Prev topicNext topicHelp

Topic 21 of 58: Rodents

Thu, Sep 23, 1999 (20:12) | Wolf (wolf)
Bunnies, mice, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, rats, and such.
38 responses total. 

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 1 of 38: Riette Walton  (riette) * Fri, Sep 24, 1999 (09:06) * 1 lines
Yes!, bleugh, hmmm,yes!, hmm, bleugh and such....

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 2 of 38: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Wed, Sep 29, 1999 (18:55) * 1 lines
Guinea Pigs are rodents!!!

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 3 of 38: Wolf  (wolf) * Wed, Sep 29, 1999 (21:02) * 1 lines
yup!

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 4 of 38: Riette Walton  (riette) * Fri, Oct  1, 1999 (14:01) * 1 lines
How DARE you say such a thing??? Rodents are like rats or such things! Guinea pigs are not rodents, they are sweet, cudly, gnawy, hairy little pigs who just happen to have teeth like a rabbit. 

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 5 of 38: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Fri, Oct  1, 1999 (19:25) * 1 lines
...but...but...bunnies are rodents, too...perhaps we should put them in a Cuddly Animals topic rather than under their classification (done by some unfeeling churl, no doubt!)

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 6 of 38: Wolf  (wolf) * Fri, Oct  1, 1999 (20:30) * 1 lines
HEY!! it was me, i'm a wolf, so i call em as i see em! *grin*

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 7 of 38: Wolf  (wolf) * Fri, Oct  1, 1999 (20:39) * 1 lines
there's now a cuddly animal topic reserved for the pet rodents. we'll keep this topic for wild rodents. k?

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 8 of 38: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Fri, Oct  1, 1999 (21:07) * 1 lines
...pets to 26...more plebian mousy things stay here?! Oook...is there anyone who wants to admire "Ben" - the movie?

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 9 of 38: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Fri, Oct  1, 1999 (21:11) * 1 lines
Oh Wolfie, YOU did not put cuddly critters into the Rodent classification in the beginning - you are not the Churl I was referring to...*hugs*

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 10 of 38: Wolf  (wolf) * Fri, Oct  1, 1999 (21:18) * 1 lines
i thought i was as i created the topic, but am not offended in the least *hugs*

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 11 of 38: Riette Walton  (riette) * Sat, Oct  2, 1999 (03:41) * 1 lines
Thank you for my cuddly animal topic. 

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 12 of 38: Karen  (KarenR) * Mon, Oct  4, 1999 (21:58) * 1 lines
Oh goodie!! There's a rodent topic. Can anyone tell me how to spot the difference between a mouse and a rat? Or better yet, post some pics that clearly show the difference. And please don't tell me that certain mice wear little pants and sing and dance to silly tunes and have girlfriends named Minnie. ;-D

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 13 of 38: Karen  (KarenR) * Mon, Oct  4, 1999 (21:59) * 1 lines
and btw, these are definitely not *cuddly pets* :-(

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 14 of 38: Marcia (MarciaH) * Tue, Oct  5, 1999 (20:30) * 3 lines
no they are not cute and cuddly...at all!!! I will hunt up something
which will demonstrate the anatomical differences between mice and rats.
It is not size. The native Hawaiian rat is a little wee thing but it has tiny rat ears, not big round mouse ears - there is not mistaking it!

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 15 of 38: Riette Walton  (riette) * Wed, Oct 20, 1999 (07:34) * 2 lines
I like mice, but not rats. They're not at all cuddly, and they don't get tame. THey only come to you, because of food. Mice are too small to cuddle - they'd just get scared.
Not like guinea pigs. They geniunely love me. They say that if you have a few they won't get tame, but that's not true. Mine get jealous of each other to be petted, and to sit behind my back and lie between my legs when we're watching tv. It's too cute.

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 16 of 38: Maggie  (sociolingo) * Fri, Dec  3, 1999 (18:27) * 1 lines
Who says Rats can't be tamed? I Love rats. I 'socialised' the nursery rats and they would sit on my shoulder quite happily, we did have them from babies though. I must admit I like guinea pigs too and fostered two of them for eighteen months recently. I find them SO funny, and the noises they make ....

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 17 of 38: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Fri, Dec  3, 1999 (18:39) * 1 lines
Ah, so yours come under the cuddly animals topic, not the rodent topic. *lol* we had to create a new one for Riette because she refused to believe her beloved Guinea Pigs were in the same category as wharf rats. I also just adore Guinea Pigs. Not really adore, perhaps, but I think they are really cute and fun to play with.

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 18 of 38: Gi  (patas) * Fri, Dec  3, 1999 (23:39) * 1 lines
I was delighted when I found out they will not refuse an item of food - just store it inside their mouths (guinea pigs and hamsters *are* the same, aren't they?)

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 19 of 38: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Fri, Dec  3, 1999 (23:57) * 1 lines
No - not really. Hamsters are about rat size and Guinnea Pigs are twice or three times that size - like a half-grown kitten.

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 20 of 38: Maggie  (sociolingo) * Sat, Dec  4, 1999 (09:18) * 1 lines
Some guinea pigs are real PIGS! (greedy I mean)

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 21 of 38: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Sat, Dec  4, 1999 (14:48) * 1 lines
Yep, they are! Best to have a feeder for each one when meal time comes around.

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 22 of 38: Wolf  (wolf) * Sat, Dec  4, 1999 (15:25) * 1 lines
i hate cleaning their cages (hamsters too).

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 23 of 38: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Sat, Dec  4, 1999 (15:41) * 1 lines
This is not abnormal, Wolfie *lol*...I do not like scrubbing toilets, either. Oh well, it must be done...!

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 24 of 38: Wolf  (wolf) * Sat, Dec  4, 1999 (18:00) * 1 lines
yes, but do you put it off? (maybe not the toilets)

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 25 of 38: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Sat, Dec  4, 1999 (19:07) * 3 lines
The only one I was familiar with (talking cages here) had hardware cloth for the bottom and it was not mine - belonged to the boy next door when I was young and innocent and all that. I do not remember what cleaned it...they lived outdoors in their cage as I recall.

(No, I do not put off the bathroom cleanup...hate it as I might)

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 26 of 38: Wolf  (wolf) * Sat, Dec  4, 1999 (20:06) * 1 lines
i've seen pet bunnies living outside here and in Kansas. never seen a guinea pig living outside.

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 27 of 38: KJArt  (KJArt) * Sat, Dec  4, 1999 (20:36) * 2 lines
(Marcia) .....but...but...bunnies are rodents, too..
Sorry, they're not. They've got their own Order, Lagomorpha, because they don't have just a single pair of chiselly incisors like rodents, but two pairs, one behind the other. Damn!, I've got to quit this and get back to Drool and then home at a decent hour! I've got an Art show to plan for besides the work! Yipes! So bye-bye Bunnies (non-Rodentia)

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 28 of 38: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Sat, Dec  4, 1999 (21:17) * 2 lines
Yeahyeahyeah....they are lagomorphs...pickypickypicky!!! We cover them under Cuddly critters which is non-sectarian or classification-neutral.
Come back when you get bored with Drool (and you will!)

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 29 of 38: Maggie  (sociolingo) * Sun, Dec  5, 1999 (10:48) * 1 lines
Our fostered guinea pigs (tufty and smoothie - guess why!) had an ouside run all summer. Far better than a lawn mower -we just rotated the pen around. The vet castigated me for keeping them inside in the winter!!!!! said I was pampering them - who me???

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 30 of 38: KJArt  (KJArt) * Sun, Dec  5, 1999 (19:31) * 4 lines
(Marcia) Come back when you get bored with Drool (and you will!)
HA!

And I say "Ha!" again!

Now don't bother me, I've got work to do having absolutely nothing to do with bunnies, etc.! 





 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 31 of 38: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Sun, Dec  5, 1999 (19:50) * 1 lines
Well...one thing is for certain - if you hang around Drool long enough you learn how to make all sorts of fonts and sizes of type...(are you sure you are not working in your local Playboy Club, KJArt?!) *lol*

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 32 of 38: KJArt  (KJArt) * Sun, Dec  5, 1999 (20:21) * 1 lines
In spite of the fact that that sort of thing appeals to Mr. Darcy (Mark, not Fitzwilliam), I'm afraid I've got too much tail to be further enhanced by a cotton one! ;-)

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 33 of 38: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Sun, Dec  5, 1999 (20:29) * 1 lines
*lol* I doubt that, but you would know better than I. Perhaps it is your perspective? We are not objective observers of ourselves, I think! (Yep! Mark would love that sort of male bonding stuff)

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 34 of 38: SpringArker (cfadm) * Sun, Jul  2, 2006 (12:58) * 1 lines
Any mouse trap suggestions? What is the best bait?

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 35 of 38: Alpha Wolf  (wolf) * Tue, Jul  4, 2006 (17:49) * 1 lines
we use peanut butter and bird seed--hasn't worked yet

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 36 of 38: SpringArker (cfadm) * Wed, Jul 12, 2006 (07:35) * 1 lines
pb better than cheese?

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 37 of 38: Alpha Wolf  (wolf) * Sat, Jul 15, 2006 (18:38) * 1 lines
we only caught one rat in our trap and had to set a second one. no one has even nibbled at it since being placed several months ago (and we know there's still a rat in the garage)

 Topic 21 of 58 [SpringArk]: Rodents
 Response 38 of 38: SpringArker (cfadm) * Sat, Jul 15, 2006 (23:52) * 1 lines
We caught two in the last week and the mice seem to be retreat. Both were pb.
Prev topicNext topicHelp

SpringArk conference Main Menu