The pet rat thread - Page 2

EMMAh · 05.19.2008, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by uhler

the rat king from the teenage mutant ninja turtles

There's another show I've watched but wouldn't know the names of anything.

davenotdead · 05.19.2008, 10:50 PM

splinter is the rat from tmnt

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!@#$%! · 05.20.2008, 12:48 AM

not for me.

i prefer cats

predators!!!!

Cantankerous · 05.20.2008, 01:05 AM

well sometime in the near future i am going to get a doggie to add to my petting zoo, mr. cantank wants one too
the question is corgi vs. husky.

uhler · 05.20.2008, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by davenotdead

splinter is the rat from tmnt

...

the rat king was one of the bad guys.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_King

Florya · 05.20.2008, 01:53 AM

I used to have a couple of white rats when I was about 10 years old.
One night, when my grandma was visiting us, they got loose and crawled into her bed.
She didn't like rats.
Next day they were gone.

Death & the Maiden · 05.20.2008, 03:26 AM

I used to have a mouse called Sunny. He pretended to be a girl so he was bought with a bunch of girls, but when we realised he was a boy he had to be separated from the girls. He lived on his own and lived to the old age of two. He was a bit fat, once I bought pictures of him into school (for an artwork) and everyone else thought he was a guinea pig.

atari 2600 · 05.20.2008, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom

So, peeps, here's the place to rat it up, bigstyle. It seems that the rat is a popular pet round these parts, and whilst I owneth not a rat meself, my brother and his missus are now proud owners of two ratmeisters. So I guess a rat is where it's at.

It's the Chinese Year of the Rat.

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Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom

Shows us yer pics, stories etc,...

I had many hamsters as a kid., dogs and cats too, of course. When the little hamster rodents started breeding, one of those kiddie pools was utilized. All the hamster cages and playsets and what have you were placed in the empty pool inside the house and so that they all could scurry around in their little settlement.

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Originally Posted by MellySingsDoom

...and let's make the whole world a James Herbert one.

No thanks, I prefer this James Herbert.

EMMAh · 05.20.2008, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Cantankerous

well sometime in the near future i am going to get a doggie to add to my petting zoo, mr. cantank wants one too
the question is corgi vs. husky.

I think it should depend on how much room you have.
Huskys need a lot of room do they not?

EMMAh · 05.20.2008, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Florya

I used to have a couple of white rats when I was about 10 years old.
One night, when my grandma was visiting us, they got loose and crawled into her bed.
She didn't like rats.
Next day they were gone.

Do you know what happened them them?

atari 2600 · 05.20.2008, 02:59 PM

Go with the Husky.

May I please suggest the possibility of a Keeshond?
(CAZE-hond)

How can you resist?

or maybe a Samoyed?

(some Samoyeds do get fairly large though)

The Keeshond breed is exceptionally intelligent and animated. The markings with all of these vary and you'll want to buy from a good breeder. Pay more if you have to for the one with the best markings and other characteristics associated with the AKC listing for the breed. Keeshonden also have fur that is hypoallergenic. Their dense fur undercoat naturally tends to keep them from acquiring any typical "doggy" smell too.

atari 2600 · 05.20.2008, 03:06 PM

or even maybe an Alaskan Malamute?
(some Malamutes are much "thicker" than others)

They are the oldest of the Arctic spitz breeds.

The Alaskan Malamute below looks like it has some Kees or Husky or Samoyed background:

demonrail666 · 05.20.2008, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by atari 2600

No thanks, I prefer this James Herbert.

Naaaah, you couldn't beat the original writer. The Rats was THE book when I was a kid. EVERYONE read it at school. Now all the kids read Harry Potter. Oh how the times they are a changin'.

I read it again last year actually and it turned out to be one of the few books I read first as a young teenager which still stands up now.

demonrail666 · 05.20.2008, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by atari 2600

The Alaskan Malamute below looks like it has some Kees or Husky or Samoyed background

I'll bet you're a nightmare during bar conversations.

atari 2600 · 05.20.2008, 03:56 PM

I dazzle and delight, and, in many cases, command attention when stimulated, actually.

That juvenile James Herbert horror book looks like the nightmare. (See how I even refuse to use the word "novel" when describing it.)

And rats as pets, that's another nightmarishly stupid scenario, but, please don't get me started. Yeah, yeah, if one doesn't have the room for a dog or whatever. I suppose it's one's own prerogative to become known as the guy with the rat if that's what they're into for whatever reason.

whatever

demonrail666 · 05.20.2008, 04:43 PM

I've definitely noticed their growing popularity amongst students at the campus I work at, which is slowly becoming choc-a-bloc with them. And I'm convinced some health issues are gonna emerge out of the whole sorry situation.

EMMAh · 05.20.2008, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Naaaah, you couldn't beat the original writer. The Rats was THE book when I was a kid. EVERYONE read it at school. Now all the kids read Harry Potter. Oh how the times they are a changin'.

I read it again last year actually and it turned out to be one of the few books I read first as a young teenager which still stands up now.

Tell me about this book.

EMMAh · 05.20.2008, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by atari 2600

And rats as pets, that's another nightmarishly stupid scenario, but, please don't get me started. Yeah, yeah, if one doesn't have the room for a dog or whatever. I suppose it's one's own prerogative to become known as the guy with the rat if that's what they're into for whatever reason.

whatever

I have been called the rat lady and similar names before, and I take no offence. One guy who called me that actually apologize for saying it haha. I laughed at him.
I don't see why someone would be ashamed to own a certain type of pet. Like if someone were to call me the dog woman... whatever haha. Or a lizard lady (if I had lizards). You get the point...
My boys are awesome and I show them off. One time Ainsley went on a trip to the store with me

Cantankerous · 05.20.2008, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by EMMAh

I think it should depend on how much room you have.
Huskys need a lot of room do they not?

they do. and they love to run. i have plenty of room although the corgi would probably be better suited to the environment it would be living in.

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Originally Posted by atari 2600

Go with the Husky.

May I please suggest the possibility of a Keeshond?
(CAZE-hond)

How can you resist?

or maybe a Samoyed?

(some Samoyeds do get fairly large though)

The Keeshond breed is exceptionally intelligent and animated. The markings with all of these vary and you'll want to buy from a good breeder. Pay more if you have to for the one with the best markings and other characteristics associated with the AKC listing for the breed. Keeshonden also have fur that is hypoallergenic. Their dense fur undercoat naturally tends to keep them from acquiring any typical "doggy" smell too.

that first one is fucking cute.
i LOVE samoyeds but they have a lot of health problems. and they are very very big.
we'll see how it goes.

!@#$%! · 05.20.2008, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Cantankerous

well sometime in the near future i am going to get a doggie to add to my petting zoo, mr. cantank wants one too
the question is corgi vs. husky.

those are sweet, but i'd never submit a husky to hot weather.

i'm actually looking around for a good guard dog. i am unaccustomed to living in a house and i'd like to put a dog in charge of "securing the perimeter" (ha). but seriously, i'm looking around.

i want a shepherd.

i'd get a rottweiler but i fear for my cat

if he puts a hurt on the kitty i'll gut the bastard alive

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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,564	not for me. i prefer cats predators!!!!
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Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	well sometime in the near future i am going to get a doggie to add to my petting zoo, mr. cantank wants one too the question is corgi vs. husky.
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Florya expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: a little world, all of my own. Posts: 1,668	I used to have a couple of white rats when I was about 10 years old. One night, when my grandma was visiting us, they got loose and crawled into her bed. She didn't like rats. Next day they were gone. __________________ it takes an old guy like bloodbeach'85 to get anything right - atari 2600 listening mirror @ Soundcloud http://soundcloud.com/listening-mirror
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Death & the Maiden expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,036	I used to have a mouse called Sunny. He pretended to be a girl so he was bought with a bunch of girls, but when we realised he was a boy he had to be separated from the girls. He lived on his own and lived to the old age of two. He was a bit fat, once I bought pictures of him into school (for an artwork) and everyone else thought he was a guinea pig. __________________ www.myspace.com/ghostofanidealwife
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05.20.2008, 02:59 PM	#31
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	Go with the Husky. May I please suggest the possibility of a Keeshond? (CAZE-hond) How can you resist? or maybe a Samoyed? (some Samoyeds do get fairly large though) The Keeshond breed is exceptionally intelligent and animated. The markings with all of these vary and you'll want to buy from a good breeder. Pay more if you have to for the one with the best markings and other characteristics associated with the AKC listing for the breed. Keeshonden also have fur that is hypoallergenic. Their dense fur undercoat naturally tends to keep them from acquiring any typical "doggy" smell too.
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05.20.2008, 03:06 PM	#32
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	or even maybe an Alaskan Malamute? (some Malamutes are much "thicker" than others) They are the oldest of the Arctic spitz breeds. The Alaskan Malamute below looks like it has some Kees or Husky or Samoyed background:
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05.20.2008, 03:56 PM	#35
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	I dazzle and delight, and, in many cases, command attention when stimulated, actually. That juvenile James Herbert horror book looks like the nightmare. (See how I even refuse to use the word "novel" when describing it.) And rats as pets, that's another nightmarishly stupid scenario, but, please don't get me started. Yeah, yeah, if one doesn't have the room for a dog or whatever. I suppose it's one's own prerogative to become known as the guy with the rat if that's what they're into for whatever reason. whatever
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05.20.2008, 04:43 PM	#36
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	I've definitely noticed their growing popularity amongst students at the campus I work at, which is slowly becoming choc-a-bloc with them. And I'm convinced some health issues are gonna emerge out of the whole sorry situation.
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