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I had a pet rat when I was a kid. Bloody great fun but they do piss everywhere though...
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Snow is a novelty for me still, as it was rare down in Cornballs, so the last few days have been nice However, the rain is now turning it into death slush and I'm scared
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Bobby Deluxe posted:second wisdom tooth out, i now officially have -1 on perception rolls Did the Dentist lean on your chest with her knee as you hear the crunching and crushing and felt unimaginable pain despite having three injections and then she takes out the other one by mistake and you're ten years old and you never forgot it? :edit: ah it can't be because mine were pre-molars
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I love rats, but they don't live very long and I'm not up for perpetual heartbreak. My brother in law is now in hospital with covid- he was experiencing it as bad flu and starting to recover, then his boiler broke down. As he couldn't get warm and was deteriorating, a special covid ambulance crew came and took him away. Lovely mother-in-law has sent the family money so they can get a new one quickly without abusing the credit cards. Additionally, greyhound tore his cruciate ligament just before xmas and hasn't yet had an xray or operation because vets are only doing emergency ops. Some days he can use the leg a bit, others he's completely lame (not unlike my posting) for no obvious reason. FML as we used to say.
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Jan 26, 2021 17:09
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if you want long rats might i recommend ferrets
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Jan 26, 2021 17:13
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Bobby Deluxe posted:second wisdom tooth out, i now officially have -1 on perception rolls I have a bonus 5th one which explains why I'm so drat wisdomous 
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Jan 26, 2021 17:14
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Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:if you want long rats might i recommend ferrets Aren't ferrets very bitey? I used to have guinea pigs, but now I have long dog so they wouldn't be safe.
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Jan 26, 2021 17:19
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hockey jockey posted:Aren't ferrets very bitey? I had some years ago and they were soft as poo poo. They're more like forever kittens than they are rats, they're just infinitely interested in getting into EVERYTHING and playing. They do sleep 18 hours a day though and you can litter box train them so they're great. They will 100% find ANY tiny little hole you have in your kitchen cabinets at their level and climb inside to explore. We were refitting the bathroom and the albino one decided it would be fun to go into the hole where the bath drain is and explore under the floorboards. About an hour later she climbed out, completely grey from the dust and then protested the bath we had to give her. I miss them a lot!
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Jan 26, 2021 17:27
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Skarsnik posted:I have a bonus 5th one which explains why I'm so drat wisdomous I have missing lateral incisors, which means I have a sexy middle gap like that one model, prominent canines like a sparkly vampire and am genetically superior at ripping flesh. I completely lack wisdom teeth though So +2 con and -4 wis, bonus to healing and weakness to sunlight, I'll take that
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Jan 26, 2021 17:27
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Jan 26, 2021 17:28
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hockey jockey posted:Aren't ferrets very bitey? I'd like to know this. I assume its like with rats, play with them & they are friendly fuckers.
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Jan 26, 2021 17:29
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Ferrets can be bitey, as can anything else.
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Jan 26, 2021 17:36
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fridge corn posted:11 minutes now?
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Jan 26, 2021 17:39
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goatface posted:Ferrets can be bitey, as can anything else. I'm used to bitey cats, how does a ferret compare?
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I went to an RSPCA rescue to check out a ferret one time "would you like to hold it?" so of course I said yes. It instantly clamps down on my thumb AND DOES NOT LET GO. It drew blood. This is also coincidentally where I learned the trick to make them relax their jaw by 'scruffing' them. We did not take that ferret home with us.  Ended up going to a full blown ferret rescue complete with mildly insane owner lady who matched us with a pair that had been brought in by an elderly fella who couldn't look after them any more. 2 sisters about 2 years old, the albino one was just oblivious to everything and everyone, soft as anything. The polecat coloured on was a little smaller and was the one who would bite you a little if you chose to playfight. Never hard though. As above, it all depends.
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Jan 26, 2021 17:41
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Congrats on 100,000 team 🤜🤛
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Jan 26, 2021 17:46
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I went to an RSPCA rescue to check out a ferret one time I'm guessing its about the same as a cat then, as long as you don't freak out about it & just let them get on with stuff they soon chill out?
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Ratjaculation posted:Congrats on 100,000 team 🤜🤛 clapping needed every day imo
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Trainee PornStar posted:I'm guessing its about the same as a cat then, as long as you don't freak out about it & just let them get on with stuff they soon chill out? I think the first one was just scared being in a rescue centre with a load of other animals all making noise. Ferrets are pretty chill usually, they don't make any noise aside from an excited little 'dook' noise when they're playing and are just happy to tootle about and explore. We'd get in from work and they'd pop their heads out of their hammock at the top of the cage to see what was going on. If they saw anyone it was a rush to climb out, down the pipe and stand up at the cage door to come see you. After a minute they realise it's bathroom time and go poop in the litter tray and you let them out. We'd play with them for half an hour or so and then just let them roam about. When you stopped hearing the tiny tapping of claws on the flooring you knew they'd found somewhere to kip. Sometimes it was just the rug in the living room, on occasion they'd scale the sheets on the bed and curl up by your pillow (it's never not adorable). On occasion one of them decided the wardrobe was the perfect spot and another time we caught them both curled up together in the drawer of my girlfriend's craft/sewing table inside one of her knitting rings. We eventually started putting little fleece sacks in spots like that so they could just take themselves to bed. Also they sometimes fall into such a deep sleep you can pick them up while they're passed out and they're completely limp. It was a little worrying the first time. Great pets, very little bother to look after but they don't live very long (~6 years) which is a bummer because you get quite attached to them. *edit: this is Nano who looks a lot like one of mine and seems to be every bit the adorable idiot mine were. https://twitter.com/nano_ferret2/status/1352777721516965889?s=20 Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 18:04 on Jan 26, 2021 |
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Ratjaculation posted:Congrats on 100,000 team 🤜🤛 im so proud
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I think it's great that we've really pulled together to address the future of social care.
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Rats aren’t real and were invented by Pixar in 2007 after someone imagined a big mouse
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I think the first one was just scared being in a rescue centre with a load of other animals all making noise. Ferrets are pretty chill usually, they don't make any noise aside from an excited little 'dook' noise when they're playing and are just happy to tootle about and explore. We'd get in from work and they'd pop their heads out of their hammock at the top of the cage to see what was going on. If they saw anyone it was a rush to climb out, down the pipe and stand up at the cage door to come see you. After a minute they realise it's bathroom time and go poop in the litter tray and you let them out. We'd play with them for half an hour or so and then just let them roam about. When you stopped hearing the tiny tapping of claws on the flooring you knew they'd found somewhere to kip. Sometimes it was just the rug in the living room, on occasion they'd scale the sheets on the bed and curl up by your pillow (it's never not adorable). On occasion one of them decided the wardrobe was the perfect spot and another time we caught them both curled up together in the drawer of my girlfriend's craft/sewing table inside one of her knitting rings. We eventually started putting little fleece sacks in spots like that so they could just take themselves to bed. Also they sometimes fall into such a deep sleep you can pick them up while they're passed out and they're completely limp. It was a little worrying the first time. I'm going to be moving onto my own little place in a about a year & am trying to decide on my pet. My 1st choice is to get that grumpy cat in the rescue centre that no one else wants. Getting a couple of ferrets is going up the list from the research so far. They look like perfect little buddies. One thing everyone mentions is the 'aroma'... how bad is that? I'm used to living with dogs & they stink at times.
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It's normally territorial marking that makes animals stinky. I dunno how territorial polecats are in general.
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goatface posted:It's normally territorial marking that makes animals stinky. I dunno how territorial polecats are in general. I just had to google that & drat.. a ferret is just a domesticated polecat, learn something new everyday. Anyhoo's how bad do they stink?
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I've got a ps5
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I have a carer who comes round twice a week, laura. Her partners exs partner recently died in hospital from covid. he was 48. he is a stastictic now.
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My dad had ferrets before I was born. My mum said they smell but you get used to them. Id just get a cat tbh
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fridge corn posted:I've got a ps5 But how
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Jan 26, 2021 18:41
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Bape Culture posted:But how 5 playstation 1s taped together
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hemale in pain posted:My dad had ferrets before I was born. My mum said they smell but you get used to them. lol I'll go with option1 & adopt 'old grumpy' when the time comes.
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Doggy!
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Doggy! A good dog/boy/girl. Where should I order my dinner from?
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Trainee PornStar posted:I'm going to be moving onto my own little place in a about a year & am trying to decide on my pet. Unfixed ferrets are stinky fuckers. Fixed ferrets, particularly the females just have a noticeably musky smell which is actually quite pleasant, it's weird. You could smell them like 12" from the cage but outside of that they're totally fine. You can minimise the smell by cleaning their bedding relatively often and because they love sleeping in hammocks or even in a little pile of fleece in a tub it's easy enough to do and cheap to replace often. I'm guessing people who complain about the smell either had unfixed male ferrets especially (stinky bastards!) or were just super loving lazy cleaning them out. Ferrets themselves you bathe like every 6 months with baby shampoo, any more often and they start secreting more oils into the fur which it turn makes them a bit more stinky. And you have to get females fixed anyway because if they go into heat and aren't bred they will die!
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