How To Look After Pet Rats. The best home for your rats is a wire cage the larger and taller the better as rats. Rats can also be picked up by placing your hand on either side of them and scooping them up into your palm.
They are clean sociable playful and intelligent animals that love human company and attention when properly looked after. Before buying your new pets be sure you can give them enough time. Provide some nesting material such as inkless paper tissues or paper towels which the rats can use as bedding.
Before buying your new pet rats be sure you can give them enough time.
Bred as pets since the late 19th century pet rats can be trained to use a litter box come when called and perform a variety of tricks. Rats need at least an hours exercise outside the cage every day and while they make great family pets should not be looked after or handled by unsupervised children. To get your rat comfortable with your hands start hand-training 1-2 days after. They can also go without having any human interaction for one or two days.