Molly the Nutria Rat

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Uploaded by on Jul 14, 2008

Molly was an unusual pet nutria rat. She was raised from an infant and has not been seen since hurricane Katrina devestated our community.

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  • Does she ever bite? What kind of interaction did she have with you (playful, uninterested, chews/bites everything/everyone, enjoy petting, ect.)? Also, was she litter box trained or kept in a designated room? We adopted 2 ferrets for a year, then re-homed them as it was too difficult/time consuming to keep their 'bedroom' (our spare room w/ their cage) up to health standards, but we didn't want them caged all day. I'm curious about nutria - they remind me of capybara!

  • @Aquaticopia Yes, she did bite. Actually more of a pinch but very painful and it left a bruise. She loved playing but only with our immediate family. She attacked anyone else. She had a 10' x 20' compound with a swimming pool. There is no way a nutria could be kept in the home. They need to swim and love eatting the vegetation. (which is why they hunt them in Louisiana. They eat the roots of the grass that holds the levees together.) They are very destructive in that sense. (continued)

  • @Aquaticopia (Her pen had page link fencing buried under the mud so she could not dig her way out.)

  • what did you feed it as a baby, i just found one that was abandoned and need help on food for it.

  • @oliviakinz9 - To be honest I don't remember. I do know that we purchased a feeding bottle from the pet store to give her milk in the beginning. That was about 7 or 8 years ago when she was a baby.

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  • @MrSouthphillyitalian, first of all, we haven't had a baby in the house for over 20 years. The "baby" you hear is Molly's voice. Molly showed no aggression towards her keepers at all. To strangers she was dangerous I must admit. We had to make sure she was in her compound when company was over. Her compound was 10' x 20' with a swimming pool which she used year round no matter how cold it was.

  • Animals shouldnt be bothered while they eat

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  • Jaja pobresita no la molesten,ya se que es tierno

  • i want one do the crul up and lay down with you in bed or on the couch?

  • Thank you for keeping her safe. It was very big hearted of you not to freak out an kill her.

  • It's teeth are cute by the way

  • That's the ugliest THING I'd ever seen of a rat, but it helped me get an A and pass Mid-Term Thanks!

  • U should of killed that! they were brought in by a different country and now there eating all the other animals food so they have nothing to eat and they die. People are trying to wipe out that species!

  • Man I came up in new Orleans them ain't supposed ta be pets

  • @profnohair LOL

  • i'd never have that SUPER rat as pet, not gonna lie, not being deep either

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