She would run up to my boyfriend, and grab at his legs, begging to be picked up. He wouldnt' because he knew she would bite him. I would say, "OH, look, she wants you to pick her up and give her a kiss". He would tell me no, because she would bite him on the nose. I would nag, she would beg and eventually we would convince him that she really had changed. He would pick her up and hold her up to his face and say in a resigned voice "hello, louisal". She would reach out, grab ahold of the little bit of flesh between one's nostrils and hold on. He would yell of course and pull her away, which only stretched his nose out. She would let go after a couple of seconds and he would put her on the floor where she would do the biggest happiest ferret dance ever.
This must have happened over a hundred times. I loved that ferret.
----- Original Message -----
From: Larry C. Lyons
To: CF-Community
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: New Pet
These were lab rats who were minimally handled. They were probably rather
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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