[dexterq20]

So I come home from class yesterday and find my roommate and his girlfriend holding a rat. I think to myself, "Oh, [insert girlfriend's name here] got a pet rat and she came over to show it off."

Wrong.

The girlfriend bought the damn rat for my roommate. It's his. And now it's living in our apartment.

I don't mind rodents. I used to own a hamster. I can handle having a rat in the house.

What I can't handle is when my roommate takes the rat out of its cage and lets it run around and piss and crap all over our living room carpet. I'm also not a fan of when he lets the rat run around on our kitchen counter, which happens to be the place where we PREPARE OUR GODDAMN FOOD. :mumble:

The rat hasn't even been in his possession for a full 48 hours, and I've already had to request that he keep the rat off of the carpet and countertops. Not good.

My roommate and his rat get a .

 

[Spero]

get a cat.

 

[arboc!]

kill the bastard

 

[dexterq20]

get a cat.

Can't, I'm allergic.

 

[smedford]

kill the bastard

The rat or the flatmate?

 

[Spero]

Hmm...a Corn snake or ball python?

Maybe a small dog...with three legs so it evens out the playing field a bit. You could potentially have a few good hours of beer/spectating fun on your hands

 

[chicodude]

Maybe a small dog...with three legs so it evens out the playing field a bit. You could potentially have a few good hours of beer/spectating fun on your hands

Bwhhahahahahahahaha

 

[zahgurim]

Time to buy a tarantula or snake, I think.

Or a 3 man slingshot, and have some buddies help you lob it a few blocks away.

 

[syadasti]

You could cook it. Rat is a delicacy in Africa

 

[riderx]

Time for some rat fishing.

You need to eliminate the problem immediately. Rats aren't pets.

 

[Polandspring88]

You should subject it Mutagen and turn it into Splinter.

 

[Westy]

Just get some big rat traps and set them up on the counter and carpet. Roommate might get the idea.

 

[MTB_Rob_NC]

Can't, I'm allergic.

these are hypoalergenic

Either that or just get a regular cat and stock up on some benedryl for a little while. I mean really how long will it take the cat to do its thing?


However the snake idea isnt bad either. They are even lower maintenance.

 

[Barbaton]

Time for some rat fishing.

That's disgusting.

We had pet rats in my elementary school. Came in after a weekend and there were little pelts in the cage. Apparently one went postal and ate the others...

 

[gecko]

My sister has 3 rats...she loves them, says they're great...I don't see the appeal. Unless it can train turtles to fight crime with ninja skills I say bitch out your roommate to keep the thing in its cage, or at least in his room. Or step on it.

 

[Drunken_Ninja]

i would suggest a bb gun. leave it in the cage but at least distance the cage a good 5 feet to make it a challenge

 

[SkaredShtles]

I say get a pet bird.

 

[DHS]

leave your door open for some air...
let it run free it doesn't need your help to survive. look at NYC rats. they are HUGE

 

[stevew]

If you can do this with a hamster, do it with a rat. Get your own rat. Fight it out to the death.

 

[dh girlie]

You should subject it Mutagen and turn it into Splinter.

AHAHAHAHAHA! Splinter was my favorite from the tmnt cartoons!

 

[pnj]

i would suggest a bb gun. leave it in the cage but at least distance the cage a good 5 feet to make it a challenge

we got a bird feeder/bird seed cake thing a few weeks back and hung it off the fence. one day the wife says, "there's a rat on the bird food!".

by the time I got my bb gun out, the bastard had run off.

 

[Pau11y]

BB guns? Make it a bit more sporting, use a wrist rocket.

 

[hooples3]

i am assuming its a mouse.. not a rat?? cause rats are discusting

 

[pnj]

BB guns? Make it a bit more sporting, use a wrist rocket.

screw that, I'd miss. also, I don't own a wrist rocket, I do own a bb gun.

 

[BrokenChain]

Rats are awesome pets. When we had dorm checks in school, I just hid the cage behind a flag I had hanging in front of a recessed bookshelf. Ther're super smart, very clean, and mine likes beer!

 

[pnj]

and their fecces can led to the hanta virus.

I can't spel iether

 

[Spero]

and their fecces can led to the hanta virus.

I can't spel iether

What a nasty little bug that is.

I was super paranoid about that stuff hiking in S.Utah.

 

[dexterq20]

i am assuming its a mouse.. not a rat?? cause rats are discusting

And I'm assuming you suck at life and didn't read the thread completely. :nuts:

 

[zahgurim]

You could just take the easy way out, and feed it antifreeze when your roomate isn't home.
That would solve your problem fast, and neatly.

 

[OGRipper]

She should have asked you if it's cool. If you can't (or won't) tell her to get rid of it because you don't want it around, maybe someone else can.

So for example, how does your landlord feel about rats?

 

[Zark]

She should have asked you if it's cool. If you can't (or won't) tell her to get rid of it because you don't want it around, maybe someone else can.

So for example, how does your landlord feel about rats?

UCSB loves 'em, they call 'em "students"

 

[blt2ride]

Yep, you need a snake!

 

[Changleen]

Landlord intervention time. Imposition of pets without permission from other housemates is NOT cool.

 

[Batman]

It's not a rat, it's Siberian Hamster.