Rats!

[laurab]

I can now add rats to my collection of pets as my daughters have given me two for mothers day!! :-D

[kenny]

hi laura
i hope you wanted them! i dont fancy them much myself i dont mind gerbils and guiniea pigs

ken

[vixen]

Hi all much better for the girls, than flowers.:razz: they get to play with um
trudy

[laurab]

Hiya

I do like rats, we had some before but unfortunately they are not very long lived and tend to suffer from tumors:(

[vixen]

Hi laura We have a lot of trouble with the wild kind,as we breed ducks and have a lot of ponds we had one for about 4 weeks taking ducklings and adult birds just one or two holes in the neck and kill again the next night it drove my father-in -law to stay up all night for 2-3 days we got him in the end just one as big as a 4 week old rabbit:shock: horrible thing uh but i am sure you will get a lot of pleasure out of yours.
Trudy

[laurab]

Hi Trudy

I hate wild rats and so do my Jack Russells :grin: :grin:

[kenny]

hi trudy/laura
i think it something about their tails that put most people off,i dont hate them i just prefer other rodents.when i have been walking the dogs on the river bank in a summer i have seen young rats playing on the grass verge,it was really funny to watch them

ken

[laurab]

I had 2 rats now I only have one as Elsa has claimed the white one as hers! Mine is light fawn/cream in colour, but she needs a name....suggestions please :razz:

[kenny]

hi laura
i wont suggest the usual one for white rats (snowy) i would suggest "winter"
ken

[Waxbillman]

:shock: :shock: rats :confused:

i'm not saying anything (quietly pushing the rat traps out of sight)

[chris]

Hi Laura,

there was an article in our local paper about a child that had been bitten by a 20 inch rat!!!! 20 inches! that's bigger than my cat:shock:

Chris

[kenny]

hi matt
dont be a spoil sport,you are only naming a rat not adopting it

ken:smile:

[vixen]

We have all sorts of traps also a very rich running generator with it very own pipe attached there are definitely one rat every 10 foot away if not less.:lol:

[laurab]

I have discovered today that the colour of my rat is called Champagne, so maybe I should call her Bubbles or Fizz???

[vixen]

Hi laura you could call it Pop short for Poppet,Roland,Sandy,squeak as in bubble and squeak, Dusty Bubbles or Fizz sound very good. Hope you find a name soon.
Trudy

[laurab]

Thank you Trudy for taking this thread seriously, I think I might call her Charlie..as in Champagne Charlie is my name.........

[kenny]

hi laura
you could call it moet
ken

[PAUL HEARN]

:wink:Good one Ken,

Laura,

How about Chardonay for your Rat?

And Barrymore for Elsa's, all white?:roll:
Or Daz?:grin:

Paul.;-)

[Rogerb]

nice one paul :lol: love it I was finkin ratatuie washed down with a parafin rosea hic :oops:

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Roger,

You will be in trouble now for not taking Lauras thread seriously.

Paul.;)

[kenny]

yeah she will will be chasing you round the garden with a big stick now............................you lucky devil!:grin:

ken

[Rogerb]

I dont get that lucky mate :( but it was a nice thought thankx mate :D

[kenny]

hi roger
you could always do the honours mate,i am sure laura wont mind;-)


ken

[Rogerb]

a rat fact for you all the 4th april o6 is national rat day in many parts of the world:-D

[kenny]

hi roger
i seen that temple in india that was full of rats and they were crawling all over some bloke with a beard and a turbine on his head

ken:-D

[PAUL HEARN]

Hi Ken and Roger,

I too saw a TV programme some time ago that explained how the Rat was a figure of worship in India, they were filmed in a street feeding and drinking from what was provided by the people there in their shops and houses, and if a white Rat turned up it was regarded as a message of good fortune.:shock:

Rats are well known for being very clean Animals on par with Cats, but I don't think I could share my home with wild Rats!

Ken,

That turbine must have caused some hefty pressure to that poor guys neck, did you notice any discomfort on his part?:lol:

Paul.;-)

[kenny]

hi paul
i think by the look on his face it was a wind powered turbine:lol: :lol:

ken

[laurab]

My Rat, Fizz, is a very clean rat :lol:

I've had rats before. Once when Roger and I went on holiday I had to ask my Mum (who hates rats) to lookafter Sybil for me. I told her (tongue in cheek) that she had egg on toast for breakfast; so Mum cooked herself egg on toast everyday just to give Sybil some :lol: :lol:

[kenny]

hi laura
i see you have found a name for your rat!

ken

[laurab]

Hi Kenny

glad you noticed, at least someone has been following this thread :p

[kenny]

you know me laura i dont miss anything,:shock: :lol: :lol:

ken