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No. All pet rats are vaccinated.
I have had rats as pets for many years and have asked the question to many vets and the answer was the same from them all, NO. The lice that pet rats can get are different from the ones that infest humans. The human lice are not interested in the rats and the lice the rats get are not interested in humans.
I don't know, maybe because of the wild rats. The wild rats are nasty, and spread diseases, but then people add that detail to the domesticated pet rats. I think pet rats are very clean, if you take care of them. Hope I helped ^^
You can find pet rats in a lot of pet stores, or animal rescues. You can find wild rats just about anywhere.
As long as you have time for! Rats are extremely social animals and love human interaction.
its not all pet rats its just the ones that are black and white because it looks somewhat like a tuxedo
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, they can sometimes prevent them!
Yes
There are plenty of cheap small pet like: guinea pigs rats hamsters and many more
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.
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.