Open Question: How can I convince my parents to get me a pet rat?
Okay, i’m desperate. I need help! Here’s whats going on:
My parents won’t let me get a pet rat, and i’ve done everything possible. I wrote three essays and a contract saying how i will pay for 70% of everything, and how they won’t have to touch it, etc., and they wouldn’t even look at it! Well, my mom read it, and said it was good that i was practicing my typing -.-
I’m practically a rat expert now, i’ve been researching for over a year. They take me to the pet store and let me hold the rats, but they still say no…. I have saved up $253 and i have made space in my room for a rat cage. They’re just too stubborn. I ask and ask, and they say no. I wait a while, drop hints. When i ask, no. I halfway persuaded my dad, but now he wants a degu (a squirrel type gerbil-thing). They simply can’t get over the ‘rats are sewer creatures who bite and smell and carry disease’ thing. I show them websites and books that will prove them wrong, but they refuse to read it. I think that they are persuaded, and that they just don’t want to give in this time. I’m always right, and they don’t like- no, they loathe it.
I had a rat when i was 8, but i didn’t know anything about rats. She died in three weeks (RIP Gabby, i’m so sorry!!!). Back then, all i had to do was ask. There was no such thing as ‘no’. My mom complained that she smelled bad (of course, a dirty cage) and left gabby in the garage. I was forbidden to go near her. I did manage to sneak out a few times and feed her, but it wasn’t enough. Now my parents blame ME for her death, and ground me everytime i say otherwise.
I keep my room clean,do my homework, get straight A’s on everything (with the occasional unfortunate B+), and i’m nice to my siblings. I don’t do anything bad- and it’s been that way since 1st grade. Why SHOULDN’T i get a pet rat?
I just came back from my weekly pet store trip, too. What really broke my heart was when i was holding the cutest little rattie ever- a powdered blue - and was having so much fun just letting it crawl on me and explore. You see, i’ve been visiting that same rat for a month and a half now, the pet store’s been holding her for me. When my dad said it was time to go, i put her back in the cage (not without a little goodbye kiss) and was walking off when i heard someone cursing. The new Petco employee had been bitten by my rat, and she was running across the floor, frightened. I picked her up and gave her back to the guy, and was shocked when he snatched her and threw her in the snake cage. My dad made us leave when i started crying and trying to get her out of the snake cage. I’ve just stopped crying. If my parents had just let me buy her, or if i had shoved her in my jacket and took her home, or let her run in the store instead of giving her back, would she still be alive? So because of my parents, I’ve killed two best friends.
I know i’m forgetting some stuff in my story, but you get the picture. I’ve tried everything. And i’m not going to settle for “you live under their roof, so respect their choices”. Respect? I need respect! I’m a determined little girl and i’m going to get a rat! …..i just need some help with these stubborn parents of mine. How can these rat-hating murderers be my kin??????????? HELP!

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:36:44 GMT
Open Question: Should i put down my cat down?
I’ve had my cat since i was 3.hes so old, 17 yrs, and i cant think of not having him around. but hes not doing well. he has a heart murmur, diabetes, a tumor in his neck plus a tumor that was somewhere else that burst open his skin. one of his eye lids has started covering his one eye so it makes him seem like his one eye is rolling to the back of his head. he has trouble breathing. so when he purrs he sounds so strange then starts gagging. he throws up all the time, basically every day. i feel like i shouldn’t get near him cause if he get happy and purrs he will basically throw up cause he gets excited and idk maybe its the breathing issue. im so upset over it. iv never ever thought of putting my cat down but looking at him breaks my heart. when he walks it seems hes in pain.i believe in nature taking its course but why make him suffer? i cant even touch him without hearing how hard it is for him to breath. idk what to do. is putting him to sleep an advisable option?a necessary one?

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