» Site Navigation
0 members and 687 guests
No Members online
Most users ever online was 47,180, 07-16-2025 at 05:30 PM.
» Today's Birthdays
» Stats
Members: 75,900
Threads: 249,096
Posts: 2,572,067
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
|
-
Wow... just Wow... I'll will never....
... look at snake food the same way...
Check This Out
Last edited by Aes_Sidhe; 03-31-2014 at 10:08 PM.
-
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to Aes_Sidhe For This Useful Post:
John1982 (04-01-2014),OhhWatALoser (04-01-2014),Pyrate81 (04-01-2014)
-
Saw that on the CA rat group I'm a part of. There's a part 2 as well. I really want ratties that come running from across the room to me. After watching the videos that quote a member said a while ago rang in my mind. Something along the lines of the hardest thing to grasp for him in the hobby is feeding far more intelligent creatures to dumb ones.
 Alluring Constrictors
-
The Following User Says Thank You to Marrissa For This Useful Post:
-
Yeah. I kept rats as pets off and on from ten years ago to last summer when my last old guy died. They're seriously smart - almost never biters, sweet and affectionate, learn their names and other things, used a litterbox in their cage. I've honestly had dogs dumber than most of my rats. I love my snakes, but I love the heck out of rats, too. Feeding frozen thawed and handling the little bodies makes me sad. Not sad enough not to feed my snakes, but sad enough that I couldn't own rats and snakes at the same time. Worst thing about it's honestly their short lifespan.
---
1.0 Normal BP
1.0 Pastel BP
1.1 Black and White Banded Cal-King
2.3 Dogs
0.4 Cats
1.0 Husband
2.0 Kids
-
The Following User Says Thank You to CptJack For This Useful Post:
-
Registered User
All I can think of while watching this is The Secret of Nimh..
Males
1.0 Champagne ( Django )
1.0 Pastel Lesser ( Vincent Vega)
1.0 Orange Ghost ( Mr. Orange )
Females
0.1 Normal ( Tang )
0.1 Spider ( Nyx )
0.1 Fire ( Whiskey )
1.0 Boxer ( Bronx )
-
The Following User Says Thank You to C_Smith23 For This Useful Post:
-
Re: Wow... just Wow... I'll will never....
 Originally Posted by Marrissa
After watching the videos that quote a member said a while ago rang in my mind. Something along the lines of the hardest thing to grasp for him in the hobby is feeding far more intelligent creatures to dumb ones.
Might that be the quote in my siggy? 
Originally Posted by dkspftw
My ball pythons, so far as I can tell so far, are idiots. Lovable all the same, but not smart. In fact, my main moral dilemma as a BP keeper is the fact that we have to feed animals that are so smart (rats) to ones that are basically as dumb as logs.
I'm working on a Snake Tracker App! If you have any ideas or suggestions on features, feel free to post them in the Development Thread! I'll also be posting updates on the development of this program in this thread!
-
The Following User Says Thank You to ViperSRT3g For This Useful Post:
-
Re: Wow... just Wow... I'll will never....
Pretty cool. I got sucked into a youtube blackhole and watched a few of their videos last night. Some of the tricks they taught their animals are really good. Didn't know a cat could be trained the way they have theirs.
-Yar 
1.0.0 Albino Black Rat snake(Wafer)
0.0.1 California King snake(Oreo)
0.0.1 African Housesnake(Cupcake)
0.0.1 Honduran Milk snake(Blackjack)
0.0.2 Normal BP(Petey; Twix)
0.0.1 Yellow Rat Snake(Dijon)
0.0.1 Madagascar Speckled Hognose(Granola)[RIP]
1.0.0 Albino Nelson's Milk snake(Candy Cane)
1.0.0 Lesser BP(Creme Brulee)
1.0.0 Mojo BP(Brownie)
0.1.0 Black Motley Corn snake(Anisette)
0.0.1 Pueblan Milk snake[Fostering, Taco Grande]
0.1.0 West African Mud Turtle(Bulger)
0.2.0 Red Eared Slider(Squirtle, Turtwig)
1.0.0 Rat Terrorier(Ranger)
-
-
When I was involved in the rat shows, there were some people who were setting up agility courses to train their rats on. I never got into that, because i was too lazy to train my rats (put too much time into training my horse and dogs, rats are much easier to handle even without that kind of extensive training! lol), but I have had a few "trained" rats that would come when called and used a litter box. That was about the extent of my rat training career.
Why keep a snake? Why keep any animal? Because you enjoy the animal, find something beautiful and fascinating about it, and it fits seamlessly into your lifestyle.
-
-
Rats are so rad. Admittedly I have had more fun playing with my rats, breeding, care, etc. than my snakes at times. I have a bird cage with 2 dwarf rats on my dresser. Every time I walk up one of them wakes up and leaps onto the bars and begs me for attention. I don't even feed him treats so I know it is purely for the affection and playing and not just a Pavlovian reaction.
-
-
I love how they bounce back when they fetch. That was really neat.
-
-
Rats are amazing animals. It's a shame they're near the bottom of the food chain.
I love my breeder rats. They are so smart.
I retired all of my first generation breeder girls as pets. They litter trained themselves instantly on Day 1 in their new cage after living their entire lives in a rack.
My favorite female was trained to come when called to give a high five.
Other than that, I haven't trained my other rats. I don't have much time. 
-
Posting Permissions
- You may not post new threads
- You may not post replies
- You may not post attachments
- You may not edit your posts
-
Forum Rules
|
Reply With Quote
