In case anyone is interested (and for those who were there for me when
this happened)
I made a tribute video to Artemis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10J9FDrGi_U
(Beware, I've been told it makes people cry)
And these are my little sunrises, Hesper and Paperclip:
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=307541180865#!/video/video.php?v=307541180865
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=307541180865#!/video/video.php?v=307551565865
(and also Artemis' cagemate Diana who looks like a big old lady compared to them)
Random stuff:
Hesper and Paperclip are both dumbos; I suspect they're sisters. Paperclip is a black berkshire with a little white tip on the end of her tail. Hesper has random white and tan markings. Her left eye is red and her white eye is black. D:
Diana is about 2 years old. She's the big black berkshire in the video (looks brown now). She was a feeder rat and is missing the tip of her tail (it fell off about a week after I brought her home because of horrible handling at the pet store)
Artemis was my first rat. Black and white hooded. Went everywhere with me. You should know her pretty well by now... if you watched that first video.
SO YEAH.
HI.
This whole ordeal got me curious... anyone else here have rats? Talk about them! Pictures? Video? Show them off! |:D
I refuse to cry. ;; I must
*has no rats, only two cats and a dog* <3
The video was so sad, if I
But then again, by the video I started thinking really differently of rats like I used to, never thought they'd be that afffectionable or that kind. Thought they'd be more of those who just sit in the cage and roll around by themselves.
When I was maybe six years old we had a rat, but the only thing I remember from it was to see my mom killing it off herself. She had a reason but I can't remember what it was. So yeh, I'm no good at talking about rats, just wanted to say the video was beautiful. And I'm sorry for your loss but happy for your new critters. :B
I had two dumbo rats named
*wanted to comment last
Whoever told you it makes people cry wasn't kidding. I can't remember the last time I cried that much. ;_;
Oh god, this made me cry
I know how lovely rats are, I've lived with 7 of them through my life, and this video made me think of all of them which is incredibly painful.
I will get rats again when I move to my own appartment, since my mother hate rats. XC
@ ocean - CRY. D8< lol I has
@ Narina - CRY DARN YOU. -tear gas-
Yus, that's why I like rats. They're different from other rodents. Like dogs/cats but in mini form. The bad thing is they only last 2-3 years. >:/ Baw, Narina's mooooom D8<<<
@ Latte - Awwww D': Yeah, I think Diana still thinks Artie is alive somewhere. She looks for her all the time :/
@ Pegasicorn - agh I'm sorrryyy. Yeah, I've never cried this much either. Can't remember feeling such a strong feeling of sadness. :/
@ Declan - Sorrryyy :c My parents wouldn't have approved of rats either, but I somehow managed to convince them to let me get a tarantula, and when they didn't have the species I wanted I ended up coming home with a rat. My dad was mad but as soon as I let him pet her he immediately fell in love. XD Has your mom ever seen rats before? Cause sometimes that seems to be the only problem lol
Ah, yes, 5 of the rats I had
Three sisters 6-7 years ago and two brothers for about 2 years ago, she think that their tails are gross and just think that they are.. scary.. >__>'
I tried to convince her that they weren't scary at all, so I let her pet one of the sisters from time to time, but as soon as the rat moved, mom would pull her hand away and leave. .__.
NO CRY. *armcross* I have a
I have a friend who has a bunch of birds. They're pretty. <3
Oh lol. Well some people are
I work at a theatre as an animal handler, and there's one scene where the main character has to hold a rat. And he is an EXTREME ratophobe. It took us a few weeks to get him to even touch the rat without crying like a baby. And even then he would scream whenever they moved. 0_o People and their phobias...
EDIT: OH HOW CONVENIENT. They just put up a video. http://remote.sight-sound.com/StaticContent/wordpress/?p=431 That's him on the 2nd day of meeting the rats. (the second half of the video) XD SO NOW YOU CAN SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.