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Anonymous
Candy Walker, remember that the differences between male and female rats do not come about until they're full grown (around 8 months to a year). Meaning, if you want really lazy boys, you'd be better off adopting a pair of older male rats. Baby rats are baby rats. The males and females act the same for the first few months of life-- they're both hyper, crazy, playful runners. Young male rats are just as crazy and hyper as their female counterparts.
Mine are around 3 months old (males) and they're still a little jumpy and crazy. You will have to rat proof the house (block off areas they can sneak into) whether you have females or males.
Also, I highly recommend this cage:
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2753352
It's a set up big enough for up to 4 rats, but I like to keep my pair in there and let them have plenty of room to run around. It's also a good cage because the bar spacing is only 1/2", meaning even very young baby rats cannot squeeze through. Most cages that are big enough for rats to play in are, in fact, ferret cages and have bar spacing that is too wide.
Anyway, I've rambled, look up lots of info before buying your rats and I hope you enjoy them!
Things to look up online:
-Suebee's rat diet -the rat cage calculator
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