Quote Originally Posted by Lizardlicks View Post
Yeah, that's a rex! The one the store gave me was a brown hooded pattern, so one of these little guys. I'm considering grabbing another rex from them if they have any when this little guy is old enough to introduce to a partner (I know you aren't supposed to keep singular rats as they're highly social and need a buddy, but I'm worried an older one would bully the fuzzy and I don't want to get a second fuzzy and have to nurse two rats, so will wait until it's a bit bigger to find it a freind).
Little stuffed toys of similar size to the animal are good for orphaned mammal babies that usually wouldn't be singletons but can't be put in with others for whatever reason. You could get a little $1 cat toy or something (not the kind with catnip obviously) and plop it in with him.