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Posted: 2/25/2014 7:07:55 PM EDT
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The lawsuit will be a real rats nest
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Posted: 2/25/2014 7:52:42 PM EDT
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Rats aren't pets, they're vermin.
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Posted: 2/25/2014 7:54:59 PM EDT
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The lawsuit will be a real rats nest They're gonna get some cheese... if they don't fall in to a trap. |
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Posted: 2/25/2014 7:56:29 PM EDT
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If only he had the.cat scratch fever.
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Posted: 2/25/2014 7:58:12 PM EDT
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Perhaps the family is just telling a tail.
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Posted: 2/25/2014 8:06:54 PM EDT
[#6]
No one forced him to buy the rat, last time I checked.
Buy stupid pets, win stupid prizes. If only cats came with diseases, too.... |
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Posted: 2/25/2014 8:07:43 PM EDT
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A San Diego family in mourning in suing Petco after they say their 10-year-old boy died from rat-bite fever he contracted from a pet purchased from the retailer. Aidan Pankey died just hours after coming down with flu-like symptoms two weeks after buying a mate for his pet rat at the Carmel Mountain Petco. San Diego County medical examiners would later rule his death was caused by streptobacillus moniliformis, or rat-bite fever, and now his family wants unspecificed damages from the national chain for failing to prevent his tragic death. [div style='text-align: -webkit-auto;'] [div style='text-align: -webkit-auto;'] [div style='text-align: -webkit-auto;']Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2567951/Child-dies-infected-rat-family-sues-Petco.html#ixzz2uOgXSc2N [div style='text-align: -webkit-auto; ']Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook 
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Posted: 2/25/2014 10:21:23 PM EDT
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I had a rat for a pet as a kid. Total upgrade from those shitty hamsters/gerbils. Used to scare the hell out of my mom with that thing. Good times.
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Posted: 2/25/2014 10:38:08 PM EDT
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Wow, let's see, what is that - about a one in a million chance? Totally seems like we should avoid them entirely.
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Posted: 2/25/2014 10:41:33 PM EDT
[#10]
Yes.
Sorry, but dupe. |
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Posted: 2/25/2014 11:02:26 PM EDT
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Wow, let's see, what is that - about a one in a million chance? Totally seems like we should avoid them entirely. Meh, I got blood poisoning from a friend's pet rat. Went straight to the ER once the fever kicked in and had red veins running up my arm. I'm not for a 'ban them all', but I made the decision that from that point on, rodents were for shooting, not for keeping. |
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Posted: 2/25/2014 11:05:06 PM EDT
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Atleast they didnt buy the kid a pit bull
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Posted: 2/25/2014 11:05:44 PM EDT
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 Culprit still at large |
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Posted: 2/25/2014 11:54:44 PM EDT
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Only if I was raising it to feed another animal
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Posted: 2/26/2014 12:06:52 AM EDT
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The stupid things carry it, but don't need to bite you to pass the bacteria.
Piss, shit, spit, in an open scratch and ya got the crap. Perfect pet for a kid. 
Maybe next time they will get the other kid a Poison dart frog, or cuddly electric eel. What the hell is wrong with the traditional family pooch, that drives people to adopt vermin instead? |
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Posted: 2/26/2014 12:14:51 AM EDT
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How common is it to catch a deadly disease from them? I was bitten by rats and mice dozens of times as a teenager. I used to feed them to my constrictors.
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Posted: 2/26/2014 12:18:50 AM EDT
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How common is it to catch a deadly disease from them? I was bitten by rats and mice dozens of times as a teenager. I used to feed them to my constrictors. All I can picture is Tom Green's character in Road Trip... UNLEASH THE FURY!!! |
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Posted: 2/26/2014 12:22:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The stupid things carry it, but don't need to bite you to pass the bacteria. Piss, shit, spit, in an open scratch and ya got the crap. Perfect pet for a kid. Maybe next time they will get the other kid a Poison dart frog, or cuddly electric eel. What the hell is wrong with the traditional family pooch, that drives people to adopt vermin instead? |
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Posted: 2/26/2014 12:24:30 AM EDT
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Well, poison arrow frogs are pretty safe in captivity, the wild ones are dangerous due to chemicals in their diet. Never seen an electric eel for sale, but dogs kill more kids than any of the latter (including domestic rats), even if normalized for comparative rarity in captivity. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The stupid things carry it, but don't need to bite you to pass the bacteria. Piss, shit, spit, in an open scratch and ya got the crap. Perfect pet for a kid.
Maybe next time they will get the other kid a Poison dart frog, or cuddly electric eel. What the hell is wrong with the traditional family pooch, that drives people to adopt vermin instead? I had an electric catfish once. Got shocked by it once... once. 
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Posted: 2/26/2014 12:25:59 AM EDT
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PETCO is not going to give a rats ass...
I like rats, but my snakes like them better. 
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Posted: 2/26/2014 12:28:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I had an electric catfish once. Got shocked by it once... once. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: The stupid things carry it, but don't need to bite you to pass the bacteria. Piss, shit, spit, in an open scratch and ya got the crap. Perfect pet for a kid. Maybe next time they will get the other kid a Poison dart frog, or cuddly electric eel. What the hell is wrong with the traditional family pooch, that drives people to adopt vermin instead? I had an electric catfish once. Got shocked by it once... once. |
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Posted: 2/26/2014 12:32:08 AM EDT
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I had an electric catfish once. Got shocked by it once... once.
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The stupid things carry it, but don't need to bite you to pass the bacteria. Piss, shit, spit, in an open scratch and ya got the crap. Perfect pet for a kid.
Maybe next time they will get the other kid a Poison dart frog, or cuddly electric eel. What the hell is wrong with the traditional family pooch, that drives people to adopt vermin instead? I had an electric catfish once. Got shocked by it once... once.
Electric Catfish.... Wrap them in tin foil and they self cook? |
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Posted: 2/26/2014 1:27:48 AM EDT
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Rats aren't pets, they're vermin. |
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