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Mad Ratters
What type of people share
their lives with rats? Are they quite mad or simply misunderstood?
What kind of rat owner are
you? Take these tests to find out.
Are you a rataholic? Do your rats control your life? Take this quiz to find out...
1. You go to the pet store to buy bedding, you leave with:
a. Bedding2. Someone says "Euuuw!!" when you mention you have pet rats. You:
b. Bedding, yogurt drops and a new chew toy they just got in
c. Bedding, yogurt drops, the new chew toy, a hammock, six new baby feeder rescue rats and another cage.
a. Sigh and forgive them for their ignorance and intolerance3. The last thing you do before going to bed at night is:
b. Try to explain to them why rats make such great pets
c. Pull two rats from your shirt, kiss their furry bellies and wave their tails in the persons face
a. Brush your teeth and kiss your partner4. You've just logged on and received your email. The first thing you read is:
b. Say goodnight to the rats and turn the light off
c. You've become nocturnal and stay up all night scritching, bruxing at, talking to, offering treats and playing with your rats.
a. An urgent memo from your boss5. You've just found your rat gnawing on a family heirloom. What do you do?
b. A birthday ecard from a close friend or relative
c. The entire 200+ messages from your rat mailing list
a. Yell "No!" and confine your rat to his cage to think about what he's done6. When your rat pees on you, you think:
b. Think "Oh well! Rats will be rats! I shouldn't have left it there in the first place"
c. Praise your rat on his artfulness and skill and offer him a yogurt drop
a. Euuww!! And I only just washed this shirt!!7. The pictures in your wallet are:
b. <sigh> When will he learn to use the litter tray?
c. Oh! I love you too, you furry little sweetie ratty pie! <kiss>
a. Your drivers license8. You spend your weekends:
b. Your partner and/or family
c. All 42 of your rats, complete with names, ages, colours, weights, pedigrees, show awards, etc.
a. Enjoying your favourite sports and activities9. What do you do when a wild rat gets into your house:
b. Relaxing and playing with the rats
c. Attending your regular Saturday morning vet appointment, cleaning cages, going to the pet shop for supplies, sewing hammocks, baking rat treats, scrounging in neighbourhood bins for construction material for rat toys, etc.
a. Call an exterminator10. How many times did you pause while doing this quiz to scritch/play with/treat your rats?
b. Trap it and let it go outside
c. Trap it, place it in a cage with treats and toys and call it Binky.
a. Not at all.Scoring:
b. Once or twice
c. My rats are on my keyboard answering the questions for me
If you scored < 30
points:
You love your rats, but
aren't a rataholic... yet. Wait another 2 weeks and re-take this
quiz.
If you scored 30 points:
You're a confirmed rataholic.
You have no control over your life. But take heart, with your rat
in charge your life couldn't be in better hands. :)
Still not sure if you're a real rataholic? Then try Michelle's Rataholic Quiz too!
The Rat Owners Personality Test
A little psychological test to find out what kind of rat owner you are...
All you have to do is: On a blank piece of paper, draw a rat.
Once you've done that, read
this interpretation of your drawing: Interpretation
No cheating now... you must
draw your rat before reading the interpretation or it won't be accurate!
Have you reached the hardened
state of the truly indurate rat owner? Become a dauntless veteran
of the inherent hardships of living with rats? Capable of dealing
with any difficult or unpleasant ratty ordeal without batting an eyelid?
Take this quiz to find out.
Simply collect the points for the various things you have accomplished
so far...
Feeding time:
Bought a food you don't
eat yourself just for the rats - 1 point
Tasted your rat's lab blocks
/ dry food mix / treats - 1 point
Tasted Baytril - 3 points
Given your rat some food
from your dinner plate - 1 point
Let your rat eat freely
off your dinner plate - 3 points
Let your rat eat food out
of your mouth - 5 points
Shared an ice cream licking
session with your rats - 1 point
Offered your rats mashed
avocado from your unprotected fingers - 3 points
Given your rats a more nutritious
dinner than your own - 1 point
Baked special treats for
your rats - 5 points
Endured a ratty treat pleading
session without succumbing - 5 points
Fed your rats live meal
worms - 2 points
Fed your rats live meal
worms and watched them bite them in half without shuddering - 5 points
Removed a half eaten cockroach
from your rat's mouth - 2 points
Not been concerned when
your rat ate a used tissue - 2 points
Spent more on your rat's
dinner than your own - 1 point
Bought expensive imported
out of season blueberries for your rats - 5 points
Begged chicken bones off
friends and family for your rat's chewing pleasure - 2 points
Consider it normal to steal
food from someone's mouth - 3 points
Raisins aplenty:
Picked up a raisin with
your bare hands - 1 point
Picked up a squishy raisin
with your bare hands - 2 points
Picked a hanger-on raisin
off your rat's butt with your bare hands - 5 points
Inspected your bed for raisins
before climbing in - 1 point
Removed a dried raisin from
your bed linen - 2 points
Found a raisin in your bed
and slept with it anyway - 5 points
Had a friend or co-worker
remove a stuck-on raisin from your person - 5 points
Observed your rat eating
a raisin - 2 points
Observed your rat eating
a raisin and still allow your rat to kiss you - 5 points
Measured a particularly
long raisin and stated it's dimensions proudly in public - 6 points
Cleaning up:
Let your rat lick clean
your dinner plate - 1 point
Washed the rat rags in with
your normal clothes wash - 3 points
Changed all your usual cleaning
products to environmentally safe ones for your rat's health - 3 points
Picked up a cageful of scattered
pea shells - 1 point
Picked up a cageful of scattered
pea shells without complaining about your rat's messy eating habits - 2
points
Sieved bedding to remove
dust before using it in your rat cage - 2 points
Microwaved or froze bedding/food
to kill bugs before using in your rat cage - 2 points
Sighed in resignation when
your rat refused to use the litter tray - 1 point
Taught your rat to use a
litter tray - 5 points
Play time:
Own clothes whose specific
purpose are for wearing while playing with rats - 1 point
Endured a scent mark without
any negative emotional reaction - 1 point
Felt proud and loved when
scent marked - 2 points
Dabbed scent mark pee behind
your ears as an alluring perfume - 6 points
Scent marked the rats yourself
to show your dominance - 8 points
Wear only yellow clothing
so as to disguise pee stains - 3 points
Extracted a rat from your
underwear - 2 points
Worn an oversized bra to
provide room for your rats - 2 points
Worn an oversized bra to
provide room for your rats and you're a male - 6 points
Had a rat bite your nipple
-
5 points
Broken up a serious rat
fight - 1 point
Broken up a serious rat
fight with your bare hands - 3 points
Let your rat lick your lips
-
1 point
Permitted full mouth rodentistry
- 5 points
Gagged on an overly inquisitive
furry rat head - 8 points
Let your rats run about
on your bed - 1 point
Gave up an entire room in
your house and turned it into a rat playground - 5 points
Discarded all electrical
appliances so that your rats can free range the entire house safely
- 8 points
Made your own rat toy -
1
point
Made all the Rat
Toy Ideas on Robyn's Rats website - 10 points
Injured yourself while making
rat toys - 2 points
Inflicted serious injury
to yourself while avoiding treading on your free ranging rat - 6 points
Spent more than an hour
trying to coax your rat out from under a piece of furniture - 1 point
Above and beyond:
Bought a larger cage for
your rat - 1 point
Joined one or more cages
to make a bigger home for your ever-increasing rat population - 2 points
Built a mansion from scratch
to provide luxury living for your rats - 8 points
Purchased an air conditioner
for your rat's summer comfort - 10 points
Spent more on impulse bought
rat toys than the food and bedding you went to the shop to buy - 2 points
Paid vet bills 10 times
the cost of your rat and considered it cheap - 5 points
Social interaction:
Attended a rat show - 1
point
Attended all rat shows within
a 5 hour drive of your home - 5 points
Attended a rat show and
came home with an unexpected new ratlet - 1 point
Worn a rat as a stunning
and provocative fashion item - 1 point
Purchased a garment specifically
because it had the right sized pocket/hood for carrying a rat - 3 points
Proudly worn aeratted (i.e.
full of chewed holes) clothes in public - 1 point
Had someone inform you that
you may have moths in your wardrobe - 1 point
Gone out in public with
copious rat scratches in plain view - 1 point
When asked, proudly stated
the scratches are love marks from your rats - 2 points
Gone out in public with
a pee stain on your clothes - 1 point
Gone out in public with
a raisin/s in your hair - 3 points
Required assistance from
your neighbour / friend to remove an entangled rat from your hair - 8
points
Declined a date so you can
spend the evening playing with your rats - 2 points
Declined a date, stating
the excuse that you have to spend the evening playing with your rats -
5 points
Entered "rats" in the hobby
section of a job application form - 1 point
Decorated your office with
pictures of your rats, a rat themed computer desktop, a rattie screen saver,
etc. - 3 points
Converted at least one colleague
to rat ownership - 5 points
You've bruxed during a romantic
moment with your partner - 1 points
You've boggled your eyes
during a romantic moment with your partner - 5 points
Health Care:
Bathed your rat - 1 point
Bathed your rat wearing
a sleeveless shirt - 3 points
Bathed your rat without
first clipping your rat's claws - 5 points
Clipped your rat's claws
- 2 points
Clipped your doe's claws
while she was in heat - 5 points
Clipped a rat's teeth -
5 points
Taken your rat to a vet
- 1 point
Taken your rat to a vet
experienced in rat health care - 3 points
Known more about rat antibiotic
treatment than your vet - 5 points
Successfully applied ointment
to your rat's eye - 2 points
Successfully applied ear
drops in your rat's ear - 2 points
Hidden baytril in one food
item for the entire course without your rat suspecting - 5 points
Squeezed a pus filled abscess
on your rat - 8 points
Cleaned out a waxy plug
from your buck's penis - 10 points
Massaged a constipated rat
belly - 4 points
Lubricated and manipulated
a bulging rat eyeball back into it's socket - 10 points
Inspected a recently mated
female - 2 points
Inspected a recently mated
female and ended up with a mucus plug in your hand - 6 points
Scoring:
Less than 10 points - you
obviously don't own rats.
10 - 50 points - you're
a new rat owner, give it time.
51 - 100 points - you've
had rats awhile, but they haven't trained you completely yet.
Over 100 points - you're
devoted, you're under your rats' spell.
Over 200 points -
you're experienced, not much phases you.
Over 300 or lost count -
a true veteran.
With thanks to the following contributors: Missy, Andreas, Claire, Kimberly, Andrea, Matt
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