Rats Reviews

Uuuurrrggghhhhh!! Is usually someone’s first reaction to the word RAT? They're thought of as slimy, crawling, disease infested creatures that only like to cause trouble... all I can say is that this couldn't possibly be further from the truth. They are super intelligent, loving, affectionate creatures that only want to please. My family has had ...  Read the complete review

Otherwise known as fancy-rat, or in my case, Ratty! Lovely, lovely pets. Very friendly, cuddly, clever. I found mine in a local petshop, after spending weeks choosing cages and learning as much about rat-care as possible. Of all the pets I have owned (and my life's been a menagerie), I found rats to have the highest reward to ...  Read the complete review

I have kept rats for years and have never once been bitten. These little animals and great pets for children and adult alike. Unfortunatly some people still see them as dirty and would never dream of having one as a pet. Of course everyone is allowed an opinion but i disagree with anything negative of these ...  Read the complete review

Some people might find them horrible, but the popularity of rats as pets has soared in the last thirty or so years, and not without good reason. Rats are incredibly sweet and friendly animals that tame to a degree other small animals never do. Once you’ve had a pet rat you will be fanatical about them, mark my words. They make a perfect pet for a ...  Read the complete review

Hello, my name is Helen, and I'm a Rataholic. There. That's the tough bit over with. As a kid, I used to keep hamsters - they were relatively cute, rolling around in their tiny little plastic balls, wondering why, when they hit the wall, that they couldn't get any further. Their woffly noses sniffing you, then looking at you. ...  Read the complete review

I have been a lifelong fan of rats and I consider it one of my roles in life to educate the world on how wonderful they are. A lot of people disagree but I hope to change a few minds. ***MY RATS*** I have had fancy rats for many years. Since I was 18 I have had 8 rats. The first two were inherited when they were quite old ...  Read the complete review

Well I did my op on Avril, and now I’m following it up with one about rats. When you think about it, what’s the difference (sorry, didn’t mean to insult the rats!)? Rats have often been seen as a bit of a scourge of society, and despite their popularity these days as pets, they are still seen as dirty, smelling, ...  Read the complete review

Rats are given a lot of bad press ? on TV they appear only in sewers and prisons to the disgust of the characters. In real life however they can make very rewarding pets. I had a male rat I named Spot. He was very gentle and inquisitive, although he did get a bit round as he grew older. Rats are more than just oversized hamsters ? they ...  Read the complete review

A close friend of mine kept a rat in the kitchen of the small bedsit she used to share with her boyfriend. Pretty unhygenic eh? Well, they never caught any diseases and if they were ill it was more likely from the mouldy mugs and stacks of pizza boxes than the rat. OK it's not an ideal place to keep a rat, as UB40 warned us in the eighties ...  Read the complete review

We rescued a rat from a friend who had a rather large ginger tom that was just a little too interested. Her name was Rita, and we loved her (RIP) although she wasn’t keen on being picked up. We soon bought more; we got Angel as a companion, a rather thin, straggly kind of creature that never did warm to handling, and Harvey followed her, ...  Read the complete review

I've had my two female pet rats for a year. When I brought it up that I was going to buy a pair my little sister vowed to move out! She had images of grotesque smelly rodents. How far from the truth could this be! Contrary to popular belief pet rats are very very clean. This is only one benefit out of many of keeping rats as pets. ...  Read the complete review

From the PR point of view, the pet rat is immediately disadvantaged by it's name. Three letters which, for the uninitiated, raise from the subconcious ancient hidden fears of plague. Nearly 20 years ago I took my first 2 rats, in their cage, to show to a friend of mine who ran a petfood store. A lady customer nearly swooned at sight of them. ...  Read the complete review

Hello, Before I discuss the advantages of keeping pet rats I must explain that I origionally bought 2 just over a year ago. Those two soon became 10 and I now have 5 of those ten Rats. Others have since died etc. Firstly, my words cannot express my joy for them. They are extremely intelligent little animals which are capable ...  Read the complete review

'you keep RATS? RATS?? How COULD you???' I smile at the person as they rant on about monsters who monopolize sewers, go for your throat, spread the plague and who are Generally Evil. Their voice recedes into the distance as I recall intense bonds of friendship, loyalty and love, and devotion of a kind rarely found in us ...  Read the complete review

Mention rats to most people and they immediately think of horrible brown and black creatures, hairy things that frequent drains and sewers and carry the bubonic plague! Well, ok, so most rats are of that variety, but if you walk into a pet shop tomorrow, and ask to see a rat, you will be shown pretty white and brown ones or albino ones or ...  Read the complete review

When I'd been going out with my boyfriend about six months he decided to get a pet rat. Although an animal lover myself, I wasn't too keen as the bad press about rats had put me off. I imagined a large black creature with evily glinting eyes and sharp teeth. Instead the said rat was tiny and irresistably cute. She did have quite sharp ...  Read the complete review

As I write this my rat is sitting on the computer desk, watching my fingers move, hopeing I'm going to give me a bit of my chocolate bar- she'll be lucky! The only problem is she keeps jumping on the keyboard and turning my reveiw into unintelligble nonsense- Stop it Sparky. Yes I know, The most unoriginal name in the book, but it's ...  Read the complete review

Many people have wild preconceived ideas about rats, seeing them as vermin, pests and protentially dangerous. What a peculiar idea! To find out what rats are REALLY like, put aside all your preconceived ideas, and allow the delightful creaures to show you their true nature! I kept pet rats for many years, and at the moment, living in a ...  Read the complete review

I was first introduced to the unique world of rats when I was bought one for my birthday by my husband. This wonderful bundle that was much bigger than my usual hamster taught me so much. I started off I will admit with some trepidation as being used to the occasional nip from a new hamster, I was not looking forward to the inevitable nip from ...  Read the complete review

Hiyas, Dose anyone out there have oppinions on rats?!!! Well, more to do with the gender and number of rats than general opinions! I've a friend who's about to get one/some and thought I'd check with other people to wheather one rat or more is good. I've always kept mine in pairs. at first since one ...  Read the complete review