I LOOOOVE rats. I babysat one for a week once, and I fell in love. I finally got two of my own the day before yesterday, and fell in love again. They were two female rats, I named them Thelma and Louise. Unfortunately, I have a terrier, and I knew that terriers have an instinct to hunt rats, but I figured she would "get over it" after a while. But she went absolutely berserk and terrorized the rats until the poor things were panting, so I took them back. It wasn't fair to the rats. I miss them still. WHAA!
I love rat's i have 5 at the moment you'll find everything you need to know here. http://www.fancy-rats.co.uk/home/
I just got a fancy rat. He's black and white. I named him Ben. I'll post pictures, he loves to run around and explore but most of all...his favorite thing is to just chill upon my lap while I watch TV.