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| Phlip |
So in the back of a pet store, they don't have socialized rats for sale, but
they did have a litter kept as feeders.
The lady asks how big a rat I need, thinking I have a pet snake.
I ask her to upend the sleeping tube, and three adorable little babies run
out.
Each is 5 centimeters of physical perfection - two blonde hoodies and one
black hoodie - with terrified eyes, looking up at the latest wicked
monstrous predator to enter their tiny habitat.
If you try to grab one, they run away. That's why they are alive; they are
the shyest and most skittish survivors of a litter, and all their more
friendly, docile, and weak siblings are now snake poop.
When you grab one, they can't sit still in your hand; they will jump.
So, artificial selection has produced three perfect babies that I can't buy.
Will they be too hard to socialize?
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Phlip
http://www.greencheese.org/ZeekLand <-- NOT a blog!!!
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| Kate |
Phlip wrote:
> So in the back of a pet store, they don't have socialized rats for sale, but
> they did have a litter kept as feeders.
>
> The lady asks how big a rat I need, thinking I have a pet snake.
>
> I ask her to upend the sleeping tube, and three adorable little babies run
> out.
>
> Each is 5 centimeters of physical perfection - two blonde hoodies and one
> black hoodie - with terrified eyes, looking up at the latest wicked
> monstrous predator to enter their tiny habitat.
>
> If you try to grab one, they run away. That's why they are alive; they are
> the shyest and most skittish survivors of a litter, and all their more
> friendly, docile, and weak siblings are now snake poop.
>
> When you grab one, they can't sit still in your hand; they will jump.
>
> So, artificial selection has produced three perfect babies that I can't buy.
> Will they be too hard to socialize?
>
Judging by what you have described they sound just like the last two
rascals I have. They were just the same. They were that bad that the
pet shop was giving them away. I just managed to get a hold of Lemony
but as we were walking down an aisle he lept on to one of the shelves. I
have had these guys for a year now. Lemony is in training to be the
next Alpha male. Both he and Patrick are still skitterish and dash at
the slightest noise but if I have food they are the first ones to come
up to me and take it out of my hands. I think it is ingrained in them.
I accept that they are not the most cuddliest of the bunch but they
are adorable and their behavior is humorous to watch at times. For me
giving them a home wouldn't require a second thought. They get on well
with their cage mates so they socialise with their own kind just fine..:))
Regards Kate
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| Phlip |
Kate wrote:
> For me giving them a home wouldn't require a second thought. They get on
> well with their cage mates so they socialise with their own kind just
> fine..:))
I went to another pet shop, and rescued a feeder who was sweet, sleepy,
docile, and small. She was easy to grab; next in line for a snack.
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Phlip
http://www.greencheese.org/ZeekLand <-- NOT a blog!!!
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