For those of you who have never seen a double rex or hairless rat, look here!

[All Creatures Great And Small]

If I may interpret for YellowLabLover - she's still honing the fine art of expressing herself, and the analogy she was trying to make with the burned child is that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder"; that what may be frightening or visually unpleasant to one person can be dearly loved by another, especially if it is "their own child", like she feels about her ratties. I know she didn't mean anything about humans, burnt or otherwise. She's just explaining how some people can look at a hairless rat and see something adorable because the love is already there. And yes, there are people who couldn't deal with a special needs child, and if they had a choice would probably pick a cute, healthy one. YLL was just pointing that out, not saying that she would do the same if given the choice. (She actually only wants furkids, no skinkids.) Never having had a special needs child, I can't speculate on what kind of choice I would make or judge anyone else's choice.

[Desert Arabian]

Cockatiels are *so* nasty. I can't stand them! EWWW! Just thinking about them makes me want to barf. Their feet and legs look like 4,000 year old mummy skin, and they smell like a landfill. Oh, and they are so loud and annyoing. There feathers fly everywhere, and they are so ugly and crusty. They never shut up, and all they do is bite, screech, bite, poop, and screech. THEY ARE DISGUSTING!. THEY ARE SO UGLY! I could use them as a shuttlecock for my badminton game in my physical education class. (Would you like this if someone said this about your birds? By the way...I don't have any offense against birds. Just doing it as an example. )


All I need to say....is I am EXTREMELY offended by your posts about rats, Popcornbird!!!!!!!!!!! I can see if you just noted a couple of reasons for your dis-likes, but you are going way to far! We get the point that you don't like them...so stop ranting on them!

YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT RATS IN THE FIRST PLACE....SO HOW CAN YOU RANT ON THEM LIKE THIS???

Rats=slimy...you have got to be kidding me right? They are mammals, mammals don't secrete slime like insects- didn't you learn that in school?? Rubbery rats...yea....right. Dirty...oh, why yes extremely! That's why I have 5 flea, mite, rabies, typhoid, black plague infected vermin living in my house.

Please stop...thank you kindly!

[luckies4me]

Just want to say that i love tiels and rats, but if I had to chose I would pick rats anyday. Much more cuddly critters you know?

[Desert Arabian]

Okeedokee! Sounds good to me.


Luckies4Me, I also like birds. I think they are very interesting. My favorite would have to be the big Macaws. I don't think I would own one tho, because I think they are just a little to loud for me, and I'm afraid it would bite off my finger .

[luckies4me]

I also except your apology.



YLL: My favorite bird of all time are lorikeets, they are beautiful!!!! I hope to have a pair some day, maybe whenI get my settlement I will buy a pair. I also like Ecelectus Parrots, actually I like all birds. My favorite wildbird though are crows. They used to call me the crow lady when was in highscholl because I had five and they lived in my room with me, and theyeven had a perch inthe corner. But I wouldn't advise to keep crows in your room, lol. they poop a lot. Once my bf, DYlan, Dans father and I were at the mall and driving to go home. I saw this lady walking really weird and chasing after something. Then I saw a crow. I told Dan to stop really fast (he didn't want to, knew I would take it home, hehe) and I jumped out. I asked thelady what happened and I guess a huge hawk swooped down and took two baby crows out of their nest. One was killed and was laying on the floor. She was trying to catch him but was tooa fraid. I walked right up to him and scopped him up. Bird birdie, he was so cute. My bf thought I was crazy for that until I got in the car and he saw the crow close up and touched it. Crows are very smart bird birds, not to mention pretty. Most people don't like them but I love them to pieces!!!!! Ok went on long enough, lol.

P.S. I took him to our wildlife center where I work and hemade a full recovery.

[moosmom]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I'm glad that everyone has made peace. There alot of great people here with varying opinions, which is their right.

I don't get insulted when people say MooShoo is ugly. To each his own. But how could you not love this boy??? There are two opinions I get. He's either ugly or so ugly he's cute. I say...whatever. Important thing is I love him.

[luckies4me]

I don't think he's ugly or so ugly he's cute....I just think he is a fantasticly beautiful feline who I want to kill all over. I love sphynx cats, they are my dream cat, lol!!!!!!!!!!!!

I also like devon rexes too.

[Nomilynn]

Originally posted by luckies4me
I don't think he's ugly or so ugly he's cute....I just think he is a fantasticly beautiful feline who I want to kill all over. I love sphynx cats, they are my dream cat, lol!!!!!!!!!!!!

I also like devon rexes too.

I'm gonna pray you meant "KISS" all over..

That just struck my funny.. I know you don't mean anything mean by it but it really made me giggle.. hehehe

Moo is gorgeous.. I agree!!!

[ownerof3dogs]

I really like crows/Ravens too. I think they are gorgeous!

[wolf_Q]

Hey Popcornbird, picture this:

Tons of baby mice....white with pink eyes...crawling up your arms and in your hands. Not only are they mice, but they are WET mice! lol. I had to dry off a bunch of baby mice in the back of the grooming one day. They had to be washed because they came in with mites. I thought they were so cute!! I just kept picturing my family (they do not like rodents AT ALL like your family) freaking out at this!

The only rodent type we've had was a hampster. Actually, it was my sister's hampster. I thought it was cute, but man, I swear I've never seen a critter POOP so much! Geez! There was one of those loose in Petco on friday and it was a mean little bugger. Was hissing and biting at me when I tried to catch it!

I'd have to say, if I ever had a rodent pet (which will not be any time soon, as I mentioned, my family hates them) it'd be a rat! I think they are so cute! I guess it's just me, but the tail and the feet don't bother me. I'll have to admit, I don't think I'd go for a hairless one though...I like the furry critters!

Actually, the number one pet I'd get in the "small animals" catagory would be a ferret! I love ferrets! I love the big Macaw there is at Petco too, but he's waaaay out of my price range!

As far as wild rats and mice....no thanks. There's too big of a risk of hauntaviris (sp?) around here to even get NEAR them. Some girl my age just died from that recently.....in the same city I live in. Freaky! I think she was just in her garage and somehow was around the fumes from their waste...might have been sweeping.

[aly]

Originally posted by luckies4me
Ok can someone tell me what makes them look so nasty???????

They don't look nasty. I think they're cute People sort of make assumptions and generalizations of them before knowing them like they do with Pitbulls I think.

[luckies4me]

Originally posted by Nomilynn


I'm gonna pray you meant "KISS" all over..

That just struck my funny.. I know you don't mean anything mean by it but it really made me giggle.. hehehe

Moo is gorgeous.. I agree!!!

OMG! I can't believe I wrote that!!!!!! WHy would I write two L's. that is bezarr (sp?). It also made me giggle too. And yes, I meant kiss all over, lol!

[luckies4me]

Please keep this thread on the original subject. I do not want to hear bout how rats/mice carry disease! It's that talk that makes people worried and confused!!!!!!!!!

[luckies4me]

"Hantavirus is vectored (passed onto humans) by mice, although it is Deer Mice that spread the most dangerous form of Hantavirus, and we discuss this in a separate BugInfo article. The House Mouse currently is not incriminated in the spread of any virulent forms of Hantavirus. "

Please research first.

[wolf_Q]

Originally posted by luckies4me
"Hantavirus is vectored (passed onto humans) by mice, although it is Deer Mice that spread the most dangerous form of Hantavirus, and we discuss this in a separate BugInfo article. The House Mouse currently is not incriminated in the spread of any virulent forms of Hantavirus. "

Please research first.

Sorry.....it really was not my intention to freak people out or something....and you may notice that I did say WILD mice, not pet mice that had it. No, I'm not a hantavirus expert, but I didn't feel there was any reason for me to "research" before I made one little comment...what I said was true anyway.

We have some property in the mountains and we left our 5th wheel up there. Somehow mice got in and the entire place was covered in mouse poop. It was under the beds...in the drawers...everywhere. We did manage to clean it up (wetting it down, wearing gloves/masks/etc.) without any problems. But it *is* something that people should know about, and they should be careful around WILD rodents.

I'm really not the one who completely changed the topic of the thread, it's been going on the entire time.