Phoebe is so cute! Rats reallly are good pets. I fell in love with a female rat in the pet store when I was a kid, I talked my mom into letting me get her. I have had many rodent pets but the rat was the most gentle, loyal of them all. She ended up being pregnant when I bought her (surprise!!!) and we ended up with a bunch of lil baby rats. I kept one of her babies and he and I were good buddies.