I love the tail....especaially when they grab my face with it to balance on my shoulder.

I "love" to hear stories of people saying rats are so nasty, when most likely they have never even held a rat to make a true judgement...they judge by looks and thats what kills me! My mom did this too. When I asked for a pet rat all she did was complain about how nasty they are and gross. After she saw a rat and bonded with it, she fell in love. Now-who is the one making weird nosises at the rats and showering them with affection (my mom). If a person looking in an orphange (sp?) and saw a kid with hiedous 3rd degree burns, I'm sure most people wouldn't adopt that kid, but if it were their own kid and it got burned, they most likely would still love the child to death, even tho they were horribly disfigured. Makes no sence to me...oh well.