what do you own?

[wolfsoul]

I only have three rats. My female rat is at my dad's house though. I call her mine, but I'm going to stop pretty soon because my dad is being a jerk and I haven't been to his house for a long time So I haven't seen her in ages But oh well..

I had a gerbil named Icarus, but she had a heart attack and is now RB, so when I got my little ratty, I named him Icarus II to keep the memory alive!

[Desert Arabian]

I own 7 rats: 5 females and 2 males

Peanut, Nugget, Sweet Pea, Chloe, Daisy, Fred, and Oscar

P.S. Rats are OMNIVORES! It is very wise to feed your rats meat from time to time to keep them nice and healthy. My guys get a little bit of deli meats (turkey, ham, etc), hamburger (cooked), and other yummy meat items. Just the other day they had some roast beef for dinner/a treat.

We used to have a "pet" squirrel at our old house too. We named him Stumpy because half of his tail was missing; it was stumpy.

[Riles]

I dont own any of those...I own a teddy bear hamster named Junior

[tikeyas_mom]

I teddy bear hamster is a syrian hamster, do your research.

[CathyBogart]

Originally posted by tikeyas_mom
Rats eat meat, or they can, so I have read.

They are OMNIvores though. I will keep dogs and cats (carnivores), but I don't want any more bunnies, mice, guinea pigs, hams, etc.

Sheesh, I never said rats were herbivores! One of my favorite treats to take to the girls is mealworms!

[Jessica12345]

My panda bear hamster (rb) once excaped from me and made me worry like crazy! 2 days l8er.... I heard a noise coming from *inside* my radio speaker! we had to disasemble the whole thing to get her out of there. i still have no idea how she got in. they are little escape artists!

[RockyRoad]

We do not have any rodents, but my mom might get my sister and I each a dwarf hamster, but it all depends on my dad's decision.
In the past we have had Guinea Pigs, Gerbils, & Hamsters (Dwarf).

[veegan]

"They are OMNIvores though. I will keep dogs and cats (carnivores), but I don't want any more bunnies, mice, guinea pigs, hams, etc."

No, actually dogs (like humans) are omnivores, not carnivores, they can survive without meat. Cats however require a few things that are only found in flesh, like taurine. (So if you want vegan/vegetarian cats they have to have suppliments/food that is fortified with taurine. http://vegancats.com "Although Taurine naturally occurs only in animal tissue, synthetic Taurine has been produced on a large scale since about 1930. In fact, many meat-based pet foods utilize synthetic Taurine to meet nutritional requirements as well (most naturally-occurring Taurine is washed away during the rendering process)!")