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[โ€“] Baku@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ugh I'm going to be such a shit home owner or even tenant. I have zero qualms about baiting or lethal trapping just about any pest, but I just couldn't with rats. I know pet rats are completely different, but I can't not see wild rats as troubled pet rats, even though they still freak me out

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love rats and would love a pet one. It's hard thinking about them dying :(

[โ€“] Baku@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

I got to meet someone's pet rats once, they're so cute. They even have little hands ๐Ÿฅบ

They're also fucking IMPOSSIBLE to get a good photo of