How many times has this happend to you?

I don't even entertain the thought of looking at live feeder rodents in the pet shop--and I will never feed live, not because it's safer even though that's a perfectly good reason too but I can't bear the thought of feeding something live with a thought level higher than a fish... I just think about how scared I'd be if I was in their shoes... paws... or whatever.

I have no qualms about frozen though, and I even keep them in my freezer next to my frozen veggies (in a non-see-through bag) to the horror of my parents/sister/anyone who hears about this.

I think rat pups are so, freakin', adorable... adult rats... not so much.

Almost but not quite. Dropped a rat in Paradox's cage and he didn't eat it so I went to the pet store to get a cage to keep him in. By the time I got back, the rat was gone. :( (took the cage back for a refund)

Mice are different. Enigma refused, prob cause he was blue. Tossed the mouse in a tub and fattened it up while I waited for Enigma's eyes to clear. Was kind of fun watching it push the substrate around and seeing what food it preferred. Not so fun seeing it had chewed a 1/2" diameter hole in the lid of the tub (packing tape fixed that). I accidentally snapped the lid shut on its tail, I *did* feel bad about that. But after a couple days, I offered it back to Enigma and he ate it. EOM