Did anyone see the previews for the upcoming episode of "Hoarders"

[LynneSin]

:scared:

the man lives with pet rats - THOUSANDS of pet rats.

I thought this week's "Hoarders" was gross. One lady was overrun with farm animals and was so mean. She would keep the birds in plastic crates that had a foot of crap in them. She shouldn't have been on hoarders but on "Animal Cops". The other couple lived in a house over-run with bunnies.

But this week - this guy has thousands of pet rats living in his house. I am not bothered by rats but that many would freak me out!

[LisaL]

1. And since rats will breed and breed there will be more and

more of them. Yikes.

[snooper2]

2. 2500 rats :)

You can see the preview on their site..

Fucking Amazing
http://www.aetv.com/hoarders/index.jsp

[Z_I_Peevey]

3. Couldn't watch the latest episode...

the hoarders crossed some invisible line in my head. Too much obvious insanity, hostility and bad juju.

Erased it before the promos. Don't think I'll be watching the rat guy either.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. Those were some seriously messed-up people.

I'm often amazed at how weird and awful people can be sometimes. :scared:

Most of the time the hoarders seem to be just sad, confused and overwhelmed -- but these people (the angry old farm woman and her crazy family AND the nasty passive-aggressive bunny man) were really hard to feel sorry for, although I should.

[texanwitch]

15. I just watched that episode online.

I really felt sorry for the animals.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. Me, too -- those poor chickens and ducks, in particular.

That woman was so awful and weird; I know there's something terribly wrong with her, and I should feel sorry for her, too, but --

[Arugula Latte]

4. That lady with the farm animals -- I hate her.

I don't care that you're not supposed to hate people. I hate her. I want to tie her to the floor and let her chickens peck her slowly to death. :grr:

[LynneSin]

5. That woman had some serious mental issues happening in her head

How could she NOT see the level of abuse those chickens crammed into crates were suffering.

She should have not been on hoarders because the professionals they brought in barely dealt with the real issue of the animal abuse. She should have been on Animal Planet's "Animal Cops" - there the humane society would have pulled out every single one of those animals, issued the woman a serious-ass ticket and not care how much screaming and hollering she did.

I understand how important it is to deal with hoarders and make them feel like they are a part of the process when it comes to their hoarding. I have a friend who is a mild (but clean) hoarder and I was helping her clean out one of her room (filled will old bills and other mail saved). I made sure she saw everything we found and she made the final decision on what was tossed. We were able to get that room cleaned out in a day. But it's one thing when it's objects; however, when it's animals then you should not worry what the hoarder thinks - just get those animals out of there.

[Arugula Latte]

6. Exactly!

I was so pissed off when they sent the Humane Society people away. They should have rushed in and taken every animal on the place. I had to watch the show to the end to find out what happened and it turns out that woman still has the chickens. Unbelievable!!!

[LynneSin]

8. I lost alot of respect for the show when they did that

I mean for me, a level 1 hoarder (clutter but organized and not overwhelming), this show inspires me to clean up my act.

I wonder what happened to those animals. I think some of the sick ones were pulled and those in cages were removed. But that womans screamed about how she did not want the ducks in water since she would not be able to get the eggs out of the water. Honestly, who the hell would buy eggs from here. Those eggs are probably oozing with disease since there were feces everywhere.

[LynneSin]

9. I thought you might want to read this. It was from Matt, the extreme cleaner from Hannah's place

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1497563/board/thread/176202942

Someone cross post it at IMDB discussion. I guess A&E is getting slammed for not removing those animals from the home but Matt has a valid point - there is alot we didn't see and it is true they need to build a case to get those animals out of there.

I hope they do a follow up on Hannah and that most of the animals are removed.

[Arugula Latte]

10. Thanks for that.

I was thinking that our factory farm system does this shit on a much, much grander scale. Sickening.

[IcyPeas]

7. rats are worships in this Indian temple:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/06/0628_040628_tvrats.html

I remember seeing this on tv way back.

eek

[madinmaryland]

11. How can anyone watch that crap.

Sheesh.

[stuntcat]

12. I LOVE rats :)

I'll have one or two someday! :loveya: I hope.

It's animal torture when people do this stuff. I'd cry for the whole show if I tried to watch.

[texanwitch]

13. I have a sister who is a hoarder, there is no help for her.

She filled up her house, and several storage units with crap.

I think there are a lot of people with this problem.

It is just a mental health issue.

[LynneSin]

17. See if you can get her on hoarders

I mean they do provide aftercare.