to the head, but a night in the freezer! Had to take him home!
They were terribly affectionate little boogers. Always wanting to be held, and would run from one of my arms to the other via the back of my shoulders. I loved them so much, i got three more. Little did i realize, they don't live very long, and are prone to tumors. It was painful watching them die after only three or four years. I've heard that some of the more hybrid rats can live up to nine years or more, so maybe yours is one of those? I've never heard of a long-haired rat.
Good luck with her!
Krista
a pink-eyed albino....Never nkew about potential for tumors...Had her sitting in my lap for awhile earlier........don't know whether it was the Depends i was wearing at the time or the hanging bag nearby that entralled her........Speaking of which......i was always friendly with dogs but it seems having a bag under your shirt can be interesting when a big/tall enough canine walks by. i'm starting to wonder if its me they sometimes go crazy over or the
bag under my shirt.......0 -
Being that i probably wouldn't be here w/o the care of my GFtootsie1 said:Yikes!
More power to you. I have NO desire to have a rat!
*hugs*
Gail
(could NOT take care of myself at all, for some time)i can't really deny her anything and as I said we;d get a pet after Tx and never did, we now have a furry rat......As long as she, the rat, that is, leaves my bag alone, we;ll get along fine.....Next time we got to AC for a few days, we'll take her with us (Showboat now allows people to bring small dogs, but not cats-they'll never know about the rat (unless she runs out of the room-but that won't be till next month) Still need to learn some more about my new friend, like do they hear?0
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