Our pet rat was named Rosie and she was a great pet. Of all of the rodent pets, I think that rats are the best. In my life I have had hamsters, mice, a rat, and guinea pigs. Rats are the friendliest and want to hang out with their people. Oddly enough, they are fairly clean too, except that ours had an untreatable sinus infection that made her sneeze blood. That was the only big problem though, so if your rat is healthy then it isn’t a problem.
Our rat Rosie would get excited when she saw us, and she liked to hang out on my daughter’s shoulder. She never tried to run away like hamsters do. When she would get free, she would always come to us if she saw us because she liked to be with her people.
We had her in a cage like this cage
Rats do need attention and stimulation, so having two of the same
sex is best so that they have a friend. Obviously you don’t want two different sexes or you will have way too many baby rats in too short a time.
They need to have space to run around in and they like to climb. They can squeeze through small spaces, so their wire cage needs to have small holes.
Rats will eat just about anything, so they are easy to feed. Rat food is best for their basic food, and they love to have fresh veggies and fruit and other healthy table scraps. They are omnivorous which means they eat both meat and vegies.
