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13 years ago
Got a new little girl today.
What the fuck is going on at the moment? Thats 13 I've rescued in a week.
Had a call from the vet, and someone had brought her in to be put to sleep because she had bitten their child.
On her way down the corridor to her death, the receptionist fortunately decided it wasn't fair for this to happen, and knew I took in rats.
She asked the owner if she would mind the rat being re-homed rather than killed. Owner said she didn't mind. So the vets called me and asked if I'd take her. Of course I said yes, I couldn't say no and let her die. Im so glad it was that receptionist and that vet practise who knew me and stepped in to do something, anywhere else and that girl would be dead now.
Picked her up from the vet a few hours ago. Owner said she bit her kids and drew blood, and she was originally from pets at home, but they wouldn't take her back.
Shes a little roan dumbo, very nervous, won't even eat.
I've picked her up, just to move her from carrier to cage, and she didn't bite. But she is 'freeze up' kind of scared, so I wouldn't put it past her if she were pushed. So, well, don't push her! Respect her fear.
Shes only 7 months old, and clearly not some raging beast that needs killing; just a very timid little girl who has lived her whole life alone being pulled about by kids.
She doesn't puff up, doesn't huff at anyone, her body language is all fear, not confrontation. She wants to hide away from you, not charge toward you.
They claimed she wasn't always like this, and when they first got her, she was fine. So we have a fear biter who used to be fine as a new baby, but developed the biting habit, and we have little kids in the picture. Doesn't take a genius to guess at what may have happened.
Dropped, squeezed, picked up badly, shouting/screaming, blah, blah.
Im pissed for a number of reasons here.
First, having a rat killed just because she bit your kids? Really? How about taking responsibility for the life YOU brought into your home and making a bigger effort to re-home her? Putting rat rescue norfolk or suffolk into google would have bought me up. Phoning the RSPCA would have given you my number, its not hard to find me.
I can't understand people just thinking 'screw it, just kill it'.
This isn't a dog or something thats big enough to actually kill you if its bad tempered; this is a rat. She's tiny. She's managable, she isn't going to hurt you if you leave her alone. So do that, and look for a rescue while you do so.
But no....no, its easier to just say 'fuck it, kill the bitch, she bit my precious child'.
This is precisely why I don't approve of rats as pets for most small kids. Unless they have a very rat savvy parent who will take control and ensure the child treats the rats right, a young kid shouldn't have a rat.
Secondly, good old pets at home. Churning out more poorly bred rats that they're happy to sell as loners to families with young kids and then take absolutely no responsibility for once the money has changed hands. They apparently told this woman 'we can't take her, we have 19 more rats already waiting for adoption'. Ok, first off, bullshit. I regularly go into the pets at home stores around here and their adoption centres are rat-free most of the time. Sounds like an excuse because they didn't want a biter. And if it were true.....isn't that a huge sign that you shouldn't be selling rats any more if you have 19 of your products back with you needing new homes?
lol, pet shops. Scum of the earth.
Just.......saddened by how stupid people are.
Fortunately, this little girl is safe now. She'll have a much better life from now on, with friends and good food and someone who loves her.
What the fuck is going on at the moment? Thats 13 I've rescued in a week.
Had a call from the vet, and someone had brought her in to be put to sleep because she had bitten their child.
On her way down the corridor to her death, the receptionist fortunately decided it wasn't fair for this to happen, and knew I took in rats.
She asked the owner if she would mind the rat being re-homed rather than killed. Owner said she didn't mind. So the vets called me and asked if I'd take her. Of course I said yes, I couldn't say no and let her die. Im so glad it was that receptionist and that vet practise who knew me and stepped in to do something, anywhere else and that girl would be dead now.
Picked her up from the vet a few hours ago. Owner said she bit her kids and drew blood, and she was originally from pets at home, but they wouldn't take her back.
Shes a little roan dumbo, very nervous, won't even eat.
I've picked her up, just to move her from carrier to cage, and she didn't bite. But she is 'freeze up' kind of scared, so I wouldn't put it past her if she were pushed. So, well, don't push her! Respect her fear.
Shes only 7 months old, and clearly not some raging beast that needs killing; just a very timid little girl who has lived her whole life alone being pulled about by kids.
She doesn't puff up, doesn't huff at anyone, her body language is all fear, not confrontation. She wants to hide away from you, not charge toward you.
They claimed she wasn't always like this, and when they first got her, she was fine. So we have a fear biter who used to be fine as a new baby, but developed the biting habit, and we have little kids in the picture. Doesn't take a genius to guess at what may have happened.
Dropped, squeezed, picked up badly, shouting/screaming, blah, blah.
Im pissed for a number of reasons here.
First, having a rat killed just because she bit your kids? Really? How about taking responsibility for the life YOU brought into your home and making a bigger effort to re-home her? Putting rat rescue norfolk or suffolk into google would have bought me up. Phoning the RSPCA would have given you my number, its not hard to find me.
I can't understand people just thinking 'screw it, just kill it'.
This isn't a dog or something thats big enough to actually kill you if its bad tempered; this is a rat. She's tiny. She's managable, she isn't going to hurt you if you leave her alone. So do that, and look for a rescue while you do so.
But no....no, its easier to just say 'fuck it, kill the bitch, she bit my precious child'.
This is precisely why I don't approve of rats as pets for most small kids. Unless they have a very rat savvy parent who will take control and ensure the child treats the rats right, a young kid shouldn't have a rat.
Secondly, good old pets at home. Churning out more poorly bred rats that they're happy to sell as loners to families with young kids and then take absolutely no responsibility for once the money has changed hands. They apparently told this woman 'we can't take her, we have 19 more rats already waiting for adoption'. Ok, first off, bullshit. I regularly go into the pets at home stores around here and their adoption centres are rat-free most of the time. Sounds like an excuse because they didn't want a biter. And if it were true.....isn't that a huge sign that you shouldn't be selling rats any more if you have 19 of your products back with you needing new homes?
lol, pet shops. Scum of the earth.
Just.......saddened by how stupid people are.
Fortunately, this little girl is safe now. She'll have a much better life from now on, with friends and good food and someone who loves her.
Any pet actually >> (without devoted parents to help/keep an eye out)
But with a rat, there are the added problems of them being so small and easy to hurt. A young child can easily break a rat's spine, crush it, de-glove a tail etc and you end up with a terrified rat like this.
Big rat lover myself, and can definitely see how wrong it is to have them with (most) kids..
I feel they see them too much as a toy/those cuddly talkative disney animals.
I'm glad the poor girl got a second chance now and can enjoy a good life :]
Don't see how putting her down would've done anyone anything good.
If she bit the kid, there was probably a very good reason for it!
I look up to you. I really do. You have the same passion for them as I do.
That's how >I< learned respect. A cat named Spike.
Do not yield, do not adapt, do not co-exist, do not tolerate. Destroy anything that doesn't fit your need of instant gratification.
We had gerbils when I was young and it showed me how dangerous humans can be to a little gerbil.
It's up to parents to be responsible for what happens. First off they need to figure out is a pet a good idea and do they already have one? Most I can guarantee will just... not be suitable. My sister is one, she got a pet rabbit for my niece but no longer lives with us and can't take it with her. Now we have to clean it out and feed it and look after it because it'd be lucky if she came to clean it once a week. Which is a shame because it's a lovely rabbit.
Thirdly I just don't get people like that. THIS ANIMAL DOES NOT BEHAVE HOW I WANT IT TO I WILL HAVE IT EUTHANISED/DUMpED. First off you should know wtf you're doing, like I said. Second just augh animals are not things. You cannot just throw them away because they're "broken".
The only thing I can think of is that she was just panicked about the rat and that people around her would've told her to have it euthanised, but I don't know. I'm one of the few people always willing to think the better, ahah.
Lastly I feel SO BAD about the rats/animals I see at pets at home. Whilst I'm glad that they're no longer selling birds I wish they'd just not sell anything ALIVE -aside from the grubs for reptile noms because getting those is a pita-. I want to take them all home with me ;n;
I just hate when people think rats and kids are a good combination, when most of the time they aren't. The fact that the woman so carelessly thought 'Oh no it bit my kid, let's kill it because clearly it needs to be killed' shows me she doesn't know how animals work period :/ I don't think it's that hard to notice the difference between fear and confrontation, and if the rat is scared and you're letting your kid hold it just aasdfrghjk
Common sense right out the window :C At least you took her in!
Stupid parents, if they can't handle a pet, how can they raise a child who is arguably a lot more complicated to make into a decent citizen?