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Originally Posted by Dr. Rez
I have to ask tore what is the reason for your rat obsession? You have loved them for some time.
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If you'd ever owned one, you would understand
"My" first rat was actually one my sister got when I was 6. It was a large buck of a male called Pelle and I used to take him everywhere. He got to 3 and a half years of age before he died so for a quite a while, I was that kid with that big fat rat on his shoulder - or sleeping in his T-shirt. He often used to run around my room when I slept and would sometimes wake me by crawling under my pillow (I slept with my head under the pillow) and lick my face. He also used to scratch me up pretty bad when he climbed around on me, but I sorta got used to it.
I've loved them ever since and have had many pet rats. Sadly, my wife is allergic so although we've had 7, I think it's stopped until there's some very effective allergy medication out there.
As I'm a rat interested biologist, I've also got a good grasp on rat genetics and take a general interest in breeding, although it's not something I've done personally. I've written a couple of guides for norwegian breeders on basic rat genetics and tried to get a breeders database website going some time back. The guy who was going to develop the database stuff never got his thumb out of his ass so the whole thing fell apart.
Basically, they're the best pet you can get
This is part a subjective statement, but also a bit objective. The amount of happiness you get back for the little time and effort generally required to keep them is very high and they're very intelligent little guys, or girls, full of personality who will quickly become your friends if you let them.