Quote Originally Posted by Kymberli View Post
LMAO I love everything about this picture from the shirt to the blanket in the back.
Adorable rat, by the way. I wish my girls would even let me hold them.
Thanks.

Props if you know the band on my shirt.

All of our pet rats are completely socialized. While we are home they have free range over the house, although they are rarely more than 3 feet away from us. They are worse than a puppy! They all know thier names and basic commands. A couple know more advanced tricks such as walking down my arm and giving the cashier money at the McDonald's drive thru and bringing thier kids ice cream cones or cookies back.

Thats weird that yours won't let you hold them, unless they are adults that have never been handled thier whole lives. Even our feeders will come up and beg for attention whenever we walk by.

FWIW, females tend to be a lot more indepenent than males.