{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Tara Starr St John (tara)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Jul-12 04:38:22 UTC","author_name":"Tara Starr St John (tara)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/tara","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/1760235","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/1047\" class=\"url\" title=\"Erik Banner\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">communistprime<\/span><\/a><\/span> Rats make awesome pets. They're very social and smart for such a little thing.  I used to know someone who taught her rats how to play 'basketball'. AKA the rat would get a little plastic(?) basketball and put it in a little hoop. It was adorable! And if you get one from a good breeder, rather than *cough*Petco*cough* they can live for a while. For a rodent at least. ;3"}