LOL I live in Portland, Oregon; not Portland, Maine.
My first four came from the Oregon Humane Society at five weeks old. The other two were from a local rescue that did indeed involve a rattie train--all the way to Vancouver, Canada, where a vet would spay the already-pregnant rats for cheaper than in the USA.
I'd love to have an altered male at some point, knowing that boys are more likely to be affectionate. But I dunno, Bluebell (one of the rescue rats) was super affectionate. All I had to do was put her on my shoulder and coo a bit, and it was brux brux brux boggle boggle, and she'd tickle my ears with her whiskers. So awesome of a rat.
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My first four came from the Oregon Humane Society at five weeks old. The other two were from a local rescue that did indeed involve a rattie train--all the way to Vancouver, Canada, where a vet would spay the already-pregnant rats for cheaper than in the USA.
I'd love to have an altered male at some point, knowing that boys are more likely to be affectionate. But I dunno, Bluebell (one of the rescue rats) was super affectionate. All I had to do was put her on my shoulder and coo a bit, and it was brux brux brux boggle boggle, and she'd tickle my ears with her whiskers. So awesome of a rat.