Quote Originally Posted by zoomer
Ok... but I'm still wondering how to convience her to let me get a rat?
If she's fallen into the stereotypes for rats, it probably wouldnt be that easy. Have her read up on them and look at pictures of pet rats This is a good fun site for her to learn from and for her to fall in love with rats from:

http://www.ratsrule.com/

And also:
http://www.dapper.com.au/

(And remember, never "a" rat)