I found it super funny when my mother held one of my male rats for the first time.
She would always ask, "What's that dragging across my arm?"

.. xD Ugh. I'll never forget the face she made when I told her.

My first experience was with hamsters', but never the less, I thought they were tumors, so I went to tell a store employee. My mother asked what I was doing, and when I told her, she asked to see the hamster. Upon seeing what I was talking about (I was 13-ish), she whispered to me, "Those are his balls."
"OOOOOOOH...."

not mine necessarily, but my mom's reaction:

mom: hey ratte, all of your rats' behinds look a little swollen.
me: what?
mom: yeah, it looks like they have tumors.
me: those are their balls.
mom: i don't know, they look like tumors.
me: ...those are their balls.
mom: if i were you i would try to arrange a vet appointment.
me: mom.
mom: what?
me: those. are. their balls.
mom: ...OOOOH.

i'm pretty sure she just suddenly forgot all of my rats were male, as if the fatlaziness and incredible fondness to food wasn't already a great indicator. :V

reposted because typos.

This reminds me a certain song by AC/DC. X3

I was volunteering at a shelter and some other volunteers (around age 16) were calling a hamster's balls his butt. I informed them of anatomy.

But regarding rats, I love my man torpedoes! They're so comical. Not to mention, an un-neutered male smells SO GOOD.

Omg right. Don't they smell like fresh sopapeas or Vatever those pastries are?

Never even heard of those things, but if they taste like the smell of a male rat, then I want some!

I remember I saw them at a petstore and was sorry for them. Figured it would be painful for them to attempt any scampering lol. Now I just associate them with a big squishy bean bag rat ; u ; they make the rat look a lot bigger too xo. And I love giant rats c: