Rats and a Cat

	Duration: 01:02 minutes Upload Time: 2006-06-02 23:15:17 User: roritherat :::: Favorites :::: Top Videos of Day
Description: Just a short video of my rats running around on my bed and my cat Squirt not quite sure what to do with himself. I didn't do any special training with Squirt to get him to tolerate the ratties so well. Its actually a little surprising as he has always loved to play with and destroy those fake toy mice. Of my three cats though, Squirt here is the only one I would actually trust to be in such close proximity with my ratties. Cats can be smart though. My family has a cat who would bring home rats and birds from outside but who knew better than to bother the pet rats that lived inside, even when they figured out how to get out of their cage and would wander around the house unsupervised looking for someone to play with ;-) What you might not get from watching this video is that Squirt's main interest was actually in eating the rat food. :-) He was just trying to get to the rat food without any of the weird, quick moving fuzzing things getting to close to him. I now have a rat named Migi who can't be trusted to get near my cats. She bit my kitten on the nose a few weeks ago and even drew blood. (No worried... The kitten was barely phased and it was a pretty minor wound and healed quickly) I couldn't be upset with Migi though because you can't blame a rat for trying to protect herself from a cat ;-) For anyone else out there with rats and cats, or who may be thinking about combining rats and cats in your house, just be VERY VERY careful if you want to try introducing them and NEVER leave them unsupervised together!
Comments
doomsayer83 ::: Favorites  2006-06-16 10:10:00 Very nice. But still, you should never leave them together without supervision. __________________________________________________
fatrb38 ::: Favorites  2006-07-15 21:47:12 LOL look how confused the cat is __________________________________________________
Jimmynessable ::: Favorites  2006-07-28 04:55:10 hehe cute __________________________________________________
mstabasco ::: Favorites  2006-08-24 00:56:40 cute~ __________________________________________________
uigrad ::: Favorites  2006-08-24 21:19:04 I just got a kitten. My pet rats are scared to death, and they haven't even seen the cat yet. They hide at the back of their cage 24 hours a day. I wonder if they need to be introduced to cats at a young age to overcome this fear. __________________________________________________
kinjalchrys ::: Favorites  2006-11-12 05:37:31 possibly. They still may just be afraid of cats. My pet rats were. The one I have now is fearless. She nips the crap out of the cats if they come close to her..LOL. __________________________________________________
chaoticpix93 ::: Favorites  2006-11-21 15:59:29 my two rats were fine... it was the cat that was scared of them! __________________________________________________
Staward ::: Favorites  2006-12-24 22:12:17 someday u'll find the tail of your rats outside the mouth of your cat __________________________________________________
beccacosmo ::: Favorites  2007-01-23 00:16:30 My cat would have taken one look at your rattie and gone for the kill. My dog on the other hand would want to be best friends o.o __________________________________________________
FeliciaZezili ::: Favorites  2007-02-19 16:57:50 Aww poor kitty! You have very brave rats. It's amazing. We had cat and the cat couldn't care less about the rats but the rats freak out and the cat doens't even have to be in the same room. I liked this video alot. __________________________________________________
w10boss ::: Favorites  2007-02-28 15:19:54 The cat is just dying for you to leave the room so he can get natural on his ass!! __________________________________________________
ScareBear ::: Favorites  2007-08-18 18:10:33 My cat is waaaaay too lazy to even acknowledge my rats. xD My rats will just walk all over him and he'll sleep right through it. __________________________________________________
joemakerman ::: Favorites  2007-08-19 21:38:11 lol __________________________________________________
lestismitethee ::: Favorites  2007-09-17 13:59:03 lol, the rat is calm but the cat's like "oh noes! a rat!" very nice vid ^^ __________________________________________________
fatassham ::: Favorites  2007-10-02 02:37:53 Your cat was like, "Are you freaking kidding me? Those are way too big." __________________________________________________