Comments on: LA’s Rat Hoarding Horror Story

By: Minty

Minty — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:54:25 +0000

Awww…cute little rats! I love rats! In fact i’m bringing home two females (Larken and Lilium) home in a few days and hope to always have rats. (just not that many) lol.

Don’t we all love cute fuzzy lil rats!

By: angel

angel — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:54:34 +0000

i would be the first person to defend the right to own rats as i have a few myself, but the owners need to be RESPONSIBLE owners. that means separating the males from the females, keeping them indoors, and keeping their living area clean. when the rats breed without supervision, the results are health and temperment problems. when the rats are allowed to go outside unsupervised, you run risks of mingling with diseased wild rats. When their living area isn’t kept clean, the health of the human and the rat suffers. These women have set the rat loving world back to the dark ages when the rat was feared. And just like with hoarding cats and dogs, if you do not interact with them, they become feral and wild, mistrusting of humans.

I know people with large populations of rats, but the rats are clean, separated by gender and not allowed to interact unless spayed or neutered, their free roam time is supervised, and all the animals are well socialized (meaning they crave loving human contact).

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:33:21 +0000

Honestly, I think it’s cute… I had some pet rats as a young girl and those sweet little things can be smarter than dogs! Not to mention, hoarding isn’t about the number of animals (or else LAAS could very well be in violation) but about the conditions the creatures are living in. If there are many dead, dying, injured and sick animals then yes, it’s a hoarder. If they’re all healthy animals, then they’re doing an okay job. I’m sure you internet trolls will have a blast with this comment, eh?

By: GTT

GTT — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:34:32 +0000

I dont understand how someone can defend this… This is a major health issue! Not to mention comepletely disgusting! These two women need to be evicted and sent to a nursing home where they can no longer endanger themselves or their neighbors.

One thing not addressed in the article: What in the world is State FarmÂ´s reason for supporting these two nut jobs???

Now, excuse me while I throw up a little.

By: KT

KT — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:00:10 +0000

Anyone who has worked in EMS, Firefighting, or the police force has seen things this bad and worse. I, personally, have been brought to vomiting by the state of some houses. Raw sewage, tobacco spit, and general neglect.

By: greenstrawberries

greenstrawberries — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:21:16 +0000

The video says that the Denhams paid 1.8 million for their house. If I paid that much for a house, I would push whatever buttons needed to be pushed to get rid of those rats. In addition to the fact that they had a baby, would you let your child play in the yard with thousands of rats running around next door? A house that you paid 1.8 million dollars to live in??

By: John

John — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:53:59 +0000

Holy carp, did anyone else read the comments over there.

There are people defending the council meeting about how their rules work for things brought up during the meeting and why their meeting worked that way, completely ignoring the fact that these two were breeding 1000′s of freaking rats and it took a guy to personally go out of his way to get it taken care of which is the critical part of the article.

I mean, damn, I get a freaking nastygram for letting my grass grow above 6 inches from the Board of Health and a stiff fine if I don’t have it taken care of in the next 3 days. I’m not breeding disease machines.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:06:33 +0000

If I lived next door to that disgusting rat house, I would immediately sign up to foster as many cats as possible, but not before putting out my own rat food consisting of large doses of poison.

By: jane

jane — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:19:01 +0000

i just threw up in my mind…

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:30:30 +0000

Good for State Farm!