Every time I walk into a pet store and see a snake owner buying a rat to feed to a snake, it makes me sick. People just think of pet rats as vicious, dirty vermin when they are in fact sweet, cute and cuddly. They love people, and always love to meet people they have never met before. Rats don't startle easily, they are not prone to fear, but most importantly, they are intelligent as hell. They can perform tricks, can learn mazes quickly, and are very easy to train.
Best of all, they won't kill each other when they hear heavy metal like other rodents do. In fact, they sleep through it. When you walk into the room, they will climb up the cage, and greet you. They show their love for you up until the very last minutes of their life. You become very attached to them, and after they die, it pains you just as much as any other pet. The death of my first rat, Richard, pains me just as much as when my seventeen year old cat died last Winter.
What's really disturbing is how Hollywood keeps depicting them as horrible creatures. They are causing thousands of lovely little animals to die every day. Fuck you Hollywood, and fuck you snake owners. Give that fucking snake to a reptile museum and stop feeding it rats. You all can kiss my ass!
If you do want a rat, you should get one as a baby, and be sure that the pet store does not inbreed them, or mix the boys and girls up. I bought two girls and ended up with six rats (one was pregnant). Her offspring are so inbred the barely have personalities, unlike all other rats, who have enormous personalities. It's sad to see my rats desperate for attention because I cannot give them the required one hour of attention a day.
In short, you snake owners suck ass. I hate how you can feed such wonderful animals to such nasty creatures (Don't get me wrong, I love snakes, just not ones that eat rats).
Best of all, they won't kill each other when they hear heavy metal like other rodents do. In fact, they sleep through it. When you walk into the room, they will climb up the cage, and greet you. They show their love for you up until the very last minutes of their life. You become very attached to them, and after they die, it pains you just as much as any other pet. The death of my first rat, Richard, pains me just as much as when my seventeen year old cat died last Winter.
What's really disturbing is how Hollywood keeps depicting them as horrible creatures. They are causing thousands of lovely little animals to die every day. Fuck you Hollywood, and fuck you snake owners. Give that fucking snake to a reptile museum and stop feeding it rats. You all can kiss my ass!
If you do want a rat, you should get one as a baby, and be sure that the pet store does not inbreed them, or mix the boys and girls up. I bought two girls and ended up with six rats (one was pregnant). Her offspring are so inbred the barely have personalities, unlike all other rats, who have enormous personalities. It's sad to see my rats desperate for attention because I cannot give them the required one hour of attention a day.
In short, you snake owners suck ass. I hate how you can feed such wonderful animals to such nasty creatures (Don't get me wrong, I love snakes, just not ones that eat rats).
