A friend by the name of "VICTOR" would love to meet them

I hate rats. ICK

Victor?

It's a shame, really - I have nine as pets, all adopted from shelters and rescues, they're quite pretty, smart, affectionate creatures. Most of mine lick me like little dogs in greetings and love nothing more than to chill on my shoulder when I walk around.

Victor is the brand name of a spring trap.

Sorry, but I also had rats as pets when I was a kid. I know they're smart, and I also know what they can do to a house.

Last house I had (which was a lease) became infested with the common roof rat. The landlord did nothing to get rid of them, and it became unbearable.

Now you know why I can no longer stand them.

I want a pet rat.. I just don't think my cats will approve, not that cats and rats can't get along, I've seen it, but that my cats are weird like that

My suitemate fostered two kittens for a few months this past year, and, being kittens, they were more than safely curious about the rats...however, my alpha girl, Abby, decided she didn't like the cats poking around the cage and would actually chase them down! I wish I could have taped it - Abby was running around on the floor while I was cleaning their cage, and one of the kittens came into the room and started following her. I was about to shoo him out, but Abby did it for me. She charged him, fur puffed out, and chased him, nipping at his tail, all the way down the hallway until he escaped downstairs. After that there were no more problems, the kittens kept a very good distance from the rat cage.

LoL.. yeah, it might've worked before, except my cats are just into adulthood, so they're kinda at the worst age to bring in prey...

They still constantly play, and they're big and dangerous, and not easily scared