I got some new pets...

**Lew** · 07-04-2006, 12:53

I got some new pets yesterday, a cute little pair of 5 week old baby rats. There are some pics included in this post but I've padded with some whitespace in case you don't want to see them, although they are insanely cute. The mink hooded (the one without any white on his face) is called Merry and the mink capped is called Pippin.

Ramrod · 07-04-2006, 13:12

Very cute!

Tuftus · 07-04-2006, 14:17

bless...

07-04-2006, 14:28

the cutest little breeders i've ever seen

MadGamer · 07-04-2006, 15:21

Bless em

greencreeper · 07-04-2006, 19:28

Awwwww - lovely.

What they tucking into? Looks a lot like the stir fries I do

**Lew** · 07-04-2006, 19:36

Boiled basmati rice with peas, corn and red sweet peppers. They dug out all the veg and left the rice, although the rice was all gone when I woke up this morning.

greencreeper · 07-04-2006, 20:15

Apart from the pepper, it's pretty much what I put in a stir fry! Who'd have thought it.

**Lew** · 07-04-2006, 21:12

Well, it was what we had for dinner as well

bmxbandit · 07-04-2006, 21:40

awww, they are seriously cute

slowcoach · 07-04-2006, 22:38

Don't spoil them or they will turn into little bRATS

greencreeper · 07-04-2006, 23:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lew

Well, it was what we had for dinner as well

So you basically chuck in your left over dinner and they're happy. Come to think of it, I've never seen rat food in the pet shop. It's an education is this thread. I can't look after myself let alone an animal, otherwise I'd have a couple of rats.

bmxbandit · 07-04-2006, 23:34

you can buy rat food... it does the job, but it's a bit plain. they do eat pretty much anything, given the chance

some vey good info

08-04-2006, 02:25

Some of the best rat food contains poison!

ZrByte · 08-04-2006, 08:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by greencreeper

So you basically chuck in your left over dinner and they're happy. Come to think of it, I've never seen rat food in the pet shop. It's an education is this thread. I can't look after myself let alone an animal, otherwise I'd have a couple of rats.

There are some things you have to avoid though, If I remembver correctly they can't have food with things like gravy on it. Also IIRC salt is a big no no. Those two on thier own can make giving them leftovers tricky.
Rats do make great pets though, they are the most inteligent rodents that I know of and providing you dont get a biter can essentially be left out of the cage most of the time.
My sister used to have a large Albino, he was way over a foot long (not including the tail) and you could just take him out of his cage, put him down on the couch and he would climb up on the nearest person and goto sleep on either thier shoulder or lap.