I'm really not too keen on getting 2 rats. I know it sounds selfish of me but I dont want to put the pressure of having 2 pets that I havent had before, Im just scared incase I cant treat them both equally.. But then again if I had 2 they could occupy each other right? obviously they would both have time out of the cage. This is going to sound so shallow but Im being honest here, I tend to get attached to one animal and I dont want another rat to get left out because of the way I am with pets. I also need to discuss this with my mum as she has agreed to one female.

I also wanted to know if you were refering to the flooring like on the chipmunk cage? I would definatly get a solid surface to cover the wires before I got the rats. I was going to edit and ask about that!

Im aware that I need to watch for the spacing of the bars and I've been adviced to go for a criss cross bar cage but I could see that being easier to catch their feet in than the normal bars or am I just being paranoid?! lol I cant actually buy online so I'm mostly looking for cages which I can shop around for around here.

I've seen sites which convert degus and chinchilla cages into rats cages are they suitable? I plan on getting my cage and everything in the cage rat proof before I get my rat. I saw 2 today and I fell in love!! they were both males but I'm really looking for females.