Are they cute or ugly? I would go with ugly. Do you know if there are purple rats or pink? You choose. Should i get a rat? I have chickens and im not sure if they eat them. Or maybe its the other way around. I have cats but they kind of are afraid of chickens and rats. I have tried before and i lost all my pets and had to get new cats.
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Oh, rats are hideously deformed things! They'll kill you and drink your blood if you give them a chance!! Did you know rats also worship satan and will sacrifice all your chickens?!? And then they'll kill babies by sitting on their chest and sucking the breath of out them! (Oh wait! That's cats... nevermind!)
Oh, and yes, there are pink and purple rats! They live with the pink elephants and come out only if you have consumed some sort of alcohol!
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Seriously, rats make wonderful pets and are charming companions. While newborn baby rats are called "pinkies" there is no such thing as a pink or purple coloured adult rat, unless you paint them of course.
Your chickens would be in more danger from your cats, than they would be from a domesticated rat kept in a cage in your home.
If your cats are "mousers" or "ratters", I would be very careful about keeping them away from pet rats.
They'll eat them. :( Gross.
Rats are various medium sized rodents. "True rats" are members of the genus Rattus, the most important of which to humans are the black rat, Rattus rattus, and the brown rat, R. norvegicus. Many members of other rodent genera and families are also called rats and share many characteristics with true rats. A rat has an average life span of 2-3 years.
Rats are distinguished from mice by their size; rats generally have bodies longer than 12 cm (5 inches). Squirrels of most species are about the same size as rats but are members of their own family, Sciuridae, and are usually more specialized than rats.
The best-known rat species are the Black Rat Rattus rattus and the Brown Rat R. norvegicus. The group is generally known as the Old World rats or true rats, and originated in Asia. Rats are bigger than most of their relatives, the Old World mice, but seldom weigh over 500 grams (1 lb) in the wild. The common term "rat" is also used in the names of other small mammals which are not true rats. Examples include the North American pack rats, a number of species loosely called kangaroo rats, and a number of others. Rats such as the Bandicoot rat Bandicota bengalensis are murine rodents related to the true rats, but are not members of the genus Rattus. The widely distributed and problematic commensal species of rats represent a minority in this diverse genus. Many species of rats are island endemics and some have become endangered due to habitat loss or competition with brown, black, or Polynesian rats.
In Western countries, many people keep domesticated rats as pets. These are of the species R. norvegicus, which originated in the grasslands of China and spread to Europe and eventually, in 1775, to the New World. Pet rats are Brown Rats descended from those bred for research, and are often called "fancy rats", but they are still the same species as the common city "sewer" rat. Domesticated rats tend to be both more docile than their wild ancestors and more disease prone, presumably due to inbreeding.
The common species are opportunistic survivors and often live with and near humans. The Black Plague is traditionally believed to have been caused by the micro-organism Yersinia pestis, carried by the rat flea Xenopsylla cheopis which preyed on R. rattus living in European cities of the day; it is notable that these rats were victims of the plague themselves. Regardless, rats are frequently blamed for damaging food supplies and other goods. Their reputation has carried into common parlance: in the English language, "rat" is an insult and "to rat on someone" is to betray them by denouncing to the authorities a crime or misdeed they committed. While modern wild rats can carry Leptospirosis and some other "zoonotic" conditions (those which can be transferred across species, to humans, for example), these conditions are in fact rarely found.[citation needed] Wild rats living in good environments are typically healthy and robust animals. Wild rats living in cities may suffer themselves from poor diet and internal parasites and mites, but do not generally spread disease to humans.
Rats have a normal lifespan ranging from two to five years, though three years is typical.
depends on the rats. wild rats would probably attack the chickens. 'pet' rats, which are bred for gentleness and intelligence and grow up eating commercial food, wouldn't know what to do with a chicken if it landed on one. like other carnivores (and omnivores), a rat that isn't taught to kill other animals for food when it's young isn't going to do it.
my friend had pet rats, they were very friendly and smart and fun to play with.
I'm inclined to think you are posting these silly questions for fun.nobody could be this clueless..can they?
Do you honestly think there are purple rats? Do you honestly think the rats are going to break out of the cage, open your door, go outside and eat your chickens?
I suggest you stay away from animals if this is a serious question...
You shouldn't get a rat if you're asking these silly questions.
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