Thread 725174423

>strangle rat
>it drops humanity

rip peter pettigrew

>strangle rat
>house appears

>>725174515
>>725174515
>>>>/an/

>>725174554
Explain how that works

Whats the appeal of a rat as a pet as opposed to a mouse, hanster, guinea pig, etc.?

>>725175036
To my understanding they're a fair amount smarter and more affectionate.

>>725175036
They're smart, like miniature dogs. They can show love, if you're bonded they will want to be with you. They're super cute and bigger than mice so there's more to love
Also you can give them skaven names

>>725175162
>skaven names
Whatre their names anon

>>725175101
>>725175162
But don’t Rats carry diseases? How would one know if a Rat is clear?

>>725175162
>3-6 year lifespan

Man how does this not crush your soul when they die?

>>725175036
They're incredibly intelligent for their size, and similar to dogs they are capable of learning tricks and showing affection. Despite their reputation, they are also very clean animals.
The main downside is they have depressingly short lifespans of only 3-4 years, maybe 1 or 2 years longer if they're very healthy. They're little heartbreakers; just as you're getting attached to them, they die.

>>725175197
My were named queek and grey seer. I had named them as soon as i had them in a carrier cage to bring home
And lucky names too, because turns out grey seer was a massive bitch so queek dominated him instantly. Just like in skaven lore lmao
Also had a ikit

>>725175239
>But don’t Rats carry diseases?
Any wild animal can carry diseases. Including cats, dogs, and even humans. It's not like you'd pick up a wild cat and call it a pet. You don't know what the fuck it's carrying.
Get two (NOT just one - they need rat companions or will die from depression) from a professional breeder. Guaranteed to be healthy, domestic, and disease-free.

>>725175239
You have to be very unlucky to get disease from a pet store/person that breeders own rat. Atleast in first world xountries

>>725175284
>>725175271
This is why my brother has a pet turtle lmao. He's been taking care of that little shit for over two decades now.
And he plans on passing him on his son.

Absolutely mental animals honestly.

>kill rat
>drops wedding ring

>>725175271
Actually 1-3 years. Also i was always prepared for when their time came. So i wasn't very bothered. Luckily they all lived to 3+ years. Queek died peacefully Nd the rest had to be euthanised because they got cancer and were too old to undergo surgery

>>725175415
Stallone still has his turtles that got gifted to him while he was filming rocky 1

>>725175415
Them and Birds. Any bird that’s not a parakeet lives like 80 years minimum

>>725175415

based reptile chad.reptile owners are just another breed desu

>>725175384
>Get two (NOT just one - they need rat companions or will die from depression)
But then what do you do once one dies?

>>725175649
more rat

>>725175649
You're supposed to get 3 for optimal socialisation also so they can be 2 when one dies

>>725175649
buy more ratto

>>725175162
Don't they shit a lot everywhere?

>>725175831
don't forget about the piss

>>725175831
They can be littered trained. It's super easy actually. Even then their poops are solid and don't leave any trace or smears if they shit outside their litter box
It's the peeing that can become an issue. But i've read that they're supposed to have a rock they can pee on

>>725174423 (OP)
>kills rat
>drops cheese

>>725174423 (OP)
>kill humanity
>drops rat

stop talking about killing rats

>>725175831
>Don't they shit a lot everywhere?
So do dogs.
Rats can be trained to go in a certain spot just like most mammals.
However, male rats specifically do leave little droplets of urine everywhere they go. It's an instinctive thing that they do to mark their territory. It's barely noticeable, but if you still find it a problem then get females as they don't do this.

>>725176517
SQUEAK.

>the perfect companion for humanity already exists
>people try to domesticate rats for hipster reasons

>>725176697
Rats are cute, fug you.

>>725176386
In tibia, in the olden days, it was nice when they dropped cheese. Free food

Note that rats outnumber us 1000 to 1. If there were a war, they would win.

Think our tanks and fortresses would protect us? Not a chance they'd go through the smallest crack, or if there isn't one they would quickly make one.

Good luck shooting guns at a literal storm of small creatures coming at you like a tsunami.

"Ah, but we have nukes" you say. Yeah good fucking luck with that, you'd take out a few million in the blast zones but the remainder would just go underground where most their literal resources to survive are and they'd just wait it out, then come out in even greater numbers an kill what we didn't.do to ourselves.

>>725176534
I loved petting both of my rats at once as well. So soft

>>725175036
Never had one but supposedly intelligence. They're very trainable, and can show loyalty that matches a dog's, providing they're treated well.

Personally that's why I would never have one. When my dog goes I will be fucking heartbroken, as if I've lost a child. I don't think I could manage that with a living thing that barely lives 2 years on average.

>>725177104
Everything is weak to fire
Conflagrate

>>725175239
Wild ones do.

Pets are vaccinated and treated when sold. Or at least they should be. They're not catching anything in a cage, or at least aren't spreading it.

why do oldfags consider /an/ a reddit colony now?

>>725177204
The real reason we're working towards rat immortality

the skaven have nukes, we don't

>>725177280
/v/ros... rats learned how to drive before i dis... it's over

Octopuses are super smart, but are also non-social which is a shame because I would like to be friends with an octopus.

>kill rat
>it dies

>>725177571
RATOOOOOOOO

>>725178013
What the fuck were you thinking? Get out.

>>725177389
we've got cyborg rats, we've got rat mechs
our greatest adventurers will be rats

>>725174423 (OP)
>strangle rat
>get arrested

>>725178206
I'm skitter then leaping out of here

>kill human
>drops rodentity

>>725175036
Mice do not live in groups, they're territorial and will kill each other. Hamsters are highly aggressive little bastards with very sharp teeth. Guinea pigs are very cute, but also very noisy and skittish.

>>725175685
>>725175707
>>725175740
But then you have a revolving door of rats and the cycle is bound to end one day for one reason or another because you won't live forever yourself.

>>725176697
That's not a horse.

>>725178414
your children will inherit the ratos
infinite rato

>>725178414
If you end up with a last rat, if it's old you can let it die peacefully or if on the younger side give it up for adoption to another owner of rats

>>725176534
Cute ratos

>kiss rat
>drop dead
14th century was a rough one

What are some videogame rrats

I breed rats. I recently had dumbo strain pop up into a litter. And neither of the parents were dumbo nor their parents.

>>725175162
>Miss my little boys like you wouldn't believe
>had 6 of the dudes in a ferret cage + another cage cable tied on top of it
Bros; I want to get rats again but it breaks my heart seeing them die

>>725178634
mickey mouse from the video game Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse is my favourite video game rat

>>725178634
Let's get the obvious out of the way.

>>725178654
for reference this is a dumbo rat

do rats know youre a person and not just your hand that scratches and put down food

>>725179104
looks dumb

>>725178654
He is the chosen one

>>725179116
Yes. You can bring them up to your face and they'll behave how they do when you normally handle them.

>>725179116
I believe so. I had long hair in my teens and they would sit on my shoulder and groom me, which meant they knew I was the alpha.

>>725179104
Cute!

>>725174423 (OP)
EVERYTIME I'M BROWSING THE CATALOG, I KEEP THINKING THESE STUPID FUCKING RAT THREADS ARE THUMBNAILS OF DICKS

>>725179376
stop thinking about dicks!

>>725179376
you gay

>>725174806
Lupus

>>725179376
>EVERYTIME I'M BROWSING THE CATALOG, I KEEP THINKING...OF DICKS
Pray the gay away anon, Christ can help you if you accept him.

>>725175515
those turtles in rocky 1 are still alive? Holy shit I didn't know they lived that long

>>725179376
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BufGnHVYQA

>>725179647
Birds and reptiles can live pretty long for their size.

Oh is Vermintide 2 worth downloading again? Saw about a trillion overpriced dlc and went nah BUT fun gameplay could turn the tide (heh)

>>725174423 (OP)
>strangle humanity
>it drops rat

>>725179636
Fully serpentized.

>>725179636
Yes?
It's crazy that all complex biological life on earth runs on almost 95% identical source code and all the wild variety between species that you see is actually done by small patches that override some shit on top of it.

>>725175415
Turtles are very cute actually. It a bit boring. They are almost always asleep. My turtle was always having an ADD episode at night though and it was a pain.

>>725179636
I am pretty sure the mouse was fucking miserable.

Why do certain reptiles and birds live so much longer than most mammals as pets?

>>725180890
Because most of them live a very low-energy life on top of being cold-blooded. The turtle for instance, is asleep for 60% of its life.

>>725175448
>Kill rat
>Drops wedding ring, bread (stolen to feed family), lock of hair, crutches, old parent medicine, purple heart, bible & police badge (exp date: tomorrow)

>>725180875
Well he couldn't exactly play video games without any limbs

>>725179636
Please tell me that they put the gene back into snakes and made snakes with legs

>>725181289
We call them lizards, anon.

the scientists are lying to you

>>725179636
Would the mouse learn to slither around?

>>725174423 (OP)
Just what we needed was another schizo from reddit, just dumps rat pics

>>725174423 (OP)
>strangle my rat
>it drops a large soul of a nameless soldier

>>725179636
>one gene mod is all it takes for that horrible punishment
The bible was right yet again.

>>725179647
The turtle on St. Helena is still alive and met Napoleon

>>725178672
The short life span is honestly the biggest upside for me. I don't want to get a huge commitment like a dog or a bird, but I can probably give a rat a good life for 1-3 years even if I have to move to another city and so on. It's probably the only viable pet for students and young people.

>>725181701
I've heard it's really bad to keep one rat though, have to get them in pairs at least.

>>725181008
And yet parrots and other birds are the complete opposite. Ultra high metabolic rates. Some species live as long as humans, have heart rates up to 400-500 beats per minute, and blood temperatures of 41 degrees. It's a weird one.

>>725181770
Birds are super intense creatures. It's honestly incredible that they exist.

>>725181701
the pro's are if you are really affection with the rat it kills you how short their lives are; we are immortal to them really
>Had rat named smokey
>beautiful little ginger/grey man that turned grey as he got older
>kept a little ginger spot on his head like a crown when he was fully grown
>licked my finger and did the eye boggles when getting petted

*hits it*

>>725181089
Bros... who's gonna tell its family...

test

I'm op. I fell asleep, woke up and now i'm back in action

>>725182089
i HATE him

>>725180025
Foreverial snakedup

>>725179636
Bros, are we the Qu?

Why do rats have such short lifespans anyways?

BY SIGMAR IS THAT A TALKING RAT IM GOING INSAANNNEEE

Seems like we got autosaged. Farewell vros, it was fun

>>725184037
Gay jannies hate fun

>>725184203
But not bbc cuckshit

>>725176534
They look so soft

>>725179736
>41
damn that dude lived longer than me