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post some fucking rats. Here are mine. :3
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Was going to get rats, built the cage and everything, then roomie decides he doesn't want them. I'm bummed out. Post moar rats.
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>>302619
Kinda in the same situation, plz post more rats. :(
>> Anonymous
I miss my rats. I should get more.

How long do they live? If they don't get riddled with tumors? I don't want to have to take rats with me when I move.
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>>302644
Most of mine have lived about 2 1/2 - 3 years, though 4 years or so isn't unheard of. I think 3 is average.

If they don't get tumors, they will get respiratory infections and other complications from Mycoplasmosis. Sometimes they'll have both!
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>>302651

My rats are scared as fuck of me.
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:( i want a Dumbo rat SO bad! but 1 of my 3 ferrets has a VERY high pray drive and would kill it for sure:( more rats please:(
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If you're worried about tumors, get males. They don't get tumors, at least not often. Also they're adorably cuddly and lazy and their balls are awesome.
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I used to have a rat, it was white with brown spots, and it lived outside my house, it just showed up one day and it wasn't wild, that rat lived for quite a long time without any direct care other then my feeding it, I miss that awesome little animal :)
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>>303043
I resisted the temptation to lol. Shame on you!
>> Anonymous
Aw, I miss having a rat. My first one was a sweetheart but I'm pretty sure the second one had been mistreated at the store, mean as fuck. D:
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>>303043

That is the neatest thing I have ever seen, and I hate animal gore.
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My younger boy
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>>303096
And my older one with huge balls.
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I'm actually considering getting a single next year so I can get rats. Is this sad y/n?
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>>303097
>>303096
Hey, Walter and Alfred! How are they doing?
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>>303212
Excellent. :3 They're getting bigger already. They love everything I give them to eat except their kibble. D: But I give them a good variety of stuff to snack on, so I think they're allright. They get lots of cereal/bread/pasta type things along with cheese and a few bits of lettuce/carrots when I give that to my guinea pigs. They make me feel guilty every time I walk by and don't give them a treat. They're too fucking cute!
>> Anonymous
Post moar dumbo rats! I looked after two of those cute buggers for a friend. Two littles boys; one agouti and a black.
They were 8 weeks old when I had them, I had them till they were 10 weeks old and in those 2 weeks... they grew up so fast.
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>>303348
agreed, needs moar dumbo. i want one super bad, but i already have my two girls, and my mom would shit bricks if i asked her for another. it was hard enough convincing her for me to have two in the first place. D:
>> lollilops
>>303236
They're so cute dammit. More pics of them.
>> Anonymous
>>303363
I've been trying forever to convince my mother to let me have rats. I'm stuck for another year until I have the money saved up to move out.
>> Anonymous
While on the subject of rats, I've heard blue rats have a shorter lifespan..true/false? I saw them at petsmart and thought they were adorable, but I don't want it to die fast.
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>>303441
false. brown rats tend to have a longer lifespan than most rats, but they all seem to live between 2-3 years. :3
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>>303469
oh god, want
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>>303097
>>303236

Speaking of balls, I have two young bucks as well, and one of them had a package quite like your older boy when he was 5-6 weeks old, pink, bare, and really visible. Now he's 8 weeks, and it's fuzzed over a bit and a lot less visible (and more aesthetic looking imo). I wonder if it's analogous to pubic hair and if it happens to all bucks.
>> Anonymous
why would someone want something that gets diseased and dies in 3 years?

do rats==computers?
>> Anonymous
>>303554
lol. they don't get diseased unless you don't take care of it properly. they get respiratory infections from poor living conditions (i.e. poor ventilation, pine bedding/cedar bedding, dirty cage) my ratties are perfectly healthy. i've taken both of them to the vet and he said that they're healthy. the whole living for only 3 years does suck, but it's not uncommon for rats live to be 4 or 5 if cared for. so yeah, i guess they're kinda like computrons in that sense
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>>303554
If computers can be considered cute and lovable, then yes.
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>>303595
OH GOD IT'S SO CUTE FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
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>>303597

y u ragean over a rat?
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bumpin
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Just took some now. :3

Alfred saying hello
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TAKE ME OUT, I NEED TO BE LOVED!
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Walter reeeeally wants to nom on my hand.
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nomnomnom. They always think my fingers are food when I put them near the cage. Thankfully they never bite hard. I don't even give them snacks through the bars, I'm hoping to break the habit. I guess the breeder did.
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>>303582
Sorry, but that's not true. The rats that we all have are mostly descended from lab rats, which are designed to be prone to illness. All rats, and I mean ALL pet rats, have been exposed to Mycoplasmosis, unless you've obtained a sterile lab rat. Mycoplasmosis is the #1 reason our rats get respiratory infections. Of course, dirty cages and stress can exacerbate the problem and cause a flare up, but eventually your rat is going to get something either way... whether it's a tumor or a Myco flare up or something else. I've owned a lot of rats over a lot of years and talked to a lot of rat breeders and vets, and they all say the same thing... give them the best life you can while they're with you and prepare for the time when they start getting sick, because it will happen before you know it.
>> Anonymous
Oh, I love my ratter.. I would put up a picture, but the only one I have currently is on my phone..
>> Anonymous
>>303714
;_; this makes me so sad. I just got them and they're so sweet. I want to spoil the fuck out of them, but that probably wouldn't be healthy either.
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my babies, Remy and Ender. I love them so much.
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Ender perhaps from the Orson scott card series?
>> Anonymous
>>303746
Yup, I named that one. I wanted the other one to be Bean because he's super tiny but my S.O. insisted on naming him after the rat in Rattoulli. It's lame, but whatever. Ender's better anyway.
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>>303727
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make anyone sad. I just didn't want anyone to go on thinking that the only rats that get sick are the ones that aren't cared for properly.

If you take really good care of them, it reduces the factors that aggravate Myco and they have a much better chance of making it to four or five years, which is not unheard of.
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I just put my rat to sleep because he had cancer in his eye/face. It was so terrible ;.; I wuv these so much
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>>303911
Oh, I know, it's just sad to think that no matter how sweet I am to them, the odds are kind of against me. I'll just have to love the shit out of them while I can :3
>> Dr. Hero !xyUquwRsP.
My first girl has a Mamery tumor and i don't have the money to take her to the vet.
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you know what to do then
>> I refuse to kill my companion. Fuck you. Dr. Hero !xyUquwRsP.
>>304274
Yep! Wait till i have the money and treat it to campfire smores in the meantime!
>> Anonymous
>>304352
i would never put either of my ratties to sleep if i could help them. i'm really happy for your rat because she has such a caring owner. she must love you a lot. :3
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No vets around here treat rats so I'm kinda fucked.