crymad > wrote in
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> fLameDogg wrote:
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>> A lab-coated government inspector holds a clipboard with one too
>> many hash-marks in one hand as he admonishes a rat with the other.
>> The rat looks suitably abashed.
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> Understandably so. Rats are smart, clean, affectionate pets. Rat
> hair finds its way into my mouth daily, after kissing the little
> loves.

I can relate. I once had a Japanese hooded rat, which I got from a pet
store when barely weaned. She very much liked to kiss--the first time she
snuffled between my lips to find my tongue, I was a bit afraid she would
consider it a tasty treat, but it turned out to be just affection (or
whatever animal impulse). She would chase my fingers much like a cat will
do, and she liked to sit on my shoulder, my head, or best of all, my shirt
pocket. That's where she was the day I learned that rats tend to urinate
in much greater volume than, say, hamsters. On the other paw, I've never
had a hamster want to sit in my pocket, so there you are.

> Catch rat scratch fever: http://www.rmca.org/

Nice! I'm not *that* much of a fan, but glad to know it's there.

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