"He's an intelligent man to talk to, but he smells like rat urine,"
Tavares said. "He told me that when he had only 100 of them, he'd let
them sleep with him in his bed. They'd get all in his shorts and
stuff. And you can't potty train them, so you know they were urinating
and defecating in there."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...AGDHJM8IB1.DTL

Geez.

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Handsome Jack Morrison

"Handsome Jack Morrison" wrote in message
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And you can't potty train them [rats], so you know they were urinating
and defecating in there."

I disagree with this statement to some extent. We've had pet rats and pet
mice, and they will tend to potty in one spot - not all over the place.
Certainly where they sleep, they keep that very clean. At least when their
main home is a cage, they do that.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...AGDHJM8IB1.DTL

Geez.

100 of 'em, blech.

flick 100785

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Handsome Jack Morrison

On Sat, 1 Jul 2006 13:22:10 -0500, "flick" wrote:

"Handsome Jack Morrison" wrote in message
.. .

And you can't potty train them [rats], so you know they were urinating
and defecating in there."

I disagree with this statement to some extent. We've had pet rats and pet
mice, and they will tend to potty in one spot - not all over the place.
Certainly where they sleep, they keep that very clean. At least when their
main home is a cage, they do that.

However, that wasn't *my* statement (just trying to clear up your
attributions!). I have no idea if rats can be potty trained or not,
and I have no plans to ever give it a try, either.

None. Nada. Zilch. Zero.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...AGDHJM8IB1.DTL

Geez.

100 of 'em, blech.

Now, think *1000* of them, inside one little house.

shudder

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Handsome Jack Morrison