About rats...

[sschind]

Its a 73 Camaro, type LT. My first car, had it since 1994. It was a tan type of color and all original when I bought it. I have done just about everything to it over the years. It has between 350-400 horsepower, runs 13 second quartermile times on 87 octane gas, and can cruise town all day in hot weather. I only drive it on rare occasions now. Its my baby.

So what you are saying is that you took a really nice car and totally ruined it

Sorry, I know some people are into that but personally I'd rather have it all original. It looks nice from outside the engine compartment though

[Loren]

So what you are saying is that you took a really nice car and totally ruined it

Sorry, I know some people are into that but personally I'd rather have it all original. It looks nice from outside the engine compartment though

I do know what you mean, actually, I havent done anything to permanently modify the car, the interior is still all original(still in good shape), it still has factory a/c and power steering, and the paint is actually just a tiny shade off of an original color that was offered in 73. I went with the 1990 version basically, because it was a clearcoat style paint. No holes cut for big ol' gages or anything like that.
The engine compartment isnt extreme at all. I put away the big air cleaner and whatnot of coarse, but its still a chevy 350 with most of the original brackets and whatnot. engine is still orange, but with aluminum heads and intake.
The car could be a daily driver if I wanted, but I want to keep it nice, plus we have high car theft around here. Even though its powerful, it purrs like a kitty even when putting around town. 350 hp isnt an insane amount, just enough to make passing other cars go real well.

[Loren]

So, anyways, we were talking about rats?

[KITKAT]

I've had many a pet rat in my day, and yes, they are a lot of fun, and quite easy to become attached to. On the other hand, now I have snakes,and while mine aren't fed on mice/rats, I know that many other people's are.
Does it bother me? NOT A BIT!!! Every animal has to eat, and sometimes what they eat is what someone else keeps as a pet. And sometimes you keep both the feeder and the "feed-ee" as pets. As long as you are taking good care of all of them, what difference does it make?
Natalie I feel sorry for the people on the other forum, they should have given you a chance, and then they would have seen that you plain old just love animals! Don't worry about it, we're glad to have you here!

Heck, sometimes PEOPLE eat animals that others keep as pets! LOL!

[drache]

where I grew up (German countryside) people ate their pets all the time
they raised that one hog a year like a family pet
and then when it was nice and plump, it became the honoured guest at the butcher feast
and everybody kept rabbits for food too
in fact - the animals where treated well because one wanted good food
a bit opposite from what's done in the food industry now
no wonder we're stressed - we eat stressed food
I guess we'd be better off eating our pets
I don't suppose I've got enough room to raise a hog and I don't know whether American butchers make house calls
some rabbits would be doable though . . .
has anybody here ever eaten rat?

[Lori P]

Right on, Rhea...and that is EXACTLY why we raise our own meat animals... because here they are happy, healthy, free, respected, and indeed, spoiled. They are just not named. (Hey, Rhea, my butcher really does make house calls!! LOL)

You know what's very interesting to me-- Fluffy won't eat rats!! I bought small rats because she generally eats two large mice and a chick a week, and I thought well, so she can eat a rat instead. She won't touch 'em!! I even thawed the rat with two mice this week, in the same bag, and kind of tangled them up in her tank together-- and the next morning she had picked out the mice and left the rat... LOLOL!!! So mice and rats must taste or smell pretty different--???

Anyone else experience this??

[drache]

I've only tried rats on one of my kings and he won't touch 'em either
I think he's scared of them

[adamanteus]

Nice chassis.

[Stefan-A]

Nice chassis.

My thoughts exactly.

But I'm not going make any jokes about any headlights or bumpers..

[adamanteus]

Back to the rat issue. I have bred rats for snake food in the past, the adults were great fun and full of character and personality, the babies were popular too!
I have bought surplus pinky mice from fancy mice breeders in the past..... they didn't seem to mind the fate that awaited their unwanted pinks.