Can't remember who has rats as pets

[caroln]

One of you ladies keeps rats as pets and I can't remember who it is, but I came across this picture and thought it was adorable, and that you and hopefully others would like it!

 

[Pepper]

It was @Marie5656

 

[caroln]

That's right! Thanks, Pepper. Hope she sees the pic I found.

 

[Alligatorob]

rats as pets​

Not for me.

As a kid I raised mice to feed my snakes. Discovered that a colony of mice was a viscous place. Lots of fighting, killing, rape (I think), and cannibalism. Cured me of ever wanting one, or a rat, as pet.

 

[debodun]

I think mice and rats are cute, but I wouldn't have them a a pet. They gnaw, so have to be kept in a cage where they make a lot of jelly beans and which have to be cleaned frequently. When I first worked in the toxicology lab, the staff has a pet rat named Bubba. It was huge and his fur had yellowed. I think he lived to be 5 or 6 years old which is really old for a rat. Rules changed, though, a we couldn't keep animals in the lab (there were special rooms where animals were kept).

 

[Marie5656]

That's right! Thanks, Pepper. Hope she sees the pic I found.

Thanks

 

[Disgustedman]

We had one, her name was "Phyllis" yeah the diller type. She was a hooded rat, well known for calmness and curious behavior. Never bit any of us and the cats tolerated her.

8 years she lived, food, water and weekly bedding change. Never bred her, but she was just a nice pet.