Is this cute? ashling says yes, I say FUCK NO!!!

[Midlodemocrat]

Okay, I'll give ya the cat, but dear God, it's a fucking rat people. Not cute. Not even in animation.

Series.

[jobycom]

1. You're a cold, cold fish if you don't think that's teh adorable.

What comedian said rats are just a bushy tale away from being squirrels and living the easy life?

[Shell Beau]

2. It is very cute. Look at that sweet little face.

[Midlodemocrat]

5. If I do, there is a better than average chance I will toss my cookies.

I was gagging just posting this. :rofl:

[Shell Beau]

8. I know what you mean. I feel that way about roaches.

I can't post a pic. I can hardly say and type the word. :puke:

[TZ]

3. I know people with pet rats...

They say they are the sweetest, smartest most affectionate pets they have ever had...:shrug:

[KitchenWitch]

4. That cat looks sooooo not amused.

[3.14158675309]

6. I used to have lots of rats

I'd feed them to my boas. Rats = snake food.

[Midlodemocrat]

7. +1

[ThomCat]

32. That's just mean.

:(

Rats are much better pets than a Boa. :(

And I say that even after getting to know my ex's Boa.

[flvegan]

9. That cat is being oppressed! Oy, speciesism is alive and well on DU, I see.

[Midlodemocrat]

10. I should have posted this in GD.

:thumbsup:

[TZ]

11. Help! Help! I'm being oppressed!

Its a Monty Python cat!

[Dr. Strange]

12. You rat bastard!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTKNahASSDI

[merh]

13. this song comes to mind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSqo17o2a1w

[graywarrior]

14. Rats are cute and mice are their little friends

[Midlodemocrat]

15. GAH.

Had a mouse in the garage a few years back because I had bird seed in there.

Now the birds are starving because NEVER AGAIN!!!

BoyM was in Heaven, obviously. Moi? I parked outside for the better part of a year. :puke:

[graywarrior]

16. Well, in addition to the dead baby squirrle left under my chair last week, I

also got a little mouse left here last night. They're good scrambled in eggs.

[Arugula Latte]

17. Yes, cuuute!

The tails on rats, I'm not so crazy about. Still, they can't help it... Look at its little fingers! And those black button eyes. And those cute little ears.

[foxfeet]

18. My cat just killed a rat WAY bigger than that one

and left the still-bleeding corpse on the basement floor. My rat-phobic partner found it and almost had a stroke. I was left to dispose of the remains. Again. Sigh.

[Tommy_J]

19. I hate vermin pests

but a hand raised domestic rat can be a really cool pet

[JitterbugPerfume]

20. Fuck NO

I left the lid off of my olive oil one day last winter and one a them critters got in the bottle somehow. IT was disgusting !

I am just glad I LOOKED and didn't use the oil!

[Midlodemocrat]

21. Are you serious? If that happened to me, the Midlets would be motherless.

*faint*

[JitterbugPerfume]

22. yes ! it really happened!

it was the most disgusting thing I have ever seen .I live alone so I couldn't even have someone else "deal" with it!


I hate disease spreading vermin. I put everything in glass or plastic containers because I can not bear the thought of them getting in my stuff.

I also have a death squad --three cats!

nuff' said

[Midlodemocrat]

26. I actually moved from an apartment in Darien CT because it had mice.

Beautiful old home with a fieldstone basement. I couldn't take it. And, I certainly couldn't afford to go to the Marriott every night when I heard them in the walls. :scared:

When I trapped one, I seriously considered calling the police, but I didn't want to end up in Newtown, (Fairfield County's psych intake)

:rofl:

[dropkickpa]

23. Yes, very cute

The rat is cuter than the smelly ass cat. I don't like cats.

[mcctatas]

24. one of my spawn has a pet rat...

I love rats they are so sweet and smart (although the tail takes some getting used to)

[ThomCat]

31. If I didn't have my cats

and if I could take care of the cages myself, I would love to have rats.

They really are wonderful pets.

It's unfortunate that they have such short lifespans. :(

[azmouse]

25. It's not as cute as this:

[Bertha Venation]

27. Yes, Midlo, it is cute. Even the rat is cute.

I love their twitchy whiskery noses.

[riverdeep]

28. How about this?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/necilbug/2778790206/

The tail is what gets to me too for some reason. The tail and the yellow teeth. They kind of otherwise look like hamsters which I had when I was a kid.

BTW, the rat in the first photo died and the owner got another. This is the other rat with the one of the former's teddy:



http://www.flickr.com/photos/necilbug/3337951189/

Oh, and hopefully the cat has been well fed!

[ThomCat]

30. Those are amazingly adorable photos.

:)

[ThomCat]

29. Rats are wonderful, cute, friendly pets.

:loveya:

Friends of mine have pet rats, and I love to play with them and let them climb on me. I love to let them run up my sleeves and out my collar. They are very affectionate and friendly. :)

They recognize my voice on the phone and chitter happily at me and do happy dances. :P

[av8rdave]

33. Contrary to popular belief, there ARE some Good Rats out there!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyAZ1x4XDsQ

[Starry Messenger]

34. ((melts))

I love teh ratties. I know people get really icked out by them but they make very sweet pets. They don't know they are rats, after all. :) Mine thought he was a dog and had free range of our house. He came when called and did tricks. He always ran down the hall to greet my boyfriend at the door when he heard him come up at the end of the day. I always had to rush after him to catch him because the door would sweep him off the floor when it opened!



Dino

[LisaL]

35. I could never have a pet rat.

Yikes.

[Sequoia]

36. No.

I grew up in Willard's house. Every spring the creek would rise and those mice would invade our home. They made a tiny narrow path from the smokehouse to our house and you could hear them at night nawing on the heavy oak bathroom door. They got in the stove and you could see them peering up at you where you cook things on top. No, mice and rats are not cute. They bring death (Black Plague) and destructions (Nutcracker Suite!).

[Deep13]

37. The bottom part is.

I just hope kitty doesn't get a disease or anything from that fucking rodent.

[Midlodemocrat]

38. +1