I had some as pets and found them to be so wonderful and cute
2007-03-17 04:23:01 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Rats don't bother me although I do prefer the white ones that my son had as pets when he was young. Spiders are my thing. I will absolutely hurt myself trying to get away from a spider. It's silly and I know it but ewww. They make me run for the hills. Only thing I have nightmares about also.
2007-03-17 05:19:01 · answer #1 · answered by Only hell mama ever raised 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To each his own really, but personally I don't like even the pet ones because they remind me of the wild ones which I have had horrible experience with. Wild rats have been known to eat babies fingers and toes. They are particularly aggressive and can attack. They have a long history of carrying disease.
Phobias are usually rooted in bad experiences both real and imagined. They are difficult to overcome. Respect the fact that the pets you love, rats, mice, snakes, tarantulas or whatever, may scare the beegeebers out of someone else!
2007-03-17 11:45:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, rats do not have such a good track record throughout history....so yeah, most people are gonna go a bit nuts when they see one. As for me, I am not scared of them, but I don't think I'd want one for a pet. (Field mice are cute, though.) My grandmother has had a problem with them in the past...they like to get into the grain for her chickens. I have talked her into using "catch and release" traps now, though. I hate to see anything being hurt. :0)
2007-03-17 11:29:07 · answer #3 · answered by Merry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When people think of rats, they think of the greasy, filthy ones that hide in the gutters of NYC all day, and then come out at night and bite people. Then the people get diseases such as rabies. Rats have not had such a good rep. throughout history **hint hint** THE PLAGUE **hint hint**
2007-03-17 11:26:27 · answer #4 · answered by Kat 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sewer rats, yes. The rats in the pet store, not so much.
2007-03-17 11:42:01 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not pet rats. Wild rats. I can handle mice, but rats .... give me the creeps! (Yes, and maybe I would get up on a table! LOL.)
2007-03-17 11:26:30 · answer #6 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fortunately I have lived in areas that didn't have big rats...only lots of field mice....we'd get them in traps once in a while...they were more a nuisance (i.e. they'd chew into containers to get holiday treats or nest in car upholstry)
2007-03-17 11:34:51 · answer #7 · answered by LanceMiller77 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rats have proven quite sart...smrt....smart. Also, they can make you a lot of money if you find them in your fast food!
2007-03-17 11:27:05 · answer #8 · answered by J D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
omg dont say that word i heard horrifing stories bout them like in nyc they still babies at nite (i no there not true) but i am so freakin scared i sound like a bog baby srry
2007-03-17 11:34:46 · answer #9 · answered by haley elizabeth yo ;) 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ME. I have some that sneak into my sister's apartment. They are so flea infested and they smell bad.
2007-03-19 12:35:29 · answer #10 · answered by emaciated asian chick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋