  Uh.. ya, don't do that....  << < (527/582) > >>  Rats aren't
strictly nocturnal. They tend to be awake in the morning and in
the evening. But they are very smart and will quickly learn to
be awake when the pepple are awake because that's when the food
comes!  rats look too much like mice, and Aunty feeds mice to
her snake. We can't even look at the mice at the zoo for too
long before circle-of-life discussions begin.  DS is 4.5 and not
getting a pet of his own anytime soon. Though he is pretty
responsible with the family dog. He's in charge of
feeding/watering, and about half the time he does it without
being reminded. I still know that about 85% of the work would
fall to me, and I'm not up for it  After my college roommate
snuck two hamsters into our dorm room I learned the mantra that,
"Hamsters live to escape."  Luckily her boyfriend who had an
apartment took them after we'd had to hunt for them too many
times in the dorm. And one had poo'ed in my winter gloves.  ::)
Our hamster is in a glass aquarium w