Quote Originally Posted by Jellybeans View Post
I guess I was speaking from the heart because I used to have rats as pets and I loved them dearly they were wonderful pets but they all died from some kind of tumor because of all the years and years of inbreeding
So the word inbreeding was just a bad word for me. That's one reason I could never feed live it will always have to be frozen

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I had a family of pet rats too, long before I ever got into snakes. They're intelligent, trainable & affectionate. I got a nip by mistake once & the 'perp' actually cowered
in anguish because he obviously realized his mistake & felt bad. I wasn't mad & let him know that...he was the one that liked to lean on the cage wall standing on his
hind legs, while I gave him a good back rub. And I know from interviews with actors in horror movies that the rats that appeared to be biting or eating them were all
carefully licking them clean, also with no mistakes. I could do that with my own pets as well...rats will aggressively grab your fingers & but then carefully & gently lick
all the food off, lol. And they do great work licking peanut butter jars clean....saves water before recycling.

I used to breed lots more rodents than I do now, & since some were sold to local pet stores as potential pets, I've always avoided inbreeding too. Though with rats as
with humans, tumors can be both genetic & environmental as to causes. Our world isn't getting any safer or cleaner...it SHOULD be, as we know better, but making
the commitment & enforcing laws to keep pollution in check isn't easy. We need better education too...