Quote Originally Posted by elizabethann
Funny you should say that. I've actually held a pet rat and it didn't freak me out. I've had Hamsters as pets and they don't freak me out. But it's the fact that mice move so fast and for some reason their tails freak me out. I guess I'm just weird.
My Grandma's the same. She used to be scared of all rodents, but since we've had Foxy, she can stand holding her, and she can also stroke my rat Tia Maria. But she cannot even think about mice without shivering.

I think it depends on what you've been taught as you've grown up. I've been around pets all of my life (yes, ever since the first minute i was born !) and my mum kept mice as a child, so i've never had a problem with any of them. I don't have a problem with snakes, spiders or any creepy crawlies either. In fact, i help release the baby spiders in my garden when they are trying to break out of their little egg sac!!! Weird, i know, but i think that baby spiders are sweet!!!!