fluffy rats

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Rats are a considerable nusense in cities. If we cannot eliminate them, perhaps we could breed cuter, fluffier rats. They could then be renamed as "street squirrels." Children's television could feature adorable street squirrel characters. "Look, Mommy, a street squirrel!" "How adorable, dear!"

Squirrels are tree rats.
Pigeons are flying rats.

rats are cute and make wonderful pets

The cute, fluffy rats should have cute, fluffy fleas so we can all get the cute, fluffy plague

i live in a small town with no rats
squirrls are very cool!

I happen to think rats are adorable. I've had two as pets and they were probably the most intelligent pets we had. They even knew their own names! If more people saw rats like the way I do, I'm sure they would be nearly as pestered by them.

I'd love to have a few rats of my own. Two small ones, and a chubby one.

pandora, your rats are so cute! i like the rattie on the left in the second photo ♥. i've had a b/w hooded, a tan/white hooded, and two red-eyed/tan-coloured rats in my lifetime...probably the best pets one could have, imo
never ran into a "wild" rat, though.

Freya, I've got several brown rats like the one in the photo. They look similar to a wild rat but the wild rats here have more grey in their fur. I think the brown rats are called agoutis. Although they aren't in the pictures, I also have two pink-eyed caramel and white rats. One of them constantly rocks from side to side but seems healthy otherwise. All up, I've got 23 pet rats (7 girls and 16 boys).

One day, I'd love to get a russian blue and a russet rat but think they are quite rare. I had a beautiful pure white pink eyed little female last year but sadly she escaped while I was away for a couple of days and had somebody come around and feed them.

It's certainly possible to get angora (fluffy) rats and hairless or tail-less rats but I haven't seen them up here. The most common varieties in pet shops here seem to be the black and white or caramel and white hoodeds. I wonder if it's possible to get brindle or dalmation rats. They would be very pretty. You can get tan/black brindle (or tiger) mice.