freaked about being handled.
The only one of our ferrets who seriously tried biting was Augustus when we
first got him. I suspect he was abused before he was rescued. So if you
held him close to your face he would try to nip your nose.
larry
At 08:30 PM 12/19/2003, you wrote:
>MY rat snowball took about two weeks to really acclimate to being a
>persons pet, but he NEVER bit. He was a sweet and loving pet, just as
>loving as my ferrets, but not nearly as clever.
>
>Now, come to think of it, my ferrets did bite on occasion but love
>bites. Louisal used to bite my boyfriend on the nose because she was
>jealous of him, which cracked me up.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Larry C. Lyons
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 12:57 PM
> Subject: Re: New Pet
>
> I spent 3 semesters as a senior working as the assitant to the learning
> theory lab course. I ended up taking care of about 100 lab rats. Never
> again. I still have the scars where one bit my finger.
>
> If you want cute, go for a ferret, not an ugly rodent.
>
> larry
>
> At 12:54 PM 12/19/2003, you wrote:
> >When I was in college, I took Intro to Psych, which included various
> >labs. For the neuropsych part, we had to run rats through a water maze.
> > I was the only guy in a group of very traditionally girlish ladies, so
> >I ended up as Rat wRangler. This is when I discovered that not only are
> >rats cool, but they have very distinct personalities.
> >
> >Fortunately (in my opinion) the next lab paired me with a female friend
> >who liked the rats as much as I did, so I ended up with fewer scratches,
> >got to participate in parts of the experiment not involving direct
> >contact with the rats, and still got to pet ours.
> >
> >My favorite lab rat story, though, happened after a long weekend. I was
> >walking down the sidewalk with a friend and we came across some
> >animal-testing protest chalkings. One said that the rats hadn't been
> >fed or watered all weekend. My friend got pretty pissed. I told her I
> >was sure it wasn't true. She replied, "Of course not! I'm the one who
> >fed them!"
> >
> >White lab rats are so cool.....
> >Great. Now I'm thinking about acquiring a pet.
> >
> >--benD
> >
> >BethF wrote:
> >
> > > My very first pet was a white lab rat, stolen from the psych lab at
> > > Drexel University when I was six. He was an amazing little friend once
> > > he got over being scared.
> > >
> >
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