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Anita Ganesh,
Poet
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Rats are long tailed nocturnal sociable rodents and they can make the most gentle, affectionate and intelligent pets.
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Chrissie Tanner,
Homemaker and Mom
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My experience is that rats can be rewarding and loving pets who can form close bonds with both children and adults.
Our rats are confidently placed in pet as well as breeder homes.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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Pet rats are often called "lab rats" because they were originally domesticated for use in research in laboratories.
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David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist
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Pet rats were not so common at that time so he was referred to the Hershey Medical Center, which kept rats for experimentation.
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Tony Howell,
Skateboarder
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Pet stores should consider the similarities between puppy mills and mass rodent breeders and stop selling mass bred rats.
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Sasha Prevette,
Kindergarten student
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The rats were really good and friendly pets, but I gradually gave up most of my pets as I had enough to do once we started a family.
Pet rats, sewer rats, laboratory rats and wild rats are almost all Norway Rats.
Rats are one of the sweetest pets I know.
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Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender
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Virtually all pet rats are infected with an organism called mycoplasma which inhabits their respiratory system.
Buying rats from a pet shop is more of a gamble than buying direct from a breeder.
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Jordan Jones,
Rapper
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Pet Rats at Suite101.
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