An expert answers all our questions about pet rats--feeding, behavior, health, breeding, and more. Up-to-date and informative, yet clear enough for young pet owners, with dozens of vivid color photos and accurate drawings.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Misleading and mean,
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This review is from: Rats: All About Selection, Husbandry, Nutrition, Breeding and Diseases, With a Special Chapter on Understanding Rats (Pet Owners Manuals) (Paperback)
I recieved this book as a gift. I read it and immediately threw it out. It is a horribly misleading book that should not be sold at all. It states that rats will not come when called by name or that will not bond to you. Tell this to my 12 rats that do exactly that. The author knows NOTHING about rat temperament. Other statements about what you can teach your rats are just plain wrong. The trifling details that are given about rat care are not enough to fill a thimble. Any current ir prospective owner should get Debbie Ducommun's books, Rat health Care, and Rats for Today's Pet Owner (this is available here). Debbie is the "rat lady" and her books should be considered rat owners bibles. Just because a book is written by a vet does not mean it should be taken at face value. I give this book no stars because it deserves none. (no stars was not a valid choice, so I am telling you)
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
misinformation,
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This review is from: Rats: All About Selection, Husbandry, Nutrition, Breeding and Diseases, With a Special Chapter on Understanding Rats (Pet Owners Manuals) (Paperback)
This book said that multiple rats would fight and did not recommend getting more than one. I thought that this was a really incorrect recommendation, rats are social animals. Unless a person can spend alot of time with a rat I feel that it is cruel to only have one and there are alot of rat lovers that agree with me. I have 5 male rats at one point, they got along really well. At one point some of them did start to fight, I tried natural remedies-which can definately work in some cases-but they continued to fight so I had the trouble makers nuetured and then everyone got along great! If you have rats that fight check out rat web pages for solutions, alittle bit of bickering is to be expected.
2.0 out of 5 stars
misinformation,
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This review is from: Rats: All About Selection, Husbandry, Nutrition, Breeding and Diseases, With a Special Chapter on Understanding Rats (Pet Owners Manuals) (Paperback)
This book said that multiple rats would fight and did not recommend getting more than one. I thought that this was a really incorrect recommendation, rats are social animals. Unless a person can spend alot of time with a rat I feel that it is cruel to only have one and there are alot of rat lovers that agree with me. I have 5 male rats at one point, they got along really well. At one point some of them did start to fight, I tried natural remedies-which can definately work in some cases-but they continued to fight so I had the trouble makers nuetured and then everyone got along great! If you have rats that fight check out rat web pages for solutions, alittle bit of bickering is to be expected.
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