Weird, Kind of Gross - Paw Talk

mtmaughan · #1 12-03-2007, 12:29 AM

So, I have the rats out for playtime right now, and Jack just stopped to poop. I knew he was gonna poop because I know his poop stance. No big deal, they have a blanket that goes over the couch to protect it.

The weird part is that Apollo found his way over, saw what Jack was doing, and grabbed the piece of poop in his mouth as it was exiting! It was like he was catching a newly birthed baby or something. So I was like "oh, don't eat that" and he dropped it but I wonder if he would have just sat there and eaten it if I hadn't been there.

I know they eat poop sometimes, but for some reason the thought of him eating his brothers poop totally fresh from his butt was just gross/weird. I had to share.

Angelnstuff · #2 12-03-2007, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by mtmaughan


	I know they eat poop sometimes, but for some reason the thought of him eating his brothers poop totally fresh from his butt was just gross/weird. I had to share.

lol so eating day old poo is less gross sumhow?

mtmaughan · #3 12-03-2007, 01:52 AM

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	lol so eating day old poo is less gross sumhow?

LOL, I know it doesn't make much sense, but yeah! Hot, steamy fresh poo is grosser than dried up poo. It's gross either way to eat it, but... fresh is nastier. Haha, makes no sense, but whatever.

Vanilla_Rat · #4 12-03-2007, 12:33 PM

Yummmm...I think I have an appetite now!

tarita2004 · #5 12-03-2007, 08:58 PM

Bleh!!

DorkyChantelle · #6 12-04-2007, 03:10 PM

Hahaha, oh man...my degus do that sometimes. Or one of them will get into their "poop stance" (as you say, lol) and reach down and grab their own poop as it comes out. Ewww, lol.

mtmaughan · #7 12-04-2007, 04:00 PM

Hahaha, eeeewwww. So icky.

storminstaffs · #8 12-15-2007, 10:59 AM

yuckkk

rat freak · #9 12-23-2007, 02:33 AM

Ive never seen my rats grab theyre own poop or each others poop thank goodness! lol

laydeerodentzz · #10 12-28-2007, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by rat freak


	Ive never seen my rats grab theyre own poop or each others poop thank goodness! lol

It might suprise you, but rats eating their own poop is completely normal! I think you may have noticed the poop was brown, which means that it still has neatrants in it, so they would eat it, if it was black though it is slightly weird. It sounds gross but the do it for their own health basically. They won't do it every time, but occationally they will.

Mousey · #11 01-06-2008, 07:19 PM

ewwwwww.....yuck... Now I'm gonna think about my ratties grabbing their poop and then grabbing my finger every time I lpay with them.