Find out what rats are like as pets and what care they will need. Information is provided on housing, feeding and grooming and other essential elements of pet care. Learn all about rats with advice from how to choose the right breed and find the right cage, to keeping your rat happy and healthy. Also included are amazing fact files about specific breeds. Fantastic photographs bring the animals to life!

 

This book is part of a book series called The Pet To Get .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Hachette Children's Group .

Rob Colson is an author and editor of a wide range of books for children and adults, including many natural history, maths and science titles. His previous titles as author include Ultimate Cars, Ultimate Machines (Wayland); Super Science (Franklin Watts); Bone Collection: Animals (Scholastic), and Puzzles, Conundrums and Enigmas (Parragon).

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Why A Rat?
• 2: The Right Rat
• 3: Rats In The Wild
• 4: Fancy Rats
• 5: Moving In
• 6: Playtime
• 7: Dinnertime
• 8: Great Mates
• 9: Out And About
• 10: Staying Healthy
• 11: Seeing The Vet
• 12: Rat Shows
• 13: Growing Old
• 14: Glossary & Further Information
• 15: Rat Quiz