Rats 🐀 Why They Make Great Pets?

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Rats, often underestimated and misunderstood, are incredibly intelligent, social, and affectionate creatures. Despite their reputation, rats are actually clean animals that groom themselves regularly. They are highly trainable and can learn tricks, respond to their names, and even use a litter box. Rats also possess a curious and playful nature, making them entertaining companions. These small rodents have a strong sense of companionship and thrive in pairs or small groups, enjoying human interaction as well. With their gentle and friendly demeanor, rats make excellent pets for both children and adults alike.
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[Dionaea_floridensis]

Ah yes, the "immeasurable heartbreak in 2 years" pet

[therandommemecat]

Rat can even cook a 5 stars meal for you

[Jake_Kowalski]

"Rats need high-quality rat food"
rats in my attic:
"the taste of cement is great 🤤"

[FletchChokieboe]

they’re actually omnivores, and while fruits, veggies, and pellets can cut it, they actually love cooked eggs! they can have a little bit of cheese too, it’s like cake to them in that it’s super tasty but too much will make them sick.

and sometimes my rats tried to nibble on me while “grooming” my fingers, but only ever really bit me if i was wearing gloves to clean their cage as they didn’t know my hands were under there.

They also make this grinding noise with their teeth called bruxing that means they’re happy! if they’re super happy and bruxing really hard, their eyes will boggle out, which can look a little concerning but doesn’t hurt them at all.

[lv]

The most important piece of advice is: Get either only females or only males, unless you want an army of rats in no time.

[pocketlint]

Make sure to get multiple rats! Even playing with your rat as much as possible wont be enough, as they need another rat to wrestle, snuggle, and communcate with

[vmit_gurl]

A testament of how smart they are: I feed my rats a mix of hand Blended dry mix and peas. They love the peas so much because they're like junk food due to the sugar content. I've noticed that they've not been eating the dry mix, so today I put in the dry mix first so they have some time to just eat that, and then I'd add the peas later. Frankie just ate the dry mix with no issues, but my other rat, Ducky (he's a lil bit of a porker but I'm making some progress on his weight loss because he's old and old+fat isn't a great combo for rats) was another story. His fat ass was sticking his head in the bowl curling up into a ball and pretending to eat the dry mix. Afterwards he'd pop up and look at me like "om nom nom nom all gone, mommy. Now where are my fcking peas, bish!🤬"

[davidmouzayek]

I had a free roaming rat pet (Hercules) in my apartment. Would ONLY do his business in my bedside bedside draw, but sleep in the other one. Didn’t even teach him that

I’ve had pets my whole life up until now, being 37. They’re all in my heart, but he is the best pet I’ve ever had for multiple reasons

Fearless. Even when i vacuumed and had people over. VERY sociable. Even hung out with me when I would watch tv. Even had a little wine with me. Very calm cool and collective. And attacked a snake, which is how I found him in my friends snake cage. Made a deal with my friend to keep him if he’s alive before I leave, hence the name “Hercules”

[JLynn]

Rats make amazing pets. I’ve had several through the years. Worst thing about them is they only live around 2 years. Females are susceptible to cancer. It would always break my heart that they’d leave us so soon. But they’re intelligent, so much fun, friendly, and will follow you around like puppies. And yes, they are sociable, so are always happiest with at least 1 rat buddy, but will still love their human companions.

[enraikow]

Reading the comments, never have i ever seen a factor of animal care so paramount to an animal's life as much as a rat's companionship with another rat.

[acanthafiore]

Major downside to a pet rat is they live a much shorter life. Cats & dogs you can expect to have around for at least a decade, rats on the other hand is like 2 years.

[boysyoube]

"Rats can carry diseases"
Where do you think they get the rats from? The subway!?

[Bone_Incidents]

NEVER EVER GET ONE RAT no matter what you do, you're not a rat.

[cashview.shorts]

i had rats and they were by far the greatest pets i owned. they never tried to escape their room and would always run to me when i entered the room. good memories

[emitindustries]

I had 2 male rats, brothers, named Sneezy and Snorkel. Snorkel had a breathing trait where he went "snork-snork" all the time. Sneezy sneezed alot. I taught sneezy to run up my arm on command. He liked to sit on my shoulders when I was in the kitchen, and receive treats.

[uniwchh]

This is really important that I never see mentioned, NEVER KEEP YOUR RATS IN A CAGE WITH A WIRE MESH FLOOR FOR THEM TO WALK ON. This will lead to them contracting BUMBLE FOOT, and it's extremely painful and debilitating as well as incurable. I was sold rats from a pet store and the cage they recommend had a wire floor. A year or so later both my rats suddenly started hobbling around and could no longer run or jump. I found out what it was and was outraged that the pet store sold me this and doomed my rats to a life of pain. There was nothing I could do to help them besides try and make the rest of their life's as comfortable and pain free as I could. One of them died prematurely and then the other died of a broken heart I'm sure. I am still upset about this all these years later. Please inform any rat owners you know if they have their rats in any cage where primarily they have to walk on wire so they can get a new cage before it's too late.

[_tripalong]

DO NOT KEEP ONLY ONE RAT. They're extremely reliant on their social bonds with other rats to thrive. If you get only one, it's life will be miserable no matter how much you play with it.

[catherinehubbard]

Three more things to keep in mind:
1. Rats have short lifespans, usually about 2 years or a bit more. They are prone to tumors near the end of their lives. You can factor in vet bills, and the losses will be heartbreaking. But they are indeed great pets, and once in a while you will encounter a particularly special companion you will especially cherish and never forget.
2. Be very careful to avoid mixing sexes unless you want huge numbers of pups.
3. Rats must constantly gnaw on things to keep their ever-growing teeth under control. They will not bite YOU, but charging cables, electrical wires, furniture, paper, textiles or anything else they can get to is fair game. If you let them roam, you must rat-proof the area and/or supervise.

[Sharkbait_Soybomb]

Rats are SOOO cute! I don’t know how people hate them so much. Open your hearts people.