Rats! Say the word and people envision many different things: vermin or pests, lab experiments, scary movies, even snake food ...

Picture the perfect pet that checks off all the boxes: Smart, trainable, highly social, affectionate, clean, hypoallergenic. What if it has all these traits but doesn’t purr or bark, because the ...

The earliest documented evidence of domesticated rats originates from Japan and dates back to the Edo period (1603 to 1868). The tradition of keeping fancy rats may have originated in Japan, but pet ...

A pet owner has left the internet in hysterics after sharing her unusual pet's reaction to getting petted in a clip that has gone viral on social media. The hilarious video, shared on TikTok on ...

Mayor Eric Adams has long been vocal about his hatred of rats — and it might have something to do with a childhood pet named ...

Abby Roeser rejected an “America’s Got Talent” invite to perform with her clever pets, citing their skittish behavior around new people and unfamiliar places. But that hasn’t stopped her or her ...

Torro is living his best life. The former lab rat, a snowy white albino with red eyes, is blossoming in the hands of self-proclaimed rat lover Nicole Ochart. She ...

Is the use of rat poison more common in the spring? Most of the worst rat-poison cases I have seen over the years happened in the spring. I saw one just the other day. The owners of this little dog ...

A family is mourning the tragic death of a 10-year-old boy who died from Rat Bite Fever that he contracted from contact with his pet rat. INSIDE EDITION talks to the family. This cute ten-year-old boy ...

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