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Rat Balls Anonymous
I'm going to get a couple rats for my apartment. I'll be a first time owner. I like the idea of males because they're large and cuddly, but I have a serious question:

Exactly how big and visible are their testicles??

It's not a rhetorical question; I really can't tell. When I see a picture like that rat on the left I think to myself "ok it just looks like he has some extra meat at the base of his tail; I can live with that" but then I see a picture like the one on the right and I'm like OMGWTF. Do some individuals have more "tucked away" testicles? Do they slide out and bounce around when they're really relaxed or something? I'd like to be able to show off my rats to friends and family without the embarrassing task of explaining that those things aren't tumors.
>> Anonymous
P.S. Here's a related vid I found which just raises more questions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRtfD_4cuAQ
>> Anonymous
>I'd like to be able to show off my rats to friends and family without the embarrassing task of explaining that those things aren't tumors.

heh, not happening with a male rat. I had rats growing up and anytime friends would come over and play the first thing they'd usually point out and giggle at is their balls.
>> Anonymous
Male rats have huge balls, and when neutered still have huge scrotums.

I imagine it's easier to say "Those are his balls" than "He's got no balls, that's his ballsack."
>> Anonymous
Most of the males rats I've owned have had pretty big balls. Some bigger than others, but a few of them were literally dragging them around. You get used to it.
>> Anonymous
Do male rats really constantly but slowly piss over everything like people say?
>> Anonymous
>>270714
>Do male rats really constantly but slowly piss over everything like people say?

Um, yeah. Kinda. They leave drops of pee everywhere to mark things, spread their scent around, etc. It's not horrible or anything, it's just a few drops here and there.
>> Anonymous
>>270765

All rats, male and female, leave a pee trail of a drop at a time. Can't counter it. Intact male rats also tend to mark (though one of mine doesn't, oddly). My other climbs over me and leaves a good 5-10 drop trail on my skin, which is annoying. I'm hoping he grows out of it.
>> Anonymous
"I think your rat has a tumor."
"Oh no! Those are his balls"
>> Anonymous
Are their balls always pink and hairless on the back or are some completely "hidden"?
>> Anonymous
If they comment, on them, simply respond by saying "Jealous?" Neither of those looks odd to me. Just a part of nature. I've heard giggling comments about my dogs balls, and my cats balls, but generally it's just the person calling them "cute".
>> Anonymous
>>270863

I have two females, and they don't do that....
>> Anonymous
>>270694
YES. I haven't met a single person who doesn't say something or make a weird expression at my rats balls. i take my rats with me places sometimes so i meet a lot of people.

>>271331
i have 9 rats and ive never noticed any of them leaving piss on me.
>> Anonymous
>>271331
Are you sure? These are tiny drops that they leave as a scent (and according to some studies, UV sight) trail. I don't notice em unless they're walking on the light blue fitted sheet I use to cover my couch when they're out - they will occasionally leave a dark spot behind. It's got more to do with how they navigate than possession. My boy who pees on me, his cagemate, and anything large enough to have to climb over - that's a possession/territory marking. And it's annoying.
>> Anonymous
you can neuter male rodents. helps with aggressive behavior and will knock those nuts a size or two down.
>> Anonymous
Can't rats draw their balls up closer to their bodies or let them hang way out based on a number of circumstances like mood, temperature, etc., like other animals/humans?
>> Anonymous
they're animals, they have balls, deal with it.
>> Anonymous
>>271387
I don't know if they can or not, but mine don't. Their balls are a constant, an inescapable reality.

Males under 6 weeks or so can suck em in when they're nervous, making it easy to confuse em with females. It's probably the reason you get so many reports of pet store rats coming home pregnant.
>> Anonymous
Hehe, I remember my old rat used to lie in his cage with his nuts pushed up against the bars, getting a nice breeze across them in the summertime.

Seriously, they're huge. Get over it, OP, it's totally not a dealbreaker with a pet rat, nor should really factor into your choice. If your friends and family are shocked and appalled by animal testicles, maybe that's a problem with them.
>> Anonymous
>>271654
Human society has devolved into the level of rat society in recent years. Some cultures still have honor and family the rest of us are rat people. And yes i have a jew nose just like my rat.
>> Anonymous
>>271654
>So what does it make all the male rats fucking around and leaving the females to raise the young by themselves?
Biologically successful.
>> Anonymous
>>271654
tl;dr: ur doing it wrong
>> Anonymous
>>271659


What it comes down to is biology. Since a male rat fucks off as soon as he comes, the female rat is left to raise her young on her own. With no help the chances of her successfully raising her young diminish, meaning that her best bet is to have as genetically diverse brood as possible. Meaning multiple fathers to the one litter. If the male rat hung around and helped raise the young, with more food and protection the female rat could afford to compromise on the need for genetic diversity, and instead pick the father of her young with a view towards parenting skills and the ability to provide for her young.

In other words you, could say that male rats refuse to raise their young because the females are sluts, or your could say the females are forced to mate with many males in order to provide a broad range of genetics so that at least some of the fatherless young will survive on a single parent's work.

You can sit and compare notes on the faithless females of the animal and human kingdoms, or instead you could ask just how many males of the animal kingdom are faithful to their mates. However, since you're obviously yet another of those stupid people who values female faithfulness but rewards and admires the idot males who fuck around and bring home as many STDs as they can, I'm just banging my head against a brick wall.

ALL ANIMALS ALL SPECIES CHEAT IN THE WAR OF THE SEXES.

Each gender is as underhanded, sneaky, dishonest and unfaithful as the other. Get over it. If you are so pissed about your GF cheating on you, you can, a:) treat her better or b:) stop chasing the stuck up cows who resemble the pictures you fap to. Pick a princess and she'll act like one.

Much the same thing goes for the ladies as well.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>271651

Like you haven't seen worse on 4chan?
>> Anonymous
is it possible to screw a female rat?