so who here has pet rats

[flighty]

Just wondering there are a lot of people here now
(we just reached over 100 members already!)
and i'm supposing most of us must be rat lovers , but how many here actually own a pet rat or rats?

any interesting stories about your own ratties or anything you found they seem to enjoy or not?

[Ezra]

I owned two in the past. Two BEW sisters; they were so sweet. They loved yogurt drops and licking it off of my fingers. haha I love it when rats groom you; it's so sweet! ^.^

[Yellow]

I don't have my own rats yet, sadly. My mother isn't fond of rodents-- I've tried talking her into allowing one into the house however she's just a bit too stubborn to say yes. :c

I have, however, babysat my neighbors rats in the past and I find them absolutely adorable. The two were brothers, I believe, and extremely friendly. Not to mention very intelligent. Heck, I remember hiding treats in hard-to-reach places and watching them trudge about their room until they found it.

However, before I really got to know them the white rat passed away, his brother soon following about a week later. I wish I could've gotten to know them just a little more before they passed, they seemed like such sweet little things.

[Dotckler]

I used to have one. I based Jake off of him XD ...because his name was jake >>

Anyway, I found it really weird whenever I held him and he went to sleep in my lap, he made a like "Purr" sound. But he died a good while ago from a stroke :/

[flighty]

May 17, 2012 19:12:20 GMT -5 Dotckler said:

I used to have one. I based Jake off of him XD ...because his name was jake >>

Anyway, I found it really weird whenever I held him and he went to sleep in my lap, he made a like "Purr" sound. But he died a good while ago from a stroke :/

wow thats really sweet, sounds to me like he was bruxing, which is where rats grind their teeth, they do it for the same reason cats purr though so sounds to me like he was very happy ^^

[Holly]

I want one, yet I still live with my rodent-hating mom...
I reallllyyyyyyyyyyyy want a rat. NRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR WHY MOM WHY.

[flighty]

Ah yes parents, I guess I'm lucky, my parents don't mind if i keep the animals they don't like in my room, my mum doesnt like rats nor snakes, but I bought my rats with my own money paying for everything-which is the only reason they let me have them-that and it was all I'd talked about for 3 monrths I kid not XD

I guess am a little spoiled at times

[zenasaur]

I USED to have a rat named Pipsqueak, only it was a guy. He was almost never in his cage and always crept onto my shoulder and draped himself over it. He would occasionally fall, and I would catch him cradled in my legs. He died out of old age a few years ago.

[ossiekins]

I love rats, I don't own any though, but my sister owns three. she has a large rat, I'm really not sure what he is. I'm assuming a fancy rat or something like that since she got him from a pet store and his name is Stewert and really likes to climb on shoulders xD she has two other little rats, that are actually "feeding rats", or well that's what she was told by the breeder. apparently they're bred to be snake food, so she got them for 50 cents a piece lol I really think she should have done more research into rats before getting them, since she only had one at the start =/ I can't remember the feeder rats names, but they're really cute c: apparently they like our cat Muffin xD and Stewert will push them into their house and huddle around them. they're so cute c:

[flighty]

All rats that are kept as pets are basically fancy rats , its just the word used to describe pet rats from wild rats XD
Male rats usually get big.

Oi feeders... I am so glad live feeding isn’t legal here it makes me angry , but its nice that she bought them so they were saved that fate,
My first two rats I got when I was 6 or 7 and I knew nothing about rats and neither did my parents so they got treat a lot like hamsters I guess, if I knew what I know now I would’ve done things differently though they both still lived long healthy lives ,

[sightlessbutterfly]

I used to have a rat,
She was the tamest most patient rat in the world! She'd have to be I was only 6 or 7 when I got her x3
I would pick her up and if I set her down on the floor or anywhere really she would just sit there and wait to be picked up again.
Mitzy really loved everyone, even our old cat liked her. They'd curl up and sleep with each other at times and just generally got on. It was really weird.
I accidently took her to school once, she was found of sleeping in bags and pockets xD
I miss her a lot but I now she's just sitting in a cloud waiting for me to pick her up again.


I want to get more rats, but I have so many pets now it'd be insane to do so XD

[Holly]

I never knew there were such things as feeding rats.
THAT'S EVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.
And I'm spoiled when it comes to technology, Flighty, so yeah...

[Talonwhisker]

I had two rats, at different times. One died of a tumor in her belly, the other I found lying in her cage, twitching. I held her for nearly 8 hours until she died, and it was terribly sad. But they both lived for 4 1/2 healthy years, so that made me happy. <33 I hope to get another one sometime, but for now I have gerbils

[PouchedFox]

I will be getting two males once the summer is over. I am really ecstatic about getting 'em. c:

[Holly]

May 18, 2012 18:48:18 GMT -5 PouchedFox said:

I will be getting two males once the summer is over. I am really ecstatic about getting 'em. c:

*speechless*
LUCKKYY x3