The Rat Lovers Club! ~MODS PLEASE LOCK!

[hypersomn.ia]

I don't know that much about rats, but I can tell you the best thing they can have is each other's company. But you really need to be able to find some time in your day to play with them. I can't really think of any toys that they could play with, though...

[rachaelandrats]

Oh! A black hooded rat! I've seen them in pictures before, but I've never seen a real one. All the rats that I find in pet stores are always albino...(by the way...apparently albino animals, including humans, are more likely to be depressed or aggressive. It's supposedly a disease.)

The thing about albinos being more likely to become depressed or aggressive isn't true at all. I personally don't get how they can be found scary at all, I looove pink eyed white ratties. They're adorable.

Also Muffin is an agouti hooded. ^__^

[laces]

Thanks, I didn't know that. ^^ She has a friend, Paint's rat Coconut, but I don't have any pictures of her yet, sorry.

[hypersomn.ia]

Agouti hooded? Never heard of it...I love the pink/red eyes too, but a lot of people seem to find it demonic.

[TheForumFairy]

aww i love the rat in your sig the animated one cute ^^ but it goes to fast rats are slow and accurate^^

[rachaelandrats]

Agouti hooded? Never heard of it...I love the pink/red eyes too, but a lot of people seem to find it demonic.

They are one of the most "common" ratties lol. Wild rats are full agouti in colour.

[Centri]

C= She is a mix of brown and black. That's cool, but that's sad about albino animals. I don't like the red eyes... something about it creeps me out.
Our pet stores have different colore drats, but albino mice. It used to be the other way around though.

She looks like a regular agouti hooded to me.
PEW (White rats with red/pink eyes) is a common and dominant rat colour, especially among lab rats, and is not really the same thing as albino, a rare mutation. However, there is no visual difference between an Albino and a PEW, you can only tell the difference by looking at the pedigree. There is no link between the colour and aggressive/depressive temperament. If there were, PEW coloured rats would not be used as lab animals.

[animalobsessed1]

PEW (White rats with red/pink eyes) is a common and dominant rat colour, especially among lab rats, and is not really the same thing as albino, a rare mutation. However, there is no visual difference between an Albino and a PEW, you can only tell the difference by looking at the pedigree. There is no link between the colour and aggressive/depressive temperament. If there were, PEW coloured rats would not be used as lab animals.

Actually, that´s not true. They sometimes purposely breed them to be depressed so that they can test anti-depression medication on them. I know because my dad was one of those idiots before he retired. (I hate my dad.)

[LadyCrowsong]

PEW (White rats with red/pink eyes) is a common and dominant rat colour, especially among lab rats, and is not really the same thing as albino, a rare mutation. However, there is no visual difference between an Albino and a PEW, you can only tell the difference by looking at the pedigree. There is no link between the colour and aggressive/depressive temperament. If there were, PEW coloured rats would not be used as lab animals.

Actually, that´s not true. They sometimes purposely breed them to be depressed so that they can test anti-depression medication on them. I know because my dad was one of those idiots before he retired. (I hate my dad.)

You shouldn't be mad about rats being tested on. That's better than testing on people and animal testing has saved lives of many humans. I love rats, will always have them, and believe they are the best possible pets, but testing medications and the like on them is with good reason. Your dad could've helped save the lives of many people.

[Lierre]

PEW (White rats with red/pink eyes) is a common and dominant rat colour, especially among lab rats, and is not really the same thing as albino, a rare mutation. However, there is no visual difference between an Albino and a PEW, you can only tell the difference by looking at the pedigree. There is no link between the colour and aggressive/depressive temperament. If there were, PEW coloured rats would not be used as lab animals.

Actually, that´s not true. They sometimes purposely breed them to be depressed so that they can test anti-depression medication on them. I know because my dad was one of those idiots before he retired. (I hate my dad.)

You shouldn't be mad about rats being tested on. That's better than testing on people and animal testing has saved lives of many humans. I love rats, will always have them, and believe they are the best possible pets, but testing medications and the like on them is with good reason. Your dad could've helped save the lives of many people.

I just read a book about that and I've read an article about curing cancer using lab rats. Imagine how many people that could save! c: