About Pet Rats The fancy rat is a domesticated brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), which is the most common type of pet rat and comes in a wide variety of colors and coat types. Domesticated rats are physiologically and psychologically different from their wild relatives, and pose no more of a health risk than other common … Read more
Hero Rats Save Lives Rats may not be in your top 10 list of creatures you love, but after reading this article about how hero rats save lives, you might change your mind about the way you feel about rats. Did you know that rats are super smart and quite capable of learning complex tasks? … Read more
Cardboard Boxes and Rats ~ by Kate Critchlow ~ There are always things that happen in our lives that we never considered would happen to us, there’s something very nice about that – a surprise that makes us feel good. One such event is how I came to own two pet rats. To be honest … Read more