Anybody here like Rats?

Question

My rat recently died. and I want a new one. anybody wanna talk bout rats?
My rat, Phoebe, was a black hooded. so nice. i miss her. i think blue dumbos are so cute

Answer 1

no. i hate rats.

Answer 2

I'm so sorry for your loss. I have had a total of 5 pet rats: Jerry; Frank and Dean (brothers); the 'Ratty Girls' (sisters)...all white. I love hooded rats, I keep thinking about getting one, but it's hard since they don't live that long (all rats, not just hooded). My 'best' rat was Dean. He would crawl around on my shoulders and neck, then when he wanted to go back to his cage, he would pull on my sleeve and I would raise my arm and he would walk down my arm back to his cage. He was so sweet! I have a scar on my finger where one of my 'ratty girls' bit me...my fault--I stuck my finger in the cage (I new they were biters). Oh well...

Yeah, I guess I do want to talk about rats!

Answer 3

Rats are super pets. Smart, affectionate, they don't smell (unlike mice), and oh so cute. People that don't like them have never known one.
When I was in college, a girl who lived in the dorm rescued "Stuart" from the psychology lab. I took him, and he was great! I let him run down the hall (50 ft), would clap my hands, and he would run back to me.
I also had a few as a kid, and so did my son. I recently boarded "Snuggles" at my house for a month (I'm a petsitter), and miss him now that he's gone home. I can certainly understand how upset you are. Your parents are the ones who are nuts, not you.

Answer 4

i had a blue dumbo rex mix named maharet, i love rats theyre great animals, ive had 12 in all including maharet
a siamese - makarae
a black hood - b'elenna
a tan hood - annkia
a hairless - kateel
a dumbo siamese - lyric
an albino - jaella
and 2 more black hoodeds - alitzia and margali
then kateels babies
2 male black hoods - ben and willard (my husband named them)
and a female hairless that died before i came up with a name

i would have to say rex rats are my favorite with that curly fur, and i prefer females, they smell less

Answer 5

Aww Im sorry, I know the feeling. My rat passed in February. When I called my parents upset, they thought I was crazy. He was more like a dog than a rat. If you care to share stories, it helps a lot.

Answer 6

Of course I do :D They're so wonderful. I've got 3 of them.

Iavas is a chocolate girl(she's my first rattie. I got her when I was living in FL), Streak is white with a blue cap and a lightning bolt on her face and Mazzy is a champaigne dumbo. Hehe, they're great pets...

Sorry about your Phoebe... I lost one to a really bad infection recently.. It broke my heart :(

Answer 7

I had a rat a year ago that I had to have put down, I named him Fink. He had cancer. I loved him! He wasn't anything special, just a feeder rat to be honest, but I truly enjoyed him. He shared oatmeal with me every morning and I miss that. He'd hang on the side of his cage impatiently waiting for his share of the goodies. The dog we had at the time, a miniature poodle, thought he was her puppy and would lick him until he was soaked. She was cleaning "her baby".
I have two rats now, both females, Babylon and Asia. Babs is all white with pink eyes, just like Fink, and Asia is chocolate brown with a white belly. Both are cute as buttons!
Unfortunately, I can't play with them like I did Fink, the hubby's beagles are wa-ay too interested in them. They've already killed rabbits, moles, birds, mice and bugs in the yard and I'm afraid if I play with the rats and one gets away the dogs will find them and eat them before I can stop it. So, they're doomed to life in the cage for the most part.
But they're cute. And they beg worse than the dogs do. Every time I walk toward the kitchen they both jump on the side of the cage wanting me to feed them. I share everything with them. Crackers, green beans, apples, bananas, potato chips, pork chops, whatever I'm eating, they get a bite too.
Babylon likes to hang upside down from the top bars of the cage and walk across it. Asia will try it, but always ends up hanging from one front paw, dangling and swinging like a acrobat. Or one will be hanging in the corner and the other one will just crawl up her like she isn't there. Makes for an interesting tumble if they're not careful.
I keep an empty oatmeal box in the cage and they love it. Also have discovered that they like cow hooves. I know dogs like to chew on them, but rats? Yes, they chew the crap out of them and it keeps their teeth down. They like the light colored ones the best, but will chew on the darker ones if that's all they have.
Can't put your finger through the bars though, they think they're getting food and they bite. Hubby knows this and he stuck his finger in it and Babylon bit the crap out of him. Got him right above the nail on the quick and it bled like a sieve, left a good sized scratch on his finger. But if you put your hand IN the cage they run rather than bite. Have to catch them by the tails and take them out that way when I take them out.
So, no. You aren't the only one that likes rats as pets.

Answer 8

Hey,
Im in the Australian Rodent Fanciers Society Qld, If you would like info on rats or cool pages where to buy rat related things check out http://www.dapper.com.au rat fun pages, rats photos, products for ratties, click on links for breeders.
http://ausrfsqld.tripod.com australian rat club
http://www.ratbehavior.org rat behaviour, rat cam see what a rat sees.
http://groups.msn.com/RfsRats my club page, get in touch with me and find out more on ratties

Answer 9

I adore RATS!! but the sad thing is my mom hates them so i cant have one. but she let me get one a keep it at my dads house. she is all white with beautiful black eyes and she has a balck round circle around her right eye. she just had babies 10 of them but we had to give them away. i hope phoebe rest in peace.

Answer 10

i like pet rats, not sewer rats. If they dont have red eyes that can be quite adorable

Answer 11

Rats are one of my favourite pets, they are so cute and adorable.