Unlike mice, rats don't run away. However, there are many dangers lurking covering their cages. It is leading to be aware of what some of these dangers are before allowing your pet to roam about.

When I ran a pet store we had a pet rat and his cage is open during the day. He was allowed to roam around in a safe environment. When he'd had enough, he just takes himself back to his cage and goes to sleep.

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One day I found a large chocolate iced jam donut in his cage still in its plastic wrapping. I concept one of the staff had given it to him. I was about to admonish him for being thoughtless and irresponsible. Donuts are not healthy food for rats and if he's chewed through the plastic he could have digested some which could have killed him.

As soon as started to speak I realised that the staff member wouldn't have done such a thing and on supplementary investigation we discovered that the rat had climbed out of his cage, down the shelves, gotten himself into the staff member's bag, found the donut and carried it back to his cage and somehow got it through the small opening! It was a great feat of compel and perseverance and when I took the donut away I was left with one very unhappy rat!

On the whole, rats are shy and although they love exploring they like to be able to get back to their cage. This is one of the reasons they make such great pets. However there are some dangers that you need to be aware.

Electrical wires can be chewed or urinated on causing fires, power shortages and even electrocution. Try to make your rat's area as safe as possible by wrapping aluminum foil around wires or provocative them completely out of the way.

Rats are great climbers but they don't have the potential to hang on and can fall easily, especially off slippery surfaces like desk tops and fridges. Put cardboard ramps, thick rope or even knotted towels around for your rat to climb on and return to his cage if he gets stuck. This way he'll be able to climb and eye covering his cage and get back when he's tired or hungry.

You don't want your rat wondering all over your house getting into clothing or food cupboards where he's not allowed. He may also be susceptible to dog or cat attacks if left out too long. For these reasons, I don't advocate letting your rat roam around un-supervised unless you are very confident that he will be safe so I recommend you let him out when you're at home and can keep an eye on him.

If you would like to let your mouse run loose you will have to keep a constant eye on him. Using second hand children's toys, you could build an provocative play pet for your mouse with lots of tunnels and things to climb up and over. However, make sure that he is not left unattended because he will flee and mice are very difficult to catch, unless you're a cat!!

Don't allow young children to handle mice and young rats because they can squeeze them and cause fatal injuries. As well, they may get bitten if the animal is in pain or scared.

It goes without saying that cats and dogs pose the greatest risk to wandering rats. My dogs learned a painful but useful episode when investigating the shop rat. They got too close and received a nip on the nose. That was all they needed to know that rats equaled pain and should be left well sufficient alone.

Keep an eye on the distance of time your rat or mouse is out of its cage. They do need to eat and drink ordinarily so whether contribute bowls of water or food for them or put them back so they can rest and replenish.

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