Comments on: Year of the rodent http://hugoschwyzer.net/2008/02/12/year-of-the-rodent/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:42:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: angryyoungwoman http://hugoschwyzer.net/2008/02/12/year-of-the-rodent/#comment-234209 angryyoungwoman Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:39:00 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2008/02/12/year-of-the-rodent/#comment-234209 Rats are really great pets. I had a really great pet rat for a few years and she was the best. She was also the smartest creature ever. Rats are really great pets. I had a really great pet rat for a few years and she was the best. She was also the smartest creature ever.

]]> By: Elaine Vigneault http://hugoschwyzer.net/2008/02/12/year-of-the-rodent/#comment-228291 Elaine Vigneault Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:40:00 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2008/02/12/year-of-the-rodent/#comment-228291 Djiril is right. Rats are smarter and more social than hamsters. They are much better companions. Regardless, it's sad to see our bad ideas get exported to China. Djiril is right. Rats are smarter and more social than hamsters. They are much better companions.

Regardless, it’s sad to see our bad ideas get exported to China.

]]> By: Djiril http://hugoschwyzer.net/2008/02/12/year-of-the-rodent/#comment-228255 Djiril Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:56:24 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2008/02/12/year-of-the-rodent/#comment-228255 <i> Rats and mice have a bad image, but hamsters are gentle. You can hold them in your hand a play with them,” Xinhua News Agency reported.</i> Hmmp! A properly domesticated rat is much gentler than a hamster, though it will probably crawl out of your hand and walk up your arm to sit on your shoulder. Rats and mice have a bad image, but hamsters are gentle. You can hold them in your hand a play with them,” Xinhua News Agency reported.

Hmmp! A properly domesticated rat is much gentler than a hamster, though it will probably crawl out of your hand and walk up your arm to sit on your shoulder.

]]> By: Lester Hunt http://hugoschwyzer.net/2008/02/12/year-of-the-rodent/#comment-227750 Lester Hunt Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:55:18 +0000 http://hugoschwyzer.net/2008/02/12/year-of-the-rodent/#comment-227750 Let's be glad that a hamster's skin is too thin, and tears too easily, to be a good source of fur! Let’s be glad that a hamster’s skin is too thin, and tears too easily, to be a good source of fur!

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