Ok well i just thought it would be fun for me to make a little questionaire so everyone can fill in facts about there rats and see how different everyones is so i will write out a sheet all you's have to do is copy the questions and answer them i will answer mine after i make the sheet so here...

Hi I am new to this site, I am a 14 year old girl that LOVES animals. Well right now I own 1 horse(for sale), 2 cats(1 indoor, 1 outdoor) and 2 parakeets. I am interested in owning a pet rat. I have owned hamsters before and even 1 guinea pig before. I am trying to find one but can't seem to...

Hello all! I'm just curious to know what the colour of the babies would be if i bred my female brown-hooded female and my white male rat, who has red eyes. Here are some pics of my rats (: I'm not breeding, just curious. PS, that cage is not the cage they are in, that was to carry her back from...

yeha i cheated .. and used yogurt !! but they still licked my fingers, with no bites !! 2 of my gurls ( still with no names ) were totally keen on the yogurt idea, esp from my finger, one just took it from the spoon.. and little Mela ( have decided on that name ) would have no part of it ...

Its official. Im totally and completely OBCESSED with rats!! :adore: I just cant keep my mind off them... They are soooo adorable... They seem like such sweet litttle companions.... rats rats rats!! :dream: I want some really bad and Im trying to convince my mom they are totally awesome, and I...

One of my wonderful friends who runs a rat rescue posted this on another forum and I thought it was something we should all read and be very aware of. I asked her for permission to cross-post.

Ry wants a pet really badly. We're renting right now so we can't get a dog yet - not interested in a cat or rabbit (allergic). He had gerbils before but they're quite skittish. Is there anything that he could actually interact with?

I have been pondering the thought about breeding my rat Nicodemous, allthought I really have no clue what I'm doing, as far as I know is buy a female and let them go at it, but I know there's SO much more than that. I'm looking for advice on any and everything to do with breeding rats.. I.E...

Okay, I'm begenning to get very annoyed with pet breeders... People just want to breed, to get small cute kits... And then it's like "Oh, what harm can one litter do?" Well, if there's no idea behind the breeding, it can actually do a lot of harm... And if it's hard to get rid of the kids, it's...

Hey all, needed some input on raising baby rats from the time they are born. Are baby rats that are handled from birth more friendly than your typical pet store rats? Every rat I've ever had or dealt with has been skittish for an extremely long time before it got used to me. Even then...they...

Here is a cute quiz,lets all discover our inner rat! http://www.curiosityrats.com/ I am a pet store rat! Life is dangerous for you. You could wind up as food for a hungry snake or you could get lucky and find a stable and happy home. You are a pet store rat.

Well my 11 year old daughter would like to buy a rodent. She has been thinking about it for a very long time now but she don't know what would be best for her. She wants something that she can cuddle and likes to play. My other daughter has a hamster but she is thinking that she may want...

Would it be okay to buy a rat at a pet store? I searched and searched for rat breeders in the area and couldn't find any. I live in maryland, and I searched PA WV and VA. I'm not sure whether I want boys or girls. Probably girls. When I was at petsmart they had 3 different kinds of...

Hi there! I'm not really new to this board, but I haven't been on in ages, so in retrospect I guess I can still be considered a relative newbie. I've had rats before, but the experience was not a happy one for either party. I made the mistake of getting petstore rats, prior to discovering...

I took Jazzy, Ollie, and the three rats to the vet today. I just got back. I have all good news really. Jasmine's wounds have healed really well, the gray patches that I see are scars - not infection. Ollie doesn't have ringworm, he has feline acne (Kim you were right!!!) and its a lot easier to...

Hello everyone! I've recently been looking to get a new pet, and my love of ferrets has evolved into a newfound interest in pet rats. I have not bought any yet, but are hoping to do so soon. In the meantime, I was hoping some of you veteran rat owners could answer a few questions for me...

Ok, I recently went to a very nice pe store to look at their rats in case I decide to get another 2. Anyway they carry hairless rats there and was wondering if anyone had any information about them. I'm not sure if I want a hairless animal or not but I still want a little info because now I'm...