Training Your Pet Rat - G. Buscis

Breaking the stigma - fancy rats as pets

Advantages: Clean, intelligent, affectionate, fun-loving, good small pets for kids
Disadvantages: Short life span, stigma, pet shop rats often badly bred with more tendency for inherited problems

cats or dogs. Rats do not and never did carry the Plague. Wild rats (not pet rats) carry Leptospirosis, also known as Weil's Disease. Q. Don't rats bite? A. In my experience, you're far less likely to be bitten by a well socialised pet rat than by one of my three children! I've had far more bites off cats, dogs and even hamsters. I've only ever been bitten once by a rat and he was ill and sore, so it was my fault for pestering him then. When socialised correctly from birth they are docile, friendly and have no reason to bite unless you are hurting them or scaring them - a risk you take with treating any animal that way. **About Fancy Rats** Rats make amazing family pets. They are intelligent, clean, and friendly with proper socialisation and handling from birth. Rats can even be clicker trained, like dogs! Out of all ...

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Rats : Not a pet, a friend

Advantages: Friendly, loving and adorable
Disadvantages: they die

Rats make fantastic pets. I dont understand people who don't like them, or even are scared of them. Especially people who have no problems with a hamster or gerbil. So let's dispel a few myths. Rats are dirty and disease ridden. Sure wild rats have been know to carry diseases, (plague, anyone?), they're wild animals so they're bound to have fleas and tics, and invariably rats (wild and domestic) go where the food is. That means that in towns and cities they'll wallow in dumpsters, they'll head for the tips and they'll scavange through your bins. But I'm not suggesting you have a wild rat as a pet, I'm talking about domesticated rats. They too might have fleas or tics, but only if they've picked them up from somewhere, just like cats and dogs. De-flea them and they'll be fine, at least til next time Fido wanders too close. Now I ...

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Rats - The Perfect Pet

Advantages: Clean, friendly, intelligent, sociable, tame, gentle, cuddly and playful.
Disadvantages: Require a lot of attention and regular cage cleans.

at being alone borders on cruelty. You must also be prepared to empty the litter tray and change food and water daily, and to give the cage a good scrubbing at least once a week. Most importantly, you must be prepared to spend a lot of time with your new friends; they will want your company and become lonely if they're stuck in the cage all the time. I would recommend at least an hour a day, definitely more if you have the time! Now that you've read my review, please don't rush out and buy yourself some rats. Do some more research, read some more reviews, find a reputable breeder of fancy rats rather than going to a pet shop, buy the biggest cage you can afford, and prepare yourself to invest your time and your love in what I'm sure will become some of the best friends you've ever had! ...

Ghostlove 14.06.2007 · Read full review
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