Rats make wonderful pets, as this video clearly shows. They’re affectionate, playful, and really, really smart–quick to learn new things. Their only drawback is a short life-span. But if they had a long one, they might be keeping us as pets.
Rats make wonderful pets, as this video clearly shows. They’re affectionate, playful, and really, really smart–quick to learn new things. Their only drawback is a short life-span. But if they had a long one, they might be keeping us as pets.
I had a mouse and a gerbil when I was in my twenties. I often took my mouse out with me and kept her as best I could in a shirt pocket or in a little crocheted bag I made for her. I cried like the dickens when she died. The gerbil wasn’t as cute and cuddly but he was fun to watch him hopping around.
Yes, mice are very nice pets; I’ve had any of them. They’re more businesslike than rats, but also quite affectionate. I had a mouse who used to run around the living room and always came running back to me when she thought she’d gone far enough.