rats. fantastic! (Rats)

Member Name: littlemissyjojo

Product:	Rats
Date:	19/08/09 (21 review reads)
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Advantages: clean, intelligent small animals

Disadvantages: need a large cage and lots of love

i love rats! out of all the pets we have owned i loved these the most ( and we've had cats, dogs, guinea pigs, gerbils, hamsters, rabbits, turtles, mice and ducks.) they are easily the most intelligent small animal you can buy. i brought two males from a pets at home store (i think, this was over a year ago now!) they were around 8 pound each i believe. i have a black rat and white one. they do need fairly big cages thou and will need to be handled quite a lot to be happy. they are fantastic animals but they are much more work than other small animals, like hamsters or mice. you can get rats balls and wheels but mine never enjoyed those. they like big cages with lots of levels and vecause they are so intelligent like challenges. we will sometime put their food the other side of the room, let them out and they will find it and take it back to their cage. despite what many people still think rats are extrememly clean animals. when out of the cage once they know you and are no longer nervous you will find they will go back to their cage to go to the toilet. they are well behaved but do like ot chew anything they can reach so make sure the area around their cage is secure and if let out theres no toruble they can get into. would definately recommend this pet for older children and adults. they are fairly cheap to look after once you have brought the initial things too (cage, water and food bowl, house etc) you can pick up bedding and food fairly cheap. pet shops will sell special rat food, but i've been caught out a few times and they are just as happy with guinea pig or hamster food, but only ona temporary basis. there are many thigns to prove you can train your rats. but we have never done this!

Summary: brilliant small pet