How big do they get?

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Holly

Discussion Starter · Aug 7, 2007

When I hear "city folk" who don't know about Pet Rats talking about the kind of rats that inhabit their city sewers, they make these wild guys out to be REALLY big. "Cat-sized," they say.

Well, Gus is a fairly large young adult (8 mo.) and he weighs 1 pound, 1 ounce. (17 ounces.) Even though he has some growing to do, I don't expect he will ever be much more than 2 pounds.

I know that Pet Rats and their wild cousins are all Rattus Norwegicus (sp?) and come from the same family of rats. How large can this kind of rat get?

Are wild rats generally larger than Pet Rats? Why?

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HollynRats

· #4 · Aug 7, 2007

I seriously doubt that!

I looked into getting a Pouched rat but am still trying to figure how to get one over to the US!

Maybe there is something in the sewer that makes them bigger... like toxins, chemicals, or something?

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HollynRats

· #8 · Aug 8, 2007

Forensic said:
HollynRats said:

I seriously doubt that! I looked into getting a Pouched rat but am still trying to figure how to get one over to the US!

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Considering they're illegal over here, I wouldn't toy with that...

I was being sarcarstic thats why i laughed at the end!

Yea we live way out in the country and someone says big we mean like a cougar! :lol: But yea i dont know when they would see them, i mean since when is everyone hanging around in the sewers? :lol: :roll:

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