Cats are fine, but I’m worried about cleaning the litter box, because I recall that they can be pretty smelly (there might be ways to prevent the smell from being too strong, though). However, there was a cat that I grew fond of at the SPCA that I would love to adopt if I had I could provide for it. It had an incurable condition that weakened its immune system (probably from the bad environment that it used to live in before being rescued) so it couldn’t be around any other cats. But aside from that, it was well enough to be adoptable. It licked my fingers and it enjoyed being petted by me. However, I knew that I couldn’t adopt it right on the spot because it’s never a good idea to impulse buy a pet and I was unsure if I had the funds to raise one. The next time I visited the SPCA, the cat was gone. Hopefully they found a nice, loving home.
There are people who own both rats and cats, but it’s probably a good idea to keep them apart or if they are going to be in the same room together, to watch them carefully. Any animal with a prey drive can hurt smaller animals, so it’s not exclusive to cats and rats living together.
If I do get fancy rats, (I think I should get two of them) I have an idea on where to get them. There’s a rat breeding centre in Toronto that seems to bring up rats in a humane environment. Some breeders raise rats in poor conditions because rats (including fancy rats) don’t get much protection from animal welfare laws. But judging by the way they post pictures on their social media sites and the way they talk about bringing up rats, they seem to have the right idea. There’s also a rescue centre in Ottawa and they provide useful information about the rats that are up on adoption and the rats are already set in pairs. However, Ottawa is far away from where I live. Anyway, if I go with owning rats, hopefully my landlord will be accepting towards the idea.
My apartment isn’t a pet free one; they allow animals such as cats and small dogs into the apartment. If they do have a bias against rats, I could try to print out information about how they are nothing like street rats and that I will only own two of the same gender (I would like to get them fixed too) so my dorm won’t have too many rats that I can’t take care of.
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Date: 2015-08-01 02:50 am (UTC)There are people who own both rats and cats, but it’s probably a good idea to keep them apart or if they are going to be in the same room together, to watch them carefully. Any animal with a prey drive can hurt smaller animals, so it’s not exclusive to cats and rats living together.
If I do get fancy rats, (I think I should get two of them) I have an idea on where to get them. There’s a rat breeding centre in Toronto that seems to bring up rats in a humane environment. Some breeders raise rats in poor conditions because rats (including fancy rats) don’t get much protection from animal welfare laws. But judging by the way they post pictures on their social media sites and the way they talk about bringing up rats, they seem to have the right idea. There’s also a rescue centre in Ottawa and they provide useful information about the rats that are up on adoption and the rats are already set in pairs. However, Ottawa is far away from where I live. Anyway, if I go with owning rats, hopefully my landlord will be accepting towards the idea.
My apartment isn’t a pet free one; they allow animals such as cats and small dogs into the apartment. If they do have a bias against rats, I could try to print out information about how they are nothing like street rats and that I will only own two of the same gender (I would like to get them fixed too) so my dorm won’t have too many rats that I can’t take care of.