i have always loved animals and when i moved up to tarpon i want a new fur pet.
I was going to get a rabbit but we move a lot and i was unsure if i had the cash
flow to take care of a animal for 8 years. So i was looking at other animal
besides a rabbit(my mom want me to get more gerbils like a had before) but i got
2 feeder female rats, one was a male as was sick so i took him back but the
other sally was a good rat.

now ever my mom likes my rats and she hated rats.

--- In ratlist@yahoogroups.com, kuddles4u@... wrote:
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>
> Its been about 20 years ago now but if I remember correctly our neighbors
> had two pet rats and my sons would go over to play with them. My youngest
> son decided at that time he really wanted a pet rat. I did some
> investigating on their care, or what was available at the time, and we
obtained our
> first rat. We all fell in love with the little girl and it just took off from
> there...LOL We have not been ratless since.
>
> It was a bit frustrating in the beginning because there wasn't enough
> centrally located information on health care for them, and vets did not have
> much to go on. Being in health care I had access to individuals in
> comparative medicine and other areas and learned that many of the disease
processes
> and treatments were like those for humans. So some of my peers and myself
> started discussing the feasibility of putting together a preventative
> health care site focusing on just pet rats that would be easily accessible to
> the pet community. We had the support of some very wonderful vets, and
> researchers who agreed to consult with us, and pet owners willing to submit
case
> histories, and voila! in 2003 the result was the Rat Guide.
>