St. Petersburg, FL — It all started when two pet rats escaped.
A Florida woman has 300 to 500 rats roaming through her home. When two of her pet rats escaped and started multiplying, she didn’t have the heart to fumigate or lay traps.
“I want to save them,” she explained and said that they are practically family.
She called the SPCA, but they did not have room for all the rodents. Now, her entire house smells of rat droppings, and she has no idea how to fix the problem humanely.
“Everyone hates them but I just want to give them love,” she says. “Everyone says bad things about rats and I’ve never been sick or had any diseases or anything.”