I dont feel like the amount of "meat" coming off the rat is worth the effort of gutting one.. I mean don't get me wrong if I was starving id eat it.. and if you offered it to me id def. try it. With that said I have eaten squirrel but I don't go out of my way to kill them.. If a kid gets one then ya Ill throw it in the pot.

p.s I have heard that guinea pigs are delicious.