I've always read they are basically a step away from being blind. But it never seemed to me that their eyesight is THAT bad. One of my newer rats just taught himself how to jump off my bed, he was doing so by jumping off the bed and landing on a small stepstool i keep about 2 feet away.
jerme
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Some rats are nearly blind, but some have decent eyesight. None can see well enough to see the floor, etc, from your bed if it's at a decent height, but they will jump if they're smart enough to pick up on the fact that something is down there. One of my girls figured out how to jump to me (up to two feet away) and then one day realized that meant I was standing on something, too, and now she'll jump down from wherever if she's seen me standing near there. They're clever little creatures. 
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