Rats! Say the word and people envision many different things: vermin or pests, lab experiments, scary movies, even snake food ...

When most people think about getting a pet, the common options are dogs, cats, birds etc. But have you ever considered rats? Before you conclude and say, ‘God forbid’, you should know that having a ...

These have short, smooth, and glossy coats, although the males may have a coarser coat than the females. In general, they are easy to look after and have no special dietary or medical needs. You can ...

A Netherlands teacher is going viral after revealing she lives with seven rats — that she lets crawl all over her — as seen in a TikTok video that has clawed 16.4 million views since it was posted ...

Dear Dr. Jorden: I have a great menagerie of animals as pets. I would like to get a pet rat or two, but someone told me that it was illegal to own rats. Is that true? I called the Billings Animal ...

Although cats and dogs may be the most common types of pets, for many other pet owners, animal companionship doesn’t stop there. In honor of World Rat Day on April 2nd, here are the ins and outs of ...

A disease associated with squalor could be on the increase in suburban homes because more people are keeping rodents as pets, warns an Australian microbiologist. Known as rat bite fever, the disease ...

Is rat sibling rivalry a real thing? When watching this video at first glance, you might think competing over food is typical behavior for rats as pets. However, the truth is a bit more muddled than ...

While the city's mayor has declared a war on rats, not everyone shares the same disdain for the furry rodents. In fact, some New Yorkers are showing love for rats—so much so that they are adopting ...

Below are the three key steps Lucy suggests to keep rats away while still feeding garden birds. Lucy says that although this might not seem like an obvious step, cheap bird food seed mixes can be a ...