RATS!!!! was Re: [Unschooling-dotcom]pet rats
D Klement
Shelley A Stefanic wrote:
As the Mommy of two beige and white hooded girlie rats... Do some
reading up first ... they prefer to be in pairs or larger groups ....
boys sit still and don't run all over the computer desk while you're
reading e-mail .... but boys smell more and I like the inquisitive,
active nature of females.
All the single rats we've known have not been very happy compared to the
ones who live in same sex pairs / groups.
They are much more entertaining than hamsters or gerbils (we've had both
),
more like little dogs who eat fruit and veggies and rat feed.
Buzz ... who'd have more than two rats if dh would let her.
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>And ..... to add to Shelley's great post ......
> I have to say that rats are far superior pets to hamsters or gerbils.
> They are intelligent, loving, and lots of fun. They can learn some
> tricks and enjoy human companionship. they rarely bite. Don't let the
> tail bother you. It is somewhat prehensile and a heating/cooling
> conduit. Rats suffer a bad rap and will never recover from the whole
> bubonic thing. Wild rats and domestic rats are 2 very different
> critters. They have been domesticated for 100 years. I would compare
> domestic rats to tiny little dogs.
>
> Oh, did I mention I have a pet rat rescue/refuge for discarded pet rats
> (g). They are such wonderful creatures. Definitely should not be snake
> food. Setting them, or any other domestic small animal, free is a
> certain death sentence. They are not wild animals and would be easy prey
> for even their own wild relatives.
>
> Shelley
> www.geocities.com/pet_rat_rescue
As the Mommy of two beige and white hooded girlie rats... Do some
reading up first ... they prefer to be in pairs or larger groups ....
boys sit still and don't run all over the computer desk while you're
reading e-mail .... but boys smell more and I like the inquisitive,
active nature of females.
All the single rats we've known have not been very happy compared to the
ones who live in same sex pairs / groups.
They are much more entertaining than hamsters or gerbils (we've had both
),
more like little dogs who eat fruit and veggies and rat feed.
Buzz ... who'd have more than two rats if dh would let her.
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The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
e-mail- klement@...
Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
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