r/rat↗
Pet Rats
PLEASE READ We are here to share pics/discuss *pet* rats. Spam - discussion about feeding live - animal abuse - solicitation - harassment will be nuked w/o prejudice. Please read through previous posts before posting - you may find what you need. Please post your “is this a mouse, rat, random animal” queries to r/animalID. Please remember that we were all new once and be kind/polite. Would hate to delete posts for being hostile. Feel free to message if any concerns. Welcome 🐀
35k subscribers293 posts / mo in Sep 2026183 authors / mosince 2012
r/rat has 35k members (+41% over the last 12 months). It gets about 293 posts a month from 183 people. Top topics: Pet Rats, Rat Health Issues and Rat Bonding Tips.
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- Pet Rats5.8%
- Rat Health Issues4.8%
- Rat Bonding Tips4.1%
- Rat Cages4.0%
- Rat Introductions & Grief3.7%
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