Yes, all animals carry protein in their bodies.
No. All pet rats are vaccinated.
Pet mice and rats do not carry any diseases. Wild rats caused the black plague in the middle ages.
Wild rats carry fleas and disease. Not consciously of course. But because of how they live, in sewers and basements. Domestic or "pet" rats are very clean and rarely carry parasites unless exposed to them via other pets like cats and dogs.
You can find pet rats in a lot of pet stores, or animal rescues. You can find wild rats just about anywhere.
at the pet store. sometimes in the back of a sewer, if you can catch it and are of the adventureous type. good luck finding rats! EDIT: Do NOT feed 'sewer' rats to reptiles ! They are known to carry diseases HARMFUL to snakes ! Snakester1962 (Supervisor)
its not all pet rats its just the ones that are black and white because it looks somewhat like a tuxedo
Yes
No, they can sometimes prevent them!
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.
The official answer should be no, its not hygenic, but as an owner of three lovely rats, I let my rats run all over me, including my face and head. I don't think there is a problem with it. I am assuming you are talking about pet rats, obviously if you touched a wild rat you should wash your hands as they can carry disease.
no, rats do not have a pouch to carry their babies in. Mostly they leave the babies in the nest while they go out to feed and then return to them. Most pet rats only stay with their mothers for 4-5 weeks, and its best to separate males from females at this age because even though they are so young they are already capable of getting pregnant!
no