Rat Handling

How to take care of lab rats in order to avoid stress in the animals used in experimental medicine
(the rat is the one without a labcoat)

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Howto & Style

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• Research
• stress
• biology

[Treemeadow]

Thankyou, little brave rattie souls, for helping humanity the way you have done. Your small, short lives were lived in fear and pain from the illnesses you were given.

You only ate lab blocks and never knew the joy of yogurt,You were scruffed and never experienced the love and warmth of a skin-to-skin cuddle. You never got to dig in the dirt, or snooze in the sun, or snuggle with a brother.

But you saved so many lives, and we thank you. There is a special place in my heart for you.

[gflasker]

@adrie7777 You obviously don't agree with animal testing which I can respect. However, every single new life saving pharmacotherapy must be put through a multi step approval process before it can be used in the general public. In vivo (animal) studies are an important step of that process. If you talk to anyone with a mother/father that has suffered from serious illness and overcome it with the help of novel drugs (imatinib for CML) I'm sure they appreciate everything the animals have done.

[eddieguy2178]

...dick

[lewis6590]

Thanks for the upload, I am trying to get some help handling rats as I'm new to it and despite what some ignorant people think, would never want to hurt or upset them. It's easy to be absolutist about animal research when you don't have to look into the eyes of someone with MS, Alzheimers, depression, or any number of biological/psychological dysfunctions and tell them to suck it up so rats can scurry into the sunset. Any moral, intelligent person can understand not everything's black and white.

[lewis6590]

@BMWBiker2 Its a rat not a human. They are comforted by hiding in dark or tighter places. Think about it, they are a prey animal unlike us, so it is naturally comfortable for them to be hidden.

You should try understanding things from both perspectives before you claim the moral high ground.

-an animal person

[BMWBiker2]

Oh yeah, he's not stressed?!! He's F-ing hiding in your arm fold. Like the stork who stuck it's head in the sand. Who holds his hand when your injecting him?

[Livyaahh]

Am I the only one here that thinks animal testing is morally wrong, cruel and inhumane!?

[lordfumblesquid]

The rat's house is way too small, and it's living alone.

[repbio]

@Natsplat184

[yny]

@natalie20136 then you tell us how can we test medicine if we dont test them on the animals such as rats and mice? since obviously and logically, we cannot test on humans.

[Treemeadow]

@natalie20136

Animals testing HAS been necessary in the past and continues to be necessary. It's horrible, horrific and often cruel, but until you're happy to go back to living in the dark ages, you can't say anything against it. Many of us would not have vaccines for illnesses like the plague or rabies if it weren't for animal testing.

[natalie20136]

@Treemeadow

im confused..are you FOR rats experiments?

youre talking as if the rats are volunteering to do this.

animal experiments and especially rats are so unnecessary . please.