You can leave your pet rat alone for 2 days but it is not advisable; attention is key.
Yes, you can have just one rat as a pet. Rats are social animals, so it's important to provide them with plenty of attention and interaction if they are kept alone.
You can get a pet rat from most pet stores.
If you leave out plenty of food, water and things to do it should be ok to leave it for a week at most but make sure there is another rat, plenty of food and water as I said and no where for them to get out.
I don't have a pet rat!
Emily Carr had one pet rat.
You could, but then you would be poor AND alone. Might as well keep your friends if your job is gone.
a pet rat can have many health problems my rat actually died from upper respiratory infection
African Pouched Rat.
It's hard for a rat to live alone; they breed like rats.
The Black Rat is Ratus ratus and the Brown Rat is Ratus norvegicus.
I think it is not the best idea to have it as a pet, but if you were a really crazy person who would have a snake as a pet you would keep that rat thingy. but anyway a mole rat, my answer would be NO!
Abraham Lincoln had a lot of pets, and some were unusual pets but he did not have a pet rat.