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No, you can not catch an illness from any rat at the pet store. If the rat is sick it will not spread the disease to humans. But it is possible to get salmonella from a rat if you touch it and then touch your mouth. So always wash your hands after handling an animal.

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What type of food can you give your rats?

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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.


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Can pet rats have rabbies?

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What happens to rats when they get to old to sell at a pet store?

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What is the largest rat species that you can have as a pet and would be sold in pet stores?

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Where can you find pet dumbo rats?

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Where you can find rats?

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What is a good toy for rats to play with?

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Will a pet rat kill and eat another rat?

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Will pet stores take a rat that is a mix between a dumbo rat and a fancy rat?

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