It wasn't actually a hairless, it was a Double rex. :p
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OMG! THEY ARE ADORABLE!!!!!!
Hairless rats have also been on my lists of "rats I must have"! Ever since I saw one at the pet store being picked on by kids, I fell in love! They are so cute! I love their little punims (yiddish for face)! Give them a little kiss for me!
Did you see the Hairless that was Pet of the Day a couple of days ago? I loved its little sweater.
Luckies4me,
How adorable! I LOVE the wrinkles! Kinda reminds me of my hairless cat MooShoo :D.
Rats are nothing to be afraid of. That IS unless you see them near a dumpster or garbage and they're the size of a small dog. THOSE are the kinds that carry diseases.
Cute babies!
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Luckies4me,
How adorable! I LOVE the wrinkles! Kinda reminds me of my hairless cat MooShoo :D.
Rats are nothing to be afraid of. That IS unless you see them near a dumpster or garbage and they're the size of a small dog. THOSE are the kinds that carry diseases.
Cute babies!
I am absolutely terrified of wild rats!!!!!!! One got into my friends rattery once and ripped all her sweet tame ratties to shreds, she killed it with a shovel.
Popcornbird: My mouse is a wild mouse named Fred, my cat brought him to me as a present and he is the most friendly little fellow ever!;)
Ok can someone tell me what makes them look so nasty???????:rolleyes:
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Everything! Heh! Well, since you're asking, I don't mean to offend you or anything...................I know you love your pets more than anything, but I'm not a rat person. What's so nasty looking about the hairless rats are the wrinkles, the pinkness of the skin, the naked tail (reminds me of a slug) and many more. I didn't want to say this, but you asked. :o Sorry!
Have you ever seen a tailess rat? maybe you would like them furry, with dumbo ears and no tail? Lots of people don't like the tail, which is why tailess ratties are becomming more popular. You should check out the thread on tailess rats I started. :)
I love the tail....especaially when they grab my face with it to balance on my shoulder.
I "love" to hear stories of people saying rats are so nasty, when most likely they have never even held a rat to make a true judgement...they judge by looks and thats what kills me! My mom did this too. When I asked for a pet rat all she did was complain about how nasty they are and gross. After she saw a rat and bonded with it, she fell in love. Now-who is the one making weird nosises at the rats and showering them with affection (my mom). If a person looking in an orphange (sp?) and saw a kid with hiedous 3rd degree burns, I'm sure most people wouldn't adopt that kid, but if it were their own kid and it got burned, they most likely would still love the child to death, even tho they were horribly disfigured. Makes no sence to me...oh well. :rolleyes:
Yes, I am nutty about YLL's ratty-poos, almost as much as I am about the cat. However, (sorry to say this), I agree that the pink hairless ones are ugly. I still think the regular rat tails look somewhat like an armadillo's tail, and it's not real cute, but you grow to love the tail when you love the rest of them. I know a lot of people have rodent-phobia, and I understand that. I personally could NEVER have pet tarantulas or scorpions - I would throw up just looking at them, never mind touching them!
If you think hairless rats are yucky, you should see my one eyed hairless rat, hehe. :p
I think tarantulas are cute, some of them anyway. As for holding one, the cloest I came to that was letting one on my shoulder. I think scorpians are discusting!!!!!!!!!!!!!:eek:
Rats are not dirty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are basing this off what you hear other people say and the medias image of rats. Rats are very clean animals, alot cleaner than mice and do not stink unless you don't clean the cage, which would make them stinky because of you not cleaning. They groom themselves more than cats!!!! And you don't know if you would like them or not if you have never held one. Most rat people hated rats until they held them. And to compare them to slugs is ridiculous!!! Slugs are slimy, rats are not. Slugs move about one inch every three hours, rats do not. Rats kiss, brux when happy, learn tricks like agility and tight rope etc.
You cannot make an assumption based on things you have heard. I think a little of your moms rat phobia rubbed off on you. :rolleyes:
Do you know rat mothers are one of the most nuturing animal moms and will take in other rats babies? My Cocoa took in Roxys babies and her sisters babies and loved them as her own. She had 28 babies at once but she didn't care.
Would you dislike a cat if it didn't have fur on the tail? How about hairless cats? I also like those. Do you know that hamsters bite a lot but rats seldom bite. There is much you need to learn about this rodent.......
YLL I love when my rats do that to! Its the cutest thing.
Popcornbird- They are not dirty, and that un fare of you to say. I can see you saying they are ugly or they look nasty, but they are in no way shape or form dirty. Yes they go to the bathroom but don't you? And if you clean tehre cages properly they do not smell at all, infact my rats are in my kitchen becasue there cages are covered with Christmas stickers, so they are my christmas decorations, that way I don't have to decorate outside in freezing weather :D Also rats clean themselves so much I'm suprised all there fur does not fall out. :rolleyes:
Ash
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Rats are not dirty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are basing this off what you hear other people say and the medias image of rats. Rats are very clean animals, alot cleaner than mice and do not stink unless you don't clean the cage, which would make them stinky because of you not cleaning. They groom themselves more than cats!!!! And you don't know if you would like them or not if you have never held one. Most rat people hated rats until they held them. And to compare them to slugs is ridiculous!!! Slugs are slimy, rats are not. Slugs move about one inch every three hours, rats do not. Rats kiss, brux when happy, learn tricks like agility and tight rope etc.
You cannot make an assumption based on things you have heard. I think a little of your moms rat phobia rubbed off on you. :rolleyes:
A&M!!!! I so know what you mean. They clean themselves constantly. They are obscessive compulsive groomers, lol. Rats can actually over clean themselves, which is called barbering. ;)
They clean the scent of humans off of them when you touch them, when they itch themselves they have to clean their foot afterwards, they even cleanthe inside of their ears............hardly dirty. Plus mine get baths on a regular basis and most smell better than the average dog!
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They may not be dirty. I meant to say they look dirty. Sorry!
Aren't hairless rats slimmy? I don't know but they look slimmy to me!
And I don't like hairless cats any more than hairless mice, I think they are just as ugly! :eek:
Nooooooo they are not slimey, why would they be slimey? Do you see ooze comming from their bodies? Hairless rats are very warm also and keep my neck cozy when it's freezing at night. :D
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They may not be dirty. I meant to say they look dirty. Sorry!
Aren't hairless rats slimmy? I don't know but they look slimmy to me!
And I don't like hairless cats any more than hairless mice, I think they are just as ugly! :eek:
You have no idea how insulting you are, do you? I am appauled at the things you are saying. I vote we just keep our opinions to ourselves. If you don't like them, then keep it to yourselves. How would you like it if someone told you that they thought birds were disgusting, filthy, ugly, and that you were "wrong" for having them? And not only that, but they went on and on and on about it. Ok, so you don't like them. It's your opinion and your opinion is just that...it's not a fact! I find you very insulting sometimes. You are just plain rude.