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Why do people say that hate rats because of their tails2007-11-24 22:19:47

The tail did freak me out at first- I'll admit, so did those giant cha cha cha's the males have-but I got over it quickly- When one comes to understand the purpose of the tail, and how functional it is- it's quite amazing. I like to say- people love and feed squirels, without realizing that squirels are a rat with a better hairdresser!! If they only knew!

Teej.

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It really bothers me when people react to the fact that I kept fancy rats (my last one died a few days ago). My neighbour wouldn't even come in the house for fear of catching the plague from them, even though that disease has been almost extinct in wild rats for more years than I'd care to mention.

I wonder how people would react if it was widely publicised that humans carry more transmittable diseases and bacterias on their hands than rats (wild or pet) ever have.

Then again, I much prefer rats to a lot of people I know.

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I completely agree with you. I have rats and work in a petstore that sells rats. Whenever someone sees me on the street with my rats or in the store with a rat on my shoulder (cause I love to carry them around) they say "ewww a rat".

Then I explain to them that rats make great pets (better than any hamster), don't bite (unless unsocialized or has babies), and aren't gross. They're really very clean animals. I tell them to touch the tail and they realize that it's not scaly, it actually has little hairs on it and is soft, especially on babies.