Luke's Younger Days Blog

I'm an interesting person, but thats a completely more interesting
story. The thing I shall speak of in this blog post is of my new pet,
which is a rat by the name of "Nelson".

Strange I agree, why would a person of my caliber stoop so low as to
get a rat? Well, see, you think far to highly of me, because, in
essence, I am but a worm, and getting a rat is at least 10 steps up for
me. So, this is a very cool rat, he is by far smarter than any hamster,
gerbil, or mouse that pet lovers (not us, haha, we eat the squirrels
from the backyard) like to keep around.

The fellow is just outright smart. I mean this guy is an intelligent
animal. Nelson, as my grandpa decided to call him, is not only smart,
but the most friendly pet I have ever seen, only matched by man's best
friend. I have a dog, and he would blow away anything my rat could offer
you. However, matched up against any other pet, a rat is the most
intelligent, social, clean, and cost effective pet I think you could
get. Many people would be quick to point out that cat's are better than
rats. The problem is that although cats are supposed to be smart, they
aren't social enough, and would far rather hang out in a corner with a
scratch post. Cats also cost hundreds of dollars a year to maintain.

The cost effectiveness of rats is one of the main things that brings
them above other pets. Besides buying a water bottle and a 10 gallon
aquarium for them, there is little else that they need. Old toilet paper
tubes and blocks of wood are more fun to a rat than an expensive toy.
Food is absolutely no problem whatsoever. I literally feed my rat
nothing but a few vegetables from the refrigerator and some walnuts that
we had in the closet. Paying for a rat is very indirect, their bedding
can be paper towels or a bunch of toilet paper.

This is only a blog post, so I'll keep it short and round it out with
this: Rats will make a great pet for anybody, big or small. They are
extremely easy to care for and train. They are more social than almost
all pets besides the Dog, and love hanging out with you.

That's my corny, yet awesome(as USUAL[I'm kidding]) blog post of the day

Luke