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[edit] Fancy Black Rats?
What are the difference between brown and black rat for fancy? Out of better availability, is there some reason to favour brown rats? What are strenght and weaknesses of the black rat compared to the brown rat, when considered as a pet? Reply to David Latapie 18:55, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
- Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) has been bred for docility mainly for laboratory purposes for thousands of generations and this is where the pet and fancy rats come from. Ship rats on the other hand, have never been selectively bred for handling and are therefore basically wild and untameable, and make terrible pets. Ship rats have several coat colours in the wild, one of which is black, hence the name. In New Zealand, most, in fact, are not black 203.160.125.99 08:46, 22 June 2007 (UTC) John Innes, Landcare Research
