Most likely no ratties. I talked to my mom about it yesterday and she was completey fine with it until I told her they were two rats.....after that the only word she said was "No" and "Infineity times Infineity no". Drats. And when asked to explain her answer, she said, "They have long pointy noses and long naked tails. No."

But, I'm not one to give up without a fight (that is how I've come to own two ferrets, one of the hamsters, my puppy, and my bird), so I'm going to try again once more.

Anybody have any tips on convincing a mother that rats look like Gerbils, only they are bigger and don't have a fuzzy tail? Or maybe I could tell her they are something else (like the latin name for Fancy Rat or something). Then she'd be fine....