2006-08-17 13:16:47 · 14 answers · asked by Rach 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
damn rats eat EVERYTHING, might have a nibble at that sweet smelling baby!
2006-08-17 13:34:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes it is i asked my midwife as i had 2 when i was pregnant they were great pets. BUT after having a baby you really dont have time to give the rats the care time and attention they need as you are so busy with and tired from the baby! I rehomed mine to a very good home when i was 5 months prenant. You dont realise till you have one how busy a baby keeps you!
2006-08-19 10:16:09 · answer #2 · answered by princess s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah sure is, i had rats too! I found i was pregnant and took mine to the vets just to check her over she was fine, and so continued, when my son was born i just kept her checked up regualry at the vets for mites etc nd never posed a risk to my son. Sadly she got a growth when he was small and we had to put her down...the vet said this was possibly due to stress which may of been triggerd by the new baby. But please dont worry, as long as you pay the same attention to the rats as you always did youll be fine :)
2006-08-18 06:31:55 · answer #3 · answered by emma b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I shouldn't see any problem as long as they are kept clean.
I'm 24 weeks pregnant, we have two dogs and a cat and I don't intend to get rid of them!
I was born into a house with pets, and so was my boyfriend and neither of us had any problems being "exposed" to pets at such a young age. Our families are all great animal lovers and so are we! I'd hate to have lived without pets.
If anything it was good for us to live around animals from a yong age as so many people I know who were born into obsessively clean, pet-free household are allergic to loads of things, as their bodies didn't get the chance to accustom themselves to dust, pet hair and other "normal" household things. Growing up in a normal house with pets given you some immunity I beleive.
2006-08-18 09:27:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
rats carry mites but as long as they are kept away and clean and don't bite i don't know why it wouldn't be kind of like my husband had a ball python and fed it mice, and the mice ended up giving the snake mites.
2006-08-17 13:23:09 · answer #5 · answered by Sara W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
course it is you silly mare, ..why wouldnt it be?
*EDIT*
you cant get diseases from fancy rats!!! argghh...people who know sod all about pet rats make me DIE laughing with the stupidity of it...ooh come on kids., lets go buy a rodent in the pet shop thats full of disease just like their cousin vermin that live in a sewer...*le sigh*
2006-08-17 13:44:52 · answer #6 · answered by littlestarr02 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Take it to the vet for innoculations especailly weils desease that comes from rat pee and can kill in a week.
Then should hopefully be ok, not sure around a baby ask a vet
2006-08-17 13:25:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes! children that grow up around amimals have a better emmune system
2006-08-17 21:32:26 · answer #8 · answered by lillypops 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, as long as you are clean then they pose no danger.
2006-08-17 23:11:59 · answer #9 · answered by churchls0904 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-08-17 13:21:43 · answer #10 · answered by xxxxxxxxxx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋