In the lost and found department...

[Nyx]

My son and his animals!!!

A while back a few of my son's pet rats went AWOL, and we couldn't find the little beasties. After a couple of days I thought they would never be seen or heard from again, I was wrong. My boys were doing some cleaning in the shed out back (more playing than cleaning, but anyway) and found a couple of his rats in the shed.

They are definitely his pets, first is Blinker, AKA "Blinks". The blunt tail tip is due to an accident when she was younger:

And here we have Panda, at least that is he was named at one time, there were a couple of changes and I don't know what the most recent name is. He wouldn't sit even reasonably still, and every pic I took of him is blurred

We did still have this cage sitting around, but no bedding for them, so my son put some dry leaves in. That seems to keep them happy, at least for the time being.

I just hope the critters didn't go forth and multiply. It could be a bit difficult if we ever catch one of their descendants in a trap in the future.

 

[APRIL]

CUTE!

 

[Nyx]

CUTE!

They really are. A lot of people seem to think they're gross or something, but they really are cute, friendly, easy to take care of, and make great pets

 

[SwedishChef]

They look pretty clean to me for living in a garage for a while... Are they noisy?

 

[Nyx]

They look pretty clean to me for living in a garage for a while... Are they noisy?

They were in pretty good condition when my son brought them in. They really aren't very noisy at all.

They aren't vicious or mean either. The only times we've ever even been nipped by any of them have been when our hands smelled like food. They are particularly fond of peanut butter, and handling them after making peanut butter sandwiches is like handing them an invitation to nibble

 

[Syrup Beaver]

Awww, I like rats

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Awww, I like rats

Ya I like em too, but it takes too many of them to make a decent sized sandwich

 

[Syrup Beaver]

Ya I like em too, but it takes too many of them to make a decent sized sandwich

I prefer kabobs of course

Crispy on the outside, gooey in the center

 

[Pandora]

Awww Cuties! I like little pinky mice tho. They're so tiny!

 

[Grunt]

I've never liked rats much, but those are kinda cute

 

[Pandora]

I've never liked rats much, but those are kinda cute

Me too. I really don't understand people who keep tarantulas and scorpions as pets.

 

[Syrup Beaver]

Me too. I really don't understand people who keep tarantulas and scorpions.

Yar, I jus' wanna crush 'em under my boot when I see's 'em in the pet store.

 

[Nyx]

Ya I like em too, but it takes too many of them to make a decent sized sandwich

Don't even think about it, honey, you can NOT have these critters for lunch!

 

[Grunt]

Me too. I really don't understand people who keep tarantulas and scorpions as pets.

Yeah, neither do I. Or snakes for that matter.

I think a pet is something you can play around with. Not something that will kill you the first chance it gets

 

[Nyx]

Me too. I really don't understand people who keep tarantulas and scorpions as pets.

My son used to have a scorpion too

 

[Grunt]

Don't even think about it, honey, you can NOT have these critters for lunch!

Rat cookies

 

[Onnotangu]

Me too. I really don't understand people who keep tarantulas and scorpions as pets.

i had tarantula as pet. he was most nice and happy fun.

 

[APRIL]

Me too. I really don't understand people who keep tarantulas and scorpions as pets.

They're cuddly, I swear.

I sleep with my snake. Lets just keep that between you and me tho.

 

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Yeah Im not into the whole "vermin as pets" thing I guess

 

[Onnotangu]

They're cuddly, I swear.

I sleep with my snake. Lets just keep that between you and me tho.

by snake she means one with batteries and twinkie filling.