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Pet Rats - Name ideas for your baby pet rats!

What to Name Your Pet Rats?

One of the problems I had when I first got my rats was what to name them! I got two adorable baby male rats, or bucks. Just in case you don't know (I didn't know), male rats are called bucks, and female rats are called does (doe with a S).

The problem wasn't a lack of names, but an overwhelming abundance of them! I finally settled to name them based on their characteristics. One of my rat's called Coffee because the colour of his coat reminds me of the colour of coffee, and the other rat's called Jump, because of the way he's so jumpy!

Anyway, here's a list of suggestions for both male and female rat names. It'll probably be quite helpful, and I'll try to update this list often!

Girl Rats Name Ideas

Aggy
Amity
Axle Rose
Buffy
Calypso
Celeste
Coconut
Connie
Darla
Francis
Harriet
Isabelle
Janeway
Jasmine
Laverne
Milengko
Polly
Shirley
Sleeping Beauty
Tabitha
Willow
Victoria

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Boy Rats Name Ideas

Glick
Bingham
Dru
Augustine
Dax
Fez
Layton
The Dingo
Ben
Willard
Gus Gus
Bronson

FancyPetRats.com last updated 19 Jan, 2012

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Hi, my name's Bill, and I created this website to provide information on pet rats, in the hopes of educating more people on how great pets rats make, and also to give existing rat owners useful and helpful information about their pet rats. I hope you like it!

Random Quote About Pet Rats

This is my second post, and I still have Riddy Rat and she's gotten quite large. When it comes to cage linging, reycled paper product is far safer than pine shavings, as they have been associated with all manner of lung maladies in rats. Ample water is important, and as far as staple ratfood goes, you may have difficulty finding one. Fret not, as you can cheaply make one with 'Ferret Treat' (I use two, Peanut butter flavor and fruit/ veggie with yogurt), small animal food (dehydrated vegetable and seed mix with pellets, marketed for guinea pigs and rabbits), guinea pig yogurt drops, shelled sunflower seeds, and a small amount of cheap kitten chow. She loves it, and it addresses her need for protein, fat, and carbohydrates. I still supplement her diet with fresh things--strawberries and blueberries, fresh cauliflower, and carrots. Riddy enjoys meat, and rats have a predatory streak in the wild. Feeding them chicken and allowing them to gnaw chicken bones won't spoil their lovely personalities or make them more aggressive. An exercise ball fastened so that it is stationary makes a fantastic retreat for your rat inside their cage or aquarium. Ensure that the lid on their home allows ample air flow--condensation build up on aquarium walls is an indicator that you have poor airflow concerns.