Pet Rats

Proof that Rats are Great Pets!
Are Rats Good Pets? We Love Our Pet Rats!
Rats are fabulous pets! We love our rats, and purpose of this page is to bring you visual evidence and arguments that rats make great pets! The photo at left is our sweet mama rat Suzi, on the shoulder of my daughter. One of my daughter's online handles is "ratopiangirl." I wonder where she got that name? All photos © tandemonimom. All rights reserved.

Rattie Love - Rats Make The Best Pets!
Rats Make Great Pets!
Now a purple star lens. Wow! This may come as a surprise to many people, but rats actually make fantastic pets! They are lots of fun and interactive (both with humans and other rats), and much like little dogs that live in cages (and have much longer tails!). They're extremely intelligent, and very loyal to their humans. If you're not a rat-lover yourself, I bet most everything you think you know about rats is untrue! Read on for TRUE information about these wonderful animals. Maybe a pair ...

All in One Guide to Pet Rats
Fancy Rats
Surprisingly or not, rats really do make great pets. They're clean, social, friendly, intelligent, and just plain cute. Unlike most small animal pets, rats are least likely to bite. Where it takes time to socialize a hamster, gerbil, mouse, guinea pig, and the list could continue, rats pretty much come socialized. They want your attention. Of my personal experience with small animals, I will say that my rats have always been the friendliest. They look less socialization time than my chinchill...

We Have Pet Rats
Rats Make Great Pets
This lens is about our pet rats. I would say "mine" but, when we brought them home from the pet shop, they were really supposed to be for my kids. After having them in the house for a few days, we all fell in love and we refer to them as ""our pet rats. It was over the winter holidays when my husband approached me about getting pet rats for our boys. It took me a little while to think about it before giving the idea the thumbs up. I am an animal lover but as we already had two cats and one d...

The Ultimate Guide to Raising and Caring for Pet Fancy Rats, Hairless Rats and Dumbo Rats
A little bit about some of my pet rats.
I have had pet rats from the time I was 10 years old. The first Rat was given to me as a gift. His name was Askhim, he was my best friend, we did everything together and he helped me through some rough times. I made a lot of mistakes with him but I also learned quite a bit. After Askhim passed away form cancer, I got adopted two male hooded fancy rats and started adopting others from people who no longer could care for there animals. I had a hairless rat named Chino, and a dumbo rat named Dim...

Getting a Pet Rat
A guide to getting your first pet rat, why they are great pets and what to bear in mind
Pet rats are great. If you want a pet that's easy to look after, and will shower you with affection (did you know that pet rats will lick your hand like a dog will?) then get a rat. The aim of this lens is to point out the good and bad points to owning a pet rat, and to advise you on how you should go about getting one (or two!).