larry
At 10:07 PM 12/19/2003, you wrote:
>Oh, Louisal never bit SERIOUSLY. Just for effect, on this one
>boyfriend Never hard. Just enough to humiliate him.
>
>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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