Rat appriation post (AMA)image szczur ( @szczur@beehaw.org ) Animals and Pets • 1 year ago message-square68arrow-up1300
arrow-up1300imageRat appriation post (AMA) szczur ( @szczur@beehaw.org ) Animals and Pets • 1 year ago message-square68
minus-square poVoq ( @poVoq@slrpnk.net ) linkfedilink2•edit-21 year agoYeah, cool pets. Just a pity that the typical ones are bred to get cancer and thus usually don’t live that long.
minus-square Communist ( @communist@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink5•1 year agoI wish a breeder would focus on domesticating and shrinking gambian pouched rats. They don’t seem far off.
minus-square PhoenixRising ( @PhoenixRising@kbin.social ) linkfedilink2•1 year agoOr could get a degu.
minus-square Communist ( @communist@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink4•1 year agoI feel like degu behavior is sufficiently different from rats that the gambian pouched would have a better end-result.
minus-square szczur ( @szczur@beehaw.org ) OPlinkfedilink4•1 year agoTrue. The way I see it, though, is it’s their entire life for them. It doesn’t really matter. And one rat dying is an opportunity to provide a better life for another one. It’s morally correct and utilitarian, I think!
Yeah, cool pets. Just a pity that the typical ones are bred to get cancer and thus usually don’t live that long.
I wish a breeder would focus on domesticating and shrinking gambian pouched rats.
They don’t seem far off.
Or could get a degu.
I feel like degu behavior is sufficiently different from rats that the gambian pouched would have a better end-result.
True. The way I see it, though, is it’s their entire life for them. It doesn’t really matter. And one rat dying is an opportunity to provide a better life for another one. It’s morally correct and utilitarian, I think!