Rat Laundry

Posted to the Ratlist January 29, 2004: Subject: Rat laundry question Would it actually be enough, if I washed them on top degrees? 90º C. Water boils at 100 º C. I mean, won't the pee get out without help from washing agents at all? Otherwise, I'm using MiniRisk concentrate. -L

Rats can be washed in the home washer and drier.

Wash your rats with laundry of like colors.

Always wash your rats in warm water. Cold water may not get them clean enough, and hot water could shrink them into dwarf rats, which are easily mistaken for mice.



Set drier to "delicate rodent" setting.

Cricket, fresh from the drier

After hours of searching, Snip was found stuck to jeans with static cling

Set your iron to the mammal setting.

Iron rats in the direction of fur growth, from nose to tail.

Do not hang rats directly on hangar, its arms will get tired.

Place rat into a hammock slung onto a hangar.

Washed, dried, and ironed rat hanging happily in the closet.

"Rat Laundry" was inspired by a series of posts to the Ratlist mailing list in January, 2004. No rats were harmed (or actually washed, dried, ironed etc.) in the making of this web page. Trick photography was used for some shots. This page is a joke. Do not launder your own rats.