Rat appriation post (AMA)
Rat appriation post (AMA)
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I love rats. I really do. Ask me anything pet-rat related.
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Yeah, cool pets. Just a pity that the typical ones are bred to get cancer and thus usually don't live that long.
1 0 ReplyI wish a breeder would focus on domesticating and shrinking gambian pouched rats.
They don't seem far off.
5 0 ReplyOr could get a degu.
2 0 ReplyI feel like degu behavior is sufficiently different from rats that the gambian pouched would have a better end-result.
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True. The way I see it, though, is it's their entire life for them. It doesn't really matter. And one rat dying is an opportunity to provide a better life for another one. It's morally correct and utilitarian, I think!
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