Friday, June 10, 2011

Surviving Recovery Summer II, part 2

Soon the kids will be off from school and bothering you all the time about getting a Playstation or Xbox or a bike or some other such plaything only a king could afford in these days of Obamanomics. Your kids need to be set straight. First off where are you gonna plug a video game console in at your Obamaville? A tree stump? And a bike will just get stolen by the bigger kids who are lucky enough to be eating raccoons in these days of plenty (Recovery Summer II).

So why not a pet?

By now you are already trapping rats and eating them. Why not hold one back for the lil' ones? Preferably a young one:

From madasafish.com:
Wild Norway rats can make perfectly good pets, at least if you get them young(see!) - and the normal way of ending up with a wild Norway rat is by your cat bringing you a baby one. They are shyer than domestic/fancy rats, with a coarser coat and (usually) much smaller eyes and ears (Terrific!): but not so shy as to make them completely unapproachable. They will generally be more excitable than a domestic rat, just as most wolves are more excitable than most dogs (Fantastic!!); but a hand-reared wild Norway rat is probably no more difficult to manage than a stroppy hamster - though of course their bite is proportionately worse.(Great!!) They are easy to keep clean, as they are more likely than domestic rats to establish a lavatory corner and use only that (I was going to say "and stick to it", but considering how gummy rat-urine is (Oh yes!) I decided that that was an unfortunate turn of phrase).



Spoiled brat show off!



So now you are utilizing the humble rat as food and entertainment. It's all about being efficient in these days of hope and change folks. Stay tuned for more exciting tips!


To learn more about wild rat pets click here!

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