Any Rat lovers here?

[Tigeress]

Ramanth-
They are very intelligent if you exspose them to new surroundings, bright colours, and toys when they are young.

I'm not sure what it is about D Hamps, but some of them are just born mean! My friend had an albino one that would run over to bite you when you went to change the food or water.

As for Maximus I'm sure he and Edmund are happy romping around on the other side of the rainbow bridge!

Cheers,
L

[Tigeress]

Zaphod has a web page now (of course I run six web pages).

http://members.tripod.com/~Balme/Zaphod.html

Cheers,
Tigeress

PS- If anyone has pictures of their rats that they'd like up on the web send them to me and I'll add a page for Zaphod's Friends.

[Lando]

I can't believe it, so many rat lovers. Its great. My two little "girls" are on shoulder right now watching me type.

Here is my story: After owning one rat named Friskers, but died of cancer, I decided to get another one. THe next one was names Cocoa, but sadly she died after two months(reason unknown) Aftera year of grief, I decided to try again. THis time I a got a female fancy rat named Cocoa(after the other). She was very shy and often got out of my grasp and ran under my bed. Boy was she fast., I thought she was lonely so my science teacher gave me a baby grey lab rat named Stormy. But then I found that that he was a male so I put them in separate cages. Every so often I put them together for a while. AS they grew I found that they loved peanut butter and went crazy over it. One time I made the mistake of dipping my finger in peanut butter and letting them lick it. Cocoa bit my finger thinking it was food. Ouch! Well soon I found 11 little pink rodents in the cage. Stormy was becomming a hassle so I had to give him away. Well Cocoa's babies grew to become many different colors. Every color you could think of. To some it up All the babies survuvekkifii(sorry I guess Cocoa wanted to type too.) All the babies survived and got good homes. We kept the healthest and biggest baby that was the only that looked like her father. So we called her Cloudy. (Akk Cocoa is licking me and Cloudy is tickling me.) And they are living a good life having fun.

[Tigeress]

Lando- Thank you soooo much sharing your rat stories with me! Hmmm, little ones eh? That will happen. You know you can easily get rats neutered, mine was! It is great, no babies.

My new little Zaphod isn't in to taking food from me yet, but he LOVES to ride around on my shoulder. He is so calm and friendly concidering I've only had him a few days.

I know how hard it is to lose a beloved rat! I wasn't ready to get a new one, but then I saw young Zaphod at the pet store and had to bring him into my home.

I'd love to see pics of your little ones!

Cheers,
T

[Aspen and Misty]

I love small aniamls. Aspen is my little hamster. When he dies I plan on eventually buying 2 rats. I used to own mice and they went everywhere with my so I can't wait to own rats and I hope they are as obident as my mice. I was able to teach my mouse, Midnight, to go to a mark which was so funny. I'm glad to see I'm not the only small pet owner on the board!

[Tigeress]

Aspen Mum- Rats are much easier to teach than mice! I've had mice before and I can't teach them to do anything! My last rat came to his name and would go to cage when asked and such. Let me know when you get your little guys! You'll love them! And send pics of the Hampster!!


Cheers,
L

[Lando]

WEll I have heard that rats are easier to teach, but I still ove mice because they are so entergentic and full of love life. They are so funny to watch.

I am got a camera yesterday so I will take so pictures of them and see how they come out. (my last didn't come out well.

I have a question. Is there anyway to get my two rats to become friedns with my dog? When I bring them over to her, she will turn her head and try to stay unnoticed. I can tell she is afraid of them. But they haven't done anything to her. They just sniff her.

[Tigeress]

Hmm, I don't know how to make rats less affraid of dog other than to simply keep them in contact so they learn that they are not going to be hurt. This is assuming that they aren't going to be hurt. Dogs can be a bit unpredictable. My sweet, loving, gentle as a lamb, Greyhound after a year of being around my bird Tabetha just snaped at her one day! Lucky Tabetha has her wing feathers and can fly!

After each time you introduce dog and rat make sure you give both a treat for good behaviour then they will associate one another with good stuff! The fasest way to a rats heart is through his stomach!

Heehee

Cheers,
Tigeress

[RattieLova]

I love rats, Tigeress!!!! I own 4 cute, squishy male rats! They are very spoiled and just love the all the attention!
I have a huge cage for them (You can see what it looks like by going to the cage co. website: Http://www.martinscages.com The cage is a R-695)
I have done alot of research on rats, so I know alot about them.
Anyway, if you own a rat, you really should have 2 or more. This is because rats can get very lonely if they are by themselves. But, make sure they are of the same gender!!! Or separate the males and females!
For any other great rat info. visit these great sites:
Http://www.ratpalace.com
Http://www.rmca.com
Http://www.dapper.com.au
Http://www.geocities.com/suebee277/rat

These should also lead you to more rat sites!
ENJOY!