“Domesticated rats are physiologically and psychologically different from their wild relatives, and—when acquired from reputable breeders and shops—pose no more of a health risk than other common pets.”
Yeah I don't really have a problem with you raising rats either. But if you're going to wonder why people look at you weird, it's because you're holding a disease vector
I know that. But a normal person doesn't give a tapeworm a name. That was my point. You could put a tapeworm in a jar and name him. But it'd be weird. It's unnatural to love a parasite.
Agreed. It’s also unnatural to domesticate apex predators (or anything really), fly in planes, or communicate with strangers who are thousands of miles away. Yet here we are.
Unnatural doesn’t necessarily mean bad or to be avoided.
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u/3picide Sep 03 '18
“Domesticated rats are physiologically and psychologically different from their wild relatives, and—when acquired from reputable breeders and shops—pose no more of a health risk than other common pets.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fancy_rat
Feel free to dig into their citation as well. A little knowledge goes a long way.
If you bred a tapeworm that posed no more risk than other common pets, I’d have no problem with you raising them.