Rats as pets???

I've bought hundreds and they were all very friendly and personable... right up until the snake grabbed them... after that, not so much.

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Rats make really great pets- but make sure you get 2 of them.  They are social creatures and don't do as well on their own.  Also, unless you change their cage at least twice a week, they get kind of stinky.  Some other random info:

Males never stop growing- they can get as big as a small cat!  They are more docile though, and a bit easier to handle.

Females do stop growing, but are more hyper and take longer to calm down than males- but stay active and inquisitive longer than males.

They are very trainable and can learn neat tricks for food.  They also hardly ever bite.

Goodluck and have fun!

I work with too much toxicology to think of rats as anything but test subjects.

That said, if I had a pet rat, I'd bob its tail and make it more like a hamster.  Rat tails are just gross looking to me.  Maybe the breeders and stores have tail-less rats?

I miss my pet rat. I had her for a few years. I managed to hide the cage in my room for about a month, then my mom found her. She was extremely smart. She would take out my mom's earings from her ears at night. I used to take her shopping with me, she would just sit in my shirt pocket and pop out every once in a while. She also went to school with me on a few half days.

 Who wants to get pet rats and run a 5k with them??

My brother had pet rats when we were kids. Bonnie and Clyde.  They were cute.

We also had a rat living behind our stove for a little while a couple years back (AND two cats in the house, what's up with that???).  Not so cute.

I will! 

Ok, Now who's going to help convince Colette that I can get a rat. She doesn't so well with rodents or reptiles.