Send a Virtual Squeak to a fellow Rat lover

Rat & Mouse Club of America: "How to Send a Virtual Squeak:

Choose an image from one of the categories and just fill out our easy to follow form. Click a Help Icon if you need additional help. Virtual Squeaks are stored in a non-indexed directory so only you and the recipient will know how to find the Virtual Squeak you send.

After you have completed the Virtual Squeak, you will be shown a preview. If you do not like your Squeak, you may edit it and then send it, or just cancel the request. The recipient will receive e-mail advising where to find the Virtual Squeak."

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Rat Grooming Tips 101...

My Five Furry Fuzzbombs- and general pet rat info
Rats are exceptionally clean animals, and spend close to 30% of their active hours grooming & cleaning themselves. Therefore, you usually do not need to shampoo or bathe them yourself.

If you're taking them for a show, if you are bothered by a noticeably dirty tail or (usually in males) oily hair, or if they've gotten a urine odor on them by you waiting a little too long for a cage change, then you can bathe them on occasion with puppy or kitten shampoo.

The best pocket pets out there...

ratsrule.com - rat care primer: "Rats make excellent pets! They are clean, extremely smart, and very social toward humans, making them one of the best pocket pets out there. Of course, they are often greatly misunderstood -- many people continue to associate them with the kind of rats you'd find in a city sewer. However, domesticated rats are as different from wild rats as labrador retrievers are from wolves! Jack Hanna says that rats are the nearest thing to a dog you'll find in a small mammal! Times are changing, and rats are becoming very popular as household pets."

The best pocket pets out there...are pet rats!