The Rat Lovers Club! ~MODS PLEASE LOCK!

[TheForumFairy]

its kittens;p not pups and thats NOT the point the point is the company breeds rats till they die just for money and are to impatient to wait until they lived a full happy life to kill them if thats "humane" then i hate humans more then ever

[Yogi&Boo]

My rat has just passed away I checked on him jsut now... he had a nice peace full end

Thanks all for the suggestions but it was all a bit late for him

[HellyBoo]

Get over it people... I keep my rats cause i love them. I would love to rescue but i have a little sister... Who knows what problems it could bring to her... I'm going to leave... No matter how much i just want to listen and learn abit more about rats everyone seems to just be against me so i'm just going.

[Kim Jonghyun]

No, Emo! I support you! D8

Awww... ;~;

[WinterSkyWolf]

My rat has just passed away I checked on him jsut now... he had a nice peace full end

Thanks all for the suggestions but it was all a bit late for him

I'm sorry to hear that I know what its like, my rat passed away last year. R.I.P.

[TheForumFairy]

(im not against anyone ....kinda

[ser]

O.o its a miracle does he seem happy?

(you has no soul emo &nava)

I'd have to agree with Moonfall too....I wouldn't have one since I fed my snakie dead mice. Would you rather have our snakes die of starvation?

I sort of have to agree with the whole rescuing thing too, I rescued my two ratties from a lovely animal who rescued many pets. But I felt safer getting breeder rats, satisified to know this woman knew her way around the rats, gave them meds and made sure they were healthy, and she bred to show and have better genetics. Not a 'backyard breeder' to see ' the ofsprings uff my fave rattiez <3', or to 'see/hav litle pupps.'

And sorry to hear that Paintmypony, atleast he had a nice life, knowing he had an amazing owner and a peaceful life <3.

[plum]

its kittens;p not pups and thats NOT the point the point is the company breeds rats till they die just for money and are to impatient to wait until they lived a full happy life to kill them if thats "humane" then i hate humans more then ever

They aren't 'impatient'. My as-thick-as-a-pencil corn snakes can not eat an adult rat, those pinkies are the only size they can eat. The people who breed those feeders know, and humanely euthanize rodents of various sizes so people's pets can eat.

EDIT: If I misunderstood, sorry, I'm sick with an icky cold and tired.

[MoonfallTheFox]

Rarity. My snake is 10.5 inches long. She cannot even IMAGINE eating an adult mouse with her tiny mouth, and adult mice who have been used for breeding or who are old are very fatty and not healthy for our snakes.

Animals will always have to eat, and with some animals, other things must die to feed them. It is the way of life, in fact, rats are killers as well and will kill to eat. I have seen mine try. My mice, too, will eat any meat given to them (red meat isn't healthy though) and enjoy insects and grubs in particular. The only thing we as humns can do is make sure that the animals who die to feed our pets live as good of a life as they can, no matter how short it is, and die without pain. There cannot be life without death. My snake would starve without the sacrifice of baby mice. I love mice, and it saddens me that she must eat them, but I love her, too. In order to be as good to both species as possible, I feed F/T food to my snake. I also have pet mice and they will never be eaten. I never meet the babies I buy before they die, but -all- of them have milk bands, the brand of a full belly. They were not hungry when they lived. That is the best I can do as a lover of ALL animal species. It is as humane as death can be.

I do not agree with live feeding, in fact I abhor it. But snakes and other animals have to eat. Would you prefer they all starve to death, dying slowly, while owners languish over them? I would be shattered if my little one died. She is only a young snake, in her first year of life and growing rapidly. Just like dogs and cats eat chicken, or like my chickens eat bugs, death is a part of the cycle nessecary for all life. People who care for life, and have to sacrifice life to do so, are not any more soulless than anyone else. My 26 pets are my life, they get the best care I can give them, they have a home, they have love, they have friends and toys and good food. It takes a soul, if you believe they exist, to shelter animals in need, to save the helpless or put the doomed out of thier misery quickly and without pain. The rescue work I do brings a lot of heartache for me, because no matter what animals do die sometimes. More often than not they survive, I actually just took in a little frog last night who's doing marvelously.

But he, too, must kill to eat. I sacrifice crickets to him to help him heal and grow strong.

Painted pony, I'm sorry. He was very old and you gave him a peaceful passing. RIP little guy.

[ShadiSin]

All of my girls together.

From left to right; Spiffy, Sharkie, Sadie and Simeon. ^^

and, no, I don't always have newspaper in there. it was just for 'play time'.