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Rat appriation post (AMA) (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by szczur@beehaw.org to c/animals@beehaw.org

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I love rats. I really do. Ask me anything pet-rat related.

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[–] communist@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wish a breeder would focus on domesticating and shrinking gambian pouched rats.

They don't seem far off.

[–] PhoenixRising@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or could get a degu.

[–] communist@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I feel like degu behavior is sufficiently different from rats that the gambian pouched would have a better end-result.