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I hooked you up with proof as a reply up above before I saw that you were specifically requesting it. That should be all the proof you need. If you need more, here's some.
When you leave them alone they open all of your cupboards and tear all of your food boxes open, eating a little of everything. They open your refrigerator and eat all the eggs and spill the milk on the ground. They do not close the door. When they're done doing that they go turn every faucet in the house on. Then they shit and piss on your pillow.
Hahaha, thanks, I totally missed that video. I need more videos like that.
Not the deterrent you might imagine, and definitely not more destructive than other pets.
I always have too many eggs left over unless I use them up baking, and he thoughtfully provides the cupcake tin at the end. Same issue with milk, it expires too quickly to cry over when it's spilled
I just have to remember to bake more frequently, so that their rambunctious nature will be somewhat tempered.
They're probably really fun pets because of their intelligence, but they're nocturnal, so they get into all sorts of trouble when you're sleeping. I used to work with someone who had one as a pet, and she mostly loved it, but she sometimes wanted to shoot it. She definitely didn't seem to have the same sort of bond with it that you would form with a dog. I guess her relationship with it was like a relationship with a semi-psychotic cat. She ended up needing to crate it when she left the house because it was literally tearing her house apart. That's not good for the animal, since they're not content in there like dogs are.