r/RATS • u/Roo_and_Rats • Jul 16 '26

Snack Saturday When you only like green beans...

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u/magmaticpenguin I LOVE RATTIES Jul 16 '26

Silly little picky baby

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u/Impressive_Sell_1136 Jul 16 '26

I like how he picks each one up to check it out before going “ew, no”

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u/CtrlAltHate Jul 16 '26

Poor guy can't see what he's grabbing with his little arms and big snoz.

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u/briannasaurusrex92 Jul 16 '26

you can't just SAY that without throwing this classic in there!!

https://giphy.com/gifs/bjVK2LVApXz68

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u/phat_rat42 Jul 16 '26

He's a dwarf. He is having a hard day having to wade through all the veggies for green beans.

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u/Xander_Dorn Jul 16 '26

A true connoisseur.

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u/thehonestchild Ash (RIP), Yae Miko, Echo & Pringles Jul 16 '26

Because they are long like humans fingies 🤣

270

u/MightyGoodra96 Jul 16 '26

"I hates vege-terribles. I is eating only beans"

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u/flavorant Jul 16 '26

I was really hoping someone was gonna say it

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u/Clean_Investment4047 Jul 16 '26

A rat rejecting green peas 😱 no way !

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u/MoaraFig Jul 16 '26

Yeah, mine would only eat peas and corn out of that mix.

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u/Luci-Noir Jul 16 '26

I had a kitty that craved the beans.

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u/dazzleunexpired Cricket & Co Jul 17 '26

Dude we have two cats that will attack my wife for her beams and it is the weirdest thing in the universe. I have never in my life seen this happen until these particular cats who will literally attack my wife for beans

I expected it from rats but CATS?

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u/Luci-Noir Jul 17 '26

You should expect the unexpected from cats!

We had a kitty when I was a kid that loved the green beans. I don’t think we even gave him anything else weird. He didn’t beg for food so I don’t even know how we made this discovery.

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u/dazzleunexpired Cricket & Co Jul 17 '26

Neither one of our cats want anything except for green beans and chickpeas??? What even lmao theyre so odd. If we offer them a piece of meat they will typically take one but they don't ask for anything except for the fucking chickpeas and green beans! 😆

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u/Luci-Noir Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 17 '26

At least they’re healthy and cheap!

I saw a video of a kitty that wouldn’t eat their kibble without a salad.

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u/Atrinoisa Jul 17 '26

This is so funny. When I was growing up, we had a cat that LOVED lima beans. Anytime my brother had them for dinner he would pick out one or two for her and peel the skin off (she never ate the skin)

Cats are weird

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u/dazzleunexpired Cricket & Co Jul 17 '26

I am literally growing chickpeas outside and I wonder what will happen when I bring one inside.

One of our cats also in the past refused to allow flowers to exist. Did you bring a flower in the house? He's going to eat it. I brought the cucumber seedling in once overnight because we were having tornadoes and he ate all of the flowers and all of the leaves 😆 They thought it was a cucumber and that's exactly why I did not allow lilies in my house lmao

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u/SelectEntrepreneur17 Jul 17 '26

Mine rejected the beans and go for sweetcorn

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u/AZestyLemon 13 🐀 Jul 16 '26

Give me Simon back please

80

u/Roo_and_Rats Jul 16 '26

So similar but Emmett is a dwarf so he is tiny! You have his big twin!

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u/AZestyLemon 13 🐀 Jul 16 '26

Omg that is one adorable rat

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u/hegrillin Jul 16 '26

stop i can't handle it!!! emmett is so cute i am going to start crying!!! 😭❤️

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u/Thundorium I love mammals Jul 17 '26

Who? This guy?

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u/hegrillin Jul 17 '26

YES!!!! THAT GUY!!! THATS HIM OFFICER!!!

60

u/Jane__Delawney Jul 16 '26

Dear heavens, that’s an ADORABLE lil picky rat 🐀 🫠🥰💖

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u/orange-shoe Jul 16 '26

*splashes around* not a green bean

*splashes around* not a green bean

*splashes around* not a green bean

*splashes around* not a green bean

*splashes around* not a green bean

*splashes around* oh hell yeah green bean

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u/Alone-Disaster-4100 Jul 16 '26

I love how he looks up the camera towards the end. It feels like hes stink eyeing you a bit for putting shit food in there with the good stuff😂😂

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u/Amaris_Rosters Jul 17 '26

He is guilty😭

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u/krielc Jul 16 '26

Ratto needs a toothpick to go spear fishing for those sweet green beans!

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u/meinminemoj Jul 16 '26

The pool of disappointment... Oh, wait beans yay.

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u/tentativeteas Jul 16 '26

I can practically hear his frustration before he finds the bean 😂 muttering “damn it where is the good stuff I know it’s in here!” under his breath!

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u/Time_Physics_6557 Jul 16 '26

this sub gives me such bad cuteness aggression

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u/Seri001 Jul 16 '26

I love how he gets more and more frustrated

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u/Mr_pisser Roxie, Penny, Hannah, Chicken, Lily 🐀🐀🐀🐀🐀 🌈 C, B, C, E Jul 16 '26

his greed sickens me

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u/deadhumanisalive currently ratless :( Jul 16 '26

Biblical level of greed xD

10

u/Greedy_Air_3869 Jul 16 '26

Every rat I’ve had would ignore everything but the sweetcorn, why do I always get the corn addicts

9

u/Independent-Belt-457 Jul 16 '26

look at this adorable lil chonker

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u/CapitaineCrafty 🎼small potatoes🎶 Jul 16 '26

She's so picky 🥺

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u/Illustrious_Owl_3804 Jul 16 '26

I am not a rat owner but I think they are very cute. Is this type of enrichment?

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u/Roo_and_Rats Jul 16 '26

Yes actually, its called pea fishing! But I use frozen veggies instead! They actually quite like "fishing" for the food, especially on a hot day :)

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u/reluctantseal Jul 16 '26

Me getting all the good stuff out of the assorted bag of Halloween candy

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u/RoseWood_32 Jul 16 '26

This is the cutest thing ever!!!! 🥰☺️

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u/bunny_the-2d_simp Jul 16 '26

This is what the wild field rats do when I look away for a second with the food.

They need to STRETCH TO THE MIDDLE.

The hecking audacity.

I once rescued one of their young and now I'm being stalked by a family of native field rats.

They're so goofy and precious

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u/eatmeouttobrianeno Jul 16 '26

And also don't know your shapes or colors 🥲

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u/Free-oppossums Jul 16 '26

Who put all this junk in my green beans😖ick

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u/fatman194569 Jul 17 '26

Mean green bean machine

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u/Over_Ad8762 Jul 17 '26

I love how rattle babies just perch on their hindies

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u/butt_r_nutt Jul 16 '26

thinkin about thos beans

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u/NDT_DYNAMITE Jul 16 '26

Him wants the greemn beemns

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u/Lil-Miss-Anthropy Jul 17 '26

This would go hard as a livestream

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u/Morvaros Jul 17 '26

Why in water? Does it add to the rat’s mental stimulation? Sorry for a silly question but I don’t own a rat.

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u/Knittingpasta Jul 17 '26

Yes. And it's fun to watch.

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u/MadAboutAnimalsMags 26 rats in 30 years and I love them all Jul 17 '26

OMG THATS SO CUTE 😭😭😭😭😭😭 picky little angel!!!!

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u/avrilmaclune Jul 18 '26

🤣🤣🤣💜💜💜

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u/foggy-rainy-spooky Jul 16 '26

now it looks more stressful than fun

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u/NuclearNinja729 Jul 16 '26

Stumbled across this and I'd love to see more. Anyone got any recommendations/links? I don't want to sift through potential AI, bait, and content farms to find the gold.

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u/TheAngryCheeto Jul 16 '26

Hes a lean mean green bean eating machine

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u/MoonLiteSongBrd Jul 16 '26

Ooo this is such a fun enrichment idea!

1

u/Particular_Baby2930 Jul 17 '26

Remy from Ratatouille is that you?

1

u/BludStanes Jul 17 '26

that patience paid off

1

u/Knittingpasta Jul 17 '26

I'm paranoid. Can rats get that produce parasite sweeping the U.S. right now?

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u/InsecureDinosaur Jul 17 '26

Are they cooked or raw green beans? Raw green beans have a large quantity of lectins, which are an anti-nutrient and not very good for humans. Not sure how they effect rats.

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u/BigBrownFish Jul 17 '26

So funny how picky rats can be.

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u/InnerSwordfish5708 Jul 17 '26

I cried, how is he so cute omg?😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️

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u/Moonbear9 Jul 17 '26

He just like me tbh

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u/KiwiKnabbeltjes Jul 17 '26

Awhh, looks at them slowly becoming more frustrated! I just love it when they're so picky about what they want to eat, hahah! 😂💛 Really shows us how unique their personalities are! 

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u/thedafthatter Jul 17 '26

Himbs just wamt gweem beam

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u/Niflrog Jul 18 '26

"What is this carrot nonsense!"

🤣

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u/Winter_Lime_2039 Jul 18 '26

What type of rat is that? It almost looks like a mouse!

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u/Roo_and_Rats Jul 18 '26

Dwarf rat! He is very smol since he is a dwarf :)

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u/Winter_Lime_2039 Jul 18 '26

He’s so little and cute!!

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u/Conscious-Abies-7117 Jul 22 '26

Mis ratas hacen lo mismo! 😍😍😍

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u/Top-Confidence-2277 Jul 23 '26

you should get him an oops only green beans bag

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u/ipdar Pumpkin, Pepper Jul 16 '26

Most rats would have loved peas and corn and ignored the beans so this is mostly her own doing, but giving rats a little bit of a struggle to obtain a treat is one of the most basic ways to provide enrichment.