I know in the past I have been complementary and an all around sap when it comes to pets, but let me tell you: these pet rats stink. They smell so bad that I don’t even want to be home most of the time. And winter is coming. How am I supposed to get any ventillation? ugh. Am I supposed to change their bedding multiple times daily? I don’t want to complain on that other place where people talk. I just want to complain here, to my friends who have seen me through thick and thin with the all the pets: cats, gerbils, hermit crabs, frogs, what else? Praying mantises, silk worms, butterflies. All were less stinky, though the frogs were pret-ty smelly too. They say you can train rats. I suppose I could train them to go potty in a litte tiny toilet and shut the lid. There, I feel a little better after writing this. Thanks leppotone.
mmmmmm...rat urine.
mmmmmm…rat urine.
oh, dude
I can imagine. We drove past a closed pet store the other day and I said to scott, “it smelled like ferrets in there.”
Certain rodents seem to be…..musky.
I have absolutely no advice. I don’t know what to do! Maybe the cats could accidentlly gain access to the rat cage?
Isn't it crazy how smelly
Isn’t it crazy how smelly smelly smells smell? Especially on certain days? Like during the full moon and what not. Anyway, I decided to just be a man about it and move the cage far away from me and my favorite places to be. I also decided to use newspaper, whole pieces, as their bedding so there is less cleanup. That other bedding was always being tossed out of the cage and I would have to clean up debris surrounding the cage at least four or five times a day. So, last night I put the newspaper in there, and this morning it was all shredded into little strips. It got me wondering, if I supply them with some flour and water, will they produce paper mache wonders during the night while I sleep? If so, I may forgive some of the smelliness. Another develpment is I discovered that their water bottle was just dripping until it emptied, so that probably contributed to the stank.
12 & 13-year olds
12 & 13-year old boys can muster up a stench too… at least you can tell them to TAKE A SHOWER. You can, you can tell them over-and-over again, and after some amount of nagging they sometimes comply
Howlin'
I think the worst smell in my world right now is the cat poop which predictably manifests smack in the middle of the carpeted basement floor EVERY SINGLE MORNING. Mr. S. is ready to feed that poor old cat to the backyard coyote.