Rats!!

I'm very into rats lately.  They're super cute, and I really want one. I'm researching a lot about them, what they eat, do, behavior, etc. I used to want cats but, Sophie (my kitty) would go crazy.

I want them because: they are cute, they are very clean, they are playful, males will sit on your lap and watch some tv with you, they are great pets.

They have a really bad rep, most people think they carried the bubonic plague, but actually, the fleas that were on the rats spread it. And even if it was the rats, the domesticated ones, (ones in shelters) don't carry that. In fact, domesticated rats carry less diseases than domesticated dogs.

The females are more playful than the males. I'm debating (if I get them) if I want males or females. I want one that will sit with me on the couch, but I want one that will be easy to train, and I like the female names, and males can have some problems about dominance.

And females are easier to train which I already said but whatever. But males are so sweet, but males are less cute to me. Ugh! I can't decide. I guess at the end I will have to make a pro/con list.

I know what you're thinking, why not just get one of each? Because, I would have to spay and neuter them, which is probably expensive, and it's hard to get ones that are already spayed or neutered.

And I could get it from a breeder but why? There are so many that need homes, and it's so much cheaper to get them from shelters, and so many other reasons, so from a breeder is totally out of the question.

LIFE STUFF UPDATE: Sophie is doing good, I watched "The Paw Project", I'm doing good, Finished "Gilmore Girls" for the second time.