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Originally Posted by Cynosure
By "domestic" rats, are you talking about the same rats that break into people's homes, and chew through wood and wires and particle boards, and tear into bags of cornmeal and boxes of cereal, and leave little turds in the cabinets, and possibily spread contamination and disease?
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I have two friends that have pet rats and rat like things (I fucking hate ferrets) and from what I've read they chew as much as other domestic pets and spread disease at the same rate. Now, this is all in how you take care of them just like any pet. So a nasty pet = disease, but that could be a dog, cat, iguana, bird, tribble, chicken or a horse.
Take the world Rat out of the OP and replace it with kitten and no says a thing. Personally, I can't stand the damn things as pets. Had a ex with them and it's one thing to have a cat jump on the bed during a makeout sessions and another thing when a rat crawls up your damn leg.
My sympathies go out to you man, it sucks when shit like that happens when good intentions are behind them.