Bert,

I disagree. I've had both a rat and a squirrel as pets and I much preferred the squirrel. Yeah, they are more nervous of the two but they are more playfull than the rat and tons more smarter than the rat... My squirrel live in a bird cage in my bedroom and would open the door to get in and open it to get out... The rat couldn't have done this in a million years. Plus the squirrel had better bathroom habits. The rat was like a cow. Where ever and when ever... The squirrel would co to his cage and us the newspaper in the bottom of the cage...

So you can keep yer rats, thank you. I'll take the squirrels...

Bobert