Product Description

A good introduction containing much useful advice on handling and socialisation and a brief history of the rat fancy. The sections on taming and training and buying pet rats are especially helpful. The health section is slightly confusing when it states that rats can catch ?colds? - the author is referring to respiratory illness and not to the common cold. Rats cannot catch colds from humans. The breeding section is helpful but the figures given for the ages at which rats become fertile and infertile and for litter sizes are only averages. For example female rats can become pregnant as young as four weeks old if they come into contact with an older male - far earlier than the eight weeks stated in the book.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #656349 in Books
• Brand: Your first fancy rat
• Published on: 2000-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 36 pages

Customer Reviews

Excellent
I already own this book. It's only small but contains a lot of information. It has excellent chapters on caring for rats aswell as sections on breeding, showing and health care. It's suitable for children and adults and is great quality for money. I have owned rats for 5 years and have regular contact with them as I am a veterinary nurse (so the health section came in useful). I would recommend this book to any rat lover