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.
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.
You can get a pet rat from most pet stores.
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.
The Black Rat is Ratus ratus and the Brown Rat is Ratus norvegicus.
It's hard for a rat to live alone; they breed like rats.
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.