Quote Originally Posted by Pwilliams58 View Post
I've picked up thousands of rats by the tail with no problems ever. However, I do grab them as close as possible to the base of the tail.
Same here. When I was breeding rats, some of the mama rats were okay with me just picking them up under their belly but for the most part my rats were not socialized to be able to do that. I aways just picked them up by the base of their tail.