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Noticing a Pet Trend!

4.7K views 16 replies 15 participants last post by  Ruma  
#1 ·
I know this sounds weird....but I notice that us rat owners seem to gravitate towards the same pets other than rats.

I.E.

Fish
Mice
Hamsters
Gerbils
Guinea Pigs
Rabbits
Pit Bulls
Cats

Those specifically. I think it's actually quite funny. I love it. I myself have a beta, hedgehog, axolotl and a chihuahua...but I have always gravitated towards the mini pets and I used to have a pit bull, and when I have a house I will have another one. Does anyone see this as well, or am I simply crazy?
 
#7 ·
I've got two dogs, a bearded dragon, tropical fish including bala sharks, tiger barbs, blood parrot cichlid and an electric blue crayfish, plus a pond full of koi and sturgeon and of course my ten ratties! <3
 
#8 ·
i have two rats, a doberman pinscher, two cats, and three bettas :) but ive had up to 30 rats at one time, because i had honors zoology class and alot of the kids couldnt keep the ratties we raised and my rat Ziggy got knocked up and had 17 pups! ive also had small snakes, lizards, many cats, many dogs including a pit that i adopted, hamsters, tons and tons of fish, a scorpion, four fiddler crabs and this spring ill be getting chickens! :) maybe its not just the fact that rat owners have the same type of pets but more like if we love rats, we love alot of animals of all sizes and shapes?:)
 
#9 ·
I had a 'pet' bird, found it as a baby outside my house. I fed it by hand every day. Eventually it began to follow me everywhere. Its favorite spot was my shoulder. I loved it. Unfortunately it got sick one day and passed away without warning. :(

It was a burung tiong, very common.
 
#10 ·
I am new to ratties, but not so much to exotics. Currently I have a corn snake, a ball python and a bearded dragon in addition to my rattie girls. I've also owned Green Anoles, horses, a wolf-dog, a regular dog, cats, parakeets, Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches and other "weird" critters. I love it.
 
#12 ·
I think I agree, seeing as I've kept most of the list in the past myself. My favs are rats though, followed by mice and hamsters.
EDIT: My CURRENT pets are two cats, two dogs (Chiwa and Puggy), two rats(thinking of getting more) and a squirrel who lives outside, but I feed and follows me around our local park.
 
#16 ·
I'm getting 2 rats soon, but right now I only have a Golden Retriever. I love Pits, but they're just not the dog for me. Too tenacious. Too much energy. In the future I want to adopt a Greyhound or a Whippet. Maybe even a little dog. All and all though, in my house there are 4 pets right now. My dog Edgar, my brother's 2 grey female cats Neo and Koi, and my parents' Shiba Inu/Pomeranian mix Toby. Before Toby and Edgar we had a rescue Rottweiler/Lab/Pit mix named Pete.And up until October I had a Siamese