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Are pet rats vermin?
Pet rats are not vermin. Pet rats are raised in a pet store, laboratory, or adoption center and they are raised to be pets or in the case of labs, experiments. if you are thinking of buying a rat remember not to buy a rat raised as food for snakes. Rats bred to be pets are much gentler and sweeter than rats raised as food.
How do they domesticate rats?
Pet rats are not domesticated wild rats, rather, they are brown rats domesticated more than 100 years ago to now be fancy rats.
Why are pet rats different color than black or brown rats?
because htey are like cats
Can pet rats have rabbies?
No. All pet rats are vaccinated.
Why are rats pets?
Rats make a convenient pet because they are relatively small, they can eat almost anything, and they are not difficult to care for. It's much easier to have a pet rat than a pet rattlesnake, for example.
Are dumbo female pet rats nastey?
Depends on what you mean, they are usually cleaner then their male counterparts. Attitude wise, they are loving attention wanting creatures.
Where you can find rats?
You can find pet rats in a lot of pet stores, or animal rescues. You can find wild rats just about anywhere.
Why are pet rats called fancy rats?
its not all pet rats its just the ones that are black and white because it looks somewhat like a tuxedo
Do pet rats draw rats to a home?
No, they can sometimes prevent them!
Are pet rats cleaner than pet mice?
Rats & mice both self groom expertly. They're very thorough about it, but they can only be as clean as their environment. Male mice should have their cages cleaned every 5-7 days, any more than that & they go on a scent marking spree & they will create more odour to deter you from disturbing their home again. Female mice you can get away with cleaning every 3 days if you really want to. Also, the bigger their cage/tub/tank, the less smell they can create really. Most mice only poop in one corner of their enclosures. Rats aren't that particularly fussed about their cages being cleaned so often, & their pee usually doesn't smell that strongly unless they are scent marking, in which they can add phermones to the urine to give it more whiff. This still isn't as strong as normal mouse pee. Rats do something called "Stashing & Marinating" where they collect items they like, be it food, fabric, paper, shiney metal object, take it to a secluded part of their cage, put it on the pile, pee on it, poop on it & sleep on it. They can become pretty grtoss about it. But, if you check the cages & clean routinely, at least once every 10 days (depending on cage size & how many you have) you can keep them clean. Also, unlike mice, you can give them a bath if they really need it.
What is the largest rat species that you can have as a pet and would be sold in pet stores?
All pet rats are the same. They are all called fancy rats except for the Albino which is slightly smaller than the regular fancy rat. If you go to the pet store and see tanks that say small, medium, and large rat you should know that the small rats are simply babies and the large rat are older.
Can a hawk be trained as a pet?
no they can not. they are preditorial animals. they eat mice, rats, and basically anything smaller than them!
