cybercat wrote:
> "Cheryl" > wrote
>
>> I've read that too, about the low protein diet. I'm learning, and
>> they're fun. I only have them because someone was giving them away
>> on a local freecycle group, and I was afraid someone with snakes
>> would snatch them up for dinner.
>
> That's really cool. I wish I could have rats. Problem is, I get too
> attached. Anything with a lifespan shorter than a housecat is going
> to do me too much damage. I had a hamster when I was 15, and just
> about died when he did.

Rats are fun. They love to hang out in your pockets and go down into your
shirt. Then they just hang there and sleep. They can learn their names; I
really kind of like them. Why people are so afraid of them, I just don't
get. They're not evil creatures.

It's so fun to feed them because they really love food! I let them out of
their "office" (we don't call it a cage) and feed them crackers or peas and
they happily stumble over and so very gently take the food from your
fingers. They're really sweet. Honestly.

I guess if they're starving and in a sewer they'll take a bite out of a
person, but a tame rat has no interest in meat what-so-ever.

kili