Pet Rat Emergency!!!!

[ryanhayes9]

I took him back to *****, and they are treating him for Mycoplasma :jumping: :cheer: . They gave ma tnother one, and i then got even nother one for him to have a companion today. They are so cute, the clean each other and crap, and they really do like each others company. :scared: :scared: But yeah, maybe it is just scared about the change in food and handling-ness (???) and the wierd guy who posted the "dark Lord thing... (weirdo....).....lol :notsure:
Seth
Now i know that rats are VERy smart, but how smart??? Can you teach them tricks? Shakespeare?

 

[ryanhayes9]

Originally Posted by ryanhayes9
I took him back to *****, and they are treating him for Mycoplasma :jumping: :cheer: . They gave ma tnother one, and i then got even nother one for him to have a companion today. They are so cute, the clean each other and crap, and they really do like each others company. :scared: :scared: But yeah, maybe it is just scared about the change in food and handling-ness (???) and the wierd guy who posted the "dark Lord thing... (weirdo....).....lol :notsure:
Seth
Now i know that rats are VERy smart, but how smart??? Can you teach them tricks? Shakespeare?

By the way... THIS is Seth, im at Daniels house....... SO it came up as him account thingie

 

[crazyzeus1]

Originally Posted by ryanhayes9
I took him back to *****, and they are treating him for Mycoplasma :jumping: :cheer: . They gave ma tnother one, and i then got even nother one for him to have a companion today. They are so cute, the clean each other and crap, and they really do like each others company. :scared: :scared: But yeah, maybe it is just scared about the change in food and handling-ness (???) and the wierd guy who posted the "dark Lord thing... (weirdo....).....lol :notsure:
Seth
Now i know that rats are VERy smart, but how smart??? Can you teach them tricks? Shakespeare?

Our rat would just hang out on her wire cage even when opened (she was the class pet & I would let her out of the cage to roam if I were teaching a lesson next to the cage). She would explore the cage but not run away...just happy to hang out.
I always would make a clicking noise with my mouth & she'd come to me when I did that.
That's about as technical as we got

 

[phixer]

Originally Posted by crazyzeus1
That's so interesting! Thanks for the info
My husband thinks I'm nuts b/c I said the only type of rodent-pet I will allow for our kids is a rat. He says, what about a cute hamster? No WAY, they bite so much! A mouse? No thanks, they bite. A rat? YOU BET!
Know what you mean about hamsters, personally Id rather have a rat. They are a lot smarter than people think and can be trained to do basic tricks most even seem to have a sense of loyalty to thier owners.