Biter Rat's Days are Numbered

[exwizard]

We did not raise this rat up. He was part of that colony acquisition a while back that helped to boost our breeder numbers to the level they are now. Anyway, his temperment is also not like the ones we raised up. He is a biter. He bit Laura last week and drew a lot of blood and just the other day as I was weighing him, he bit me in the finger, also drawing some blood. Its too bad too because he is still fairly young and weighs in at 469g. That makes him a XXL, almost XXXL. Last week, when he bit Laura, he was designated Betty food and the other day when he bit me, that just sealed his fate. The only thing that is delaying this sentence is the fact that Black Betty is in blue. When that is done, he is next on her menu. We dont keep or breed biters and he is no exception.

[alessia55]

Bye-bye, Biter...

[Skits]

I feel horrible for laughing at this. :p If only they knew what being aggressive led to.

[millertime89]

good riddance to a bad rat. He looks tasty, I'm sure Black Betty will enjoy him. Do you kill the rats before you feed your owns snakes? Just wondering, I know some rat breeders who do and some who don't.

[exwizard]

No. Shes big enough to handle him.

[SnakeyJay]

All just a matter of time now... Tick tock :D

[Will0W783]

Lol, I too feel awful for laughing, but I'm sure Betty will be happy. I work with rats in my neuroscience lab, and we had one that was just pure evil. The thing bit me in the webbing between my thumb and index finger while I was separating them for weaning. It would NOT let go- the vet tech had to use a pencil to pry him off my hand, then he bit her on the tip of her thumb and I had to pry him off her....then he got me between my index and middle finger, and I screamed and flung my hand and he went flying. We caught him with a net and got him back into the cage, but I did not feel at all sorry when experiment time came for him.....awful little rat b**tard.

[Shmoges]

Make a feeding video!

[exwizard]

I'm thinking pics.

[Bradyloach]

KILL KILL KILLL KILL KILL KILL!!! he shall fight to the death against betty to earn his freedom!!!!!

[MoreliAddict]

I'm thinking pics.
Please do!

[shaunyboy]

We did not raise this rat up. He was part of that colony acquisition a while back that helped to boost our breeder numbers to the level they are now. Anyway, his temperment is also not like the ones we raised up. He is a biter. He bit Laura last week and drew a lot of blood and just the other day as I was weighing him, he bit me in the finger, also drawing some blood. Its too bad too because he is still fairly young and weighs in at 469g. That makes him a XXL, almost XXXL. Last week, when he bit Laura, he was designated Betty food and the other day when he bit me, that just sealed his fate. The only thing that is delaying this sentence is the fact that Black Betty is in blue. When that is done, he is next on her menu. We dont keep or breed biters and he is no exception.

he's a big rat and vicious with it,i personally would stun him before feeding

a clever game rat can do a bit of damage (i'm not being cheeky mate)

cheers shaun

[shaunyboy]

awful little rat b**tard.

^^^^^
can't help wondering what the rat thinks of scientists kimberly :laugh:

he sounds like quite a charectuer,the rambo of the rat world pal :D

cheers shaun

[exwizard]

Ive seen Black Betty fly across that 6' Neodesha from the corner she was in to the opposite corner, snatch a 5 lb rabbit and fold it completely in half all before landing in the original corner she was in and all this took less than a second. She weighs 27 lbs. (thats 12,400g). I dont think a 469g rat is any match but I appreciate your concern and will take that into consideration.

[millertime89]

I know its slightly macabre and twisted, but I kind of want to see this rat's demise...

[shaunyboy]

Ive seen Black Betty fly across that 6' Neodesha from the corner she was in to the opposite corner, snatch a 5 lb rabbit and fold it completely in half all before landing in the original corner she was in and all this took less than a second. She weighs 27 lbs. (thats 12,400g). I dont think a 469g rat is any match but I appreciate your concern and will take that into consideration.

big betty sounds impressive mate ;)

just gotta love a snake strike :D

cheers shaun:)

[exwizard]

It was swift and flawless. Pics to follow as soon as she is done.

It looks like she's eating it backwards. That's a first.

[exwizard]

This is what happenes to biters. They meet their demise. Now that this is done, we can go back to tending to our tame rats and mice.

Black Betty's satisfied with this meal and that makes me happy.

[Fredricks]

It definitely makes it easier when the rats are like that. I'm dethawing a hopper and a rat pup and they are really adorable. Having a blood drawing rat wouldn't make me feel as bad haha at least for a few minutes

[exwizard]

This was what I was waiting for this whole time. I wanted to make sure she was nice and hungry and not distracted by being in blue.

It definitely makes it easier when the rats are like that. I'm dethawing a hopper and a rat pup and they are really adorable. Having a blood drawing rat wouldn't make me feel as bad haha at least for a few minutes

I understand and it is a dicotomy when we see all these young rats as cute as can be, but they are livestock to me, even if they are pet tame.

[Fredricks]

Yeah that's a good way of putting it

[Terranaut]

It definitely makes it easier when the rats are like that. I'm dethawing a hopper and a rat pup and they are really adorable. Having a blood drawing rat wouldn't make me feel as bad haha at least for a few minutes

Also was a blood giving rat by the looks of the one pic above :)

[exwizard]

Also was a blood giving rat by the looks of the one pic above :)

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

[Little Wise Owl]

I feel like no matter how much of a jerk an animal is, I couldn't enjoy watching be smothered to death. I'd also be scared of putting such a huge, aggressive rat in with one of my snakes... To each their own, though.

[exwizard]

I feel like no matter how much of a jerk an animal is, I couldn't enjoy watching be smothered to death. I'd also be scared of putting such a huge, aggressive rat in with one of my snakes... To each their own, though.I understand how you feel and I also appreciate your "to esch his/her own" approach. It wasnt so much my enjoyment as it was the fact that I dont keep biters. The following is a quote from an ealier post in this thread and it applies to what you said here about "I'd also be scared of putting such a huge, aggressive rat in with one of my snakes":

Ive seen Black Betty fly across that 6' Neodesha from the corner she was in to the opposite corner, snatch a 5 lb rabbit and fold it completely in half all before landing in the original corner she was in and all this took less than a second. She weighs 27 lbs. (thats 12,400g). I dont think a 469g rat is any match but I appreciate your concern and will take that into consideration. The fact that she needed to completely shed was why I waited, just to make sure, but I really had no doubts that she could execute this with no issues.

[Fredricks]

I understand how you feel and I also appreciate your "to esch his/her own" approach. It wasnt so much my enjoyment as it was the fact that I dont keep biters. The following is a quote from an ealier post in this thread and it applies to what you said here about "I'd also be scared of putting such a huge, aggressive rat in with one of my snakes":

The fact that she needed to completely shed was why I waited, just to make sure, but I really had no doubts that she could execute this with no issues.

This is a big reason I really enjoy this place, the respect. Respect for the snake and respect for the rat. It's a big thing for me, I get loaded with questions about feedings and people think that it is all a bunch of 17 year olds taping their neighbors pet bunny to their python while Slayer is playing in the background