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I've been keeping them for a while. Just got two more. They are a riot.
The short life span sucks hard tho but I just spoil them rotten.
Dumbos rock. Seal points are hard to get but my fav.

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le patron;2623808; said:
i like hamsters better :D
That's what a lot of people say at the store I work at. I definitely made a mistake having hamsters as a kid instead of rats. You'll occasionally get a really nice hamster, but I've met few mean rats that weren't defensive mothers or senile old ones. I've been bitten easily twice as many times by hamsters as I have by rats, especially dumbos.
 
CTU2fan;2624037; said:
When I was in college I had a big male hooded rat named Perry, he was with me for maybe 3.5 years which I think is pretty good. He was very tame and got to be sort of a dorm mascot...which was cool except he probably got fed things that weren't the best for him by some of my floormates. One thing he insisted on doing was sticking his nose in my ear, which was both ticklish and creepy at the same time :)

Rats are great pets, probably the most tameable of the small rodent type pets people keep (rats, mice, gerbils, hamsters).


I have never kept any but do know they are great pets and smart. Your rat from what I understand lived long time ?

Think 3 yrs is usually average?
 
stackersteve;2624109; said:
I've been keeping them for a while. Just got two more. They are a riot.
The short life span sucks hard tho but I just spoil them rotten.
Dumbos rock. Seal points are hard to get but my fav.


I only know the hooded rats and Gambian Pouched rats which I saw for sale like 5 yrs ago in NY .

Those in the pic are dumbos?
 
CTU2fan;2624037; said:
When I was in college I had a big male hooded rat named Perry, he was with me for maybe 3.5 years which I think is pretty good. He was very tame and got to be sort of a dorm mascot...which was cool except he probably got fed things that weren't the best for him by some of my floormates. One thing he insisted on doing was sticking his nose in my ear, which was both ticklish and creepy at the same time :)

Rats are great pets, probably the most tameable of the small rodent type pets people keep (rats, mice, gerbils, hamsters).
Great story:popcorn::D
 
dzb912;2617800; said:
id hate to get bit by one tho
i've been bit one time becouse i scared the crap out of her
 
Louie;2618783; said:
That's a lot of rats . What types?

I do like the black hooded rats .

3 albinos
3 all blacks
1 rex
1 hooded blue
1 hooded grey
1 brown
2 black hooded
1 grey dumbo
2 white
1 all blue
 
TheMightyOscar;2620990; said:
i've had a few pet rats, they make wonderful pets. i HATE feeding them to my snakes..but thats life...lol

do you feed them frozen or live?
 
stackersteve;2624109; said:
I've been keeping them for a while. Just got two more. They are a riot.
The short life span sucks hard tho but I just spoil them rotten.
Dumbos rock. Seal points are hard to get but my fav.

top one looks like my dumbo, peter. (:
 
Rats are awesome (as well as mice) nice and intelligent. There are some pretty cool species too. I like the pouched rats.
 
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