Plains rats

[mozi]

Does anyone keep plains rat? Only seen them for sale once in NSW and fell in love with them. Sold out before I got any....if people have them please contact me as I am looking for some and plz I would love to see any photos

 

[AM Pythons]

what do you class as a 'plain rat'.. colour..? these are super pew x a black normal...

 

[Nephrurus]

She means nice native Pseudomys australis, not nasty Rattus norvegicus.

-H

 

[wokka]

She means nice native Pseudomys australis, not nasty Rattus norvegicus.

-H

do they taste better??

 

[jacorin]

hahaha wokka

 

[dtulip10]

do they taste better??

a little bit more like chicken

 

[dottyback]

i keep them, great little things, aussie version of hamsters. not as prolific as hopping mice.

some of mine but none for sale for a few mkonths..

 

[mozi]

Hey they are really cute.....I have kept spinnifex hopping mice for about a year and love them to death....I thought yeah yeah I probably like keeping snakes better but I can't say that now!! I love their quirkiness and how there always into something...the sand is at one end one night and moved to the other the next!! Would love to get the plains rats if I could find them!

 

[diamondgal79]

they are cute! are they hard to keep?

 

[Nephrurus]

This species are almost extinct in the wild. They thrive in feral exclusion zones though like out at Arid Recovery at Roxby Downs.

 

[dottyback]

they are cute! are they hard to keep?

almost as easy as normal rats/mice! just need more room and better variety of foods.

 

[mcbuggsy]

almost as easy as normal rats/mice! just need more room and better variety of foods.

I have a few available now..........I know it's a late reply.

 

[bpb02]

Cute i could never see a rat as cute, to me all they are either pet food or pests.

Sorry to the rat lovers out there

 

[Brissyboy]

I love any native australian species gotta have aussie pride

 

[bpb02]

mate aussie pride and rats come on

 

[Brissyboy]

Native animals are native animals gotta fight the scourge of foreign pests.

 

[bpb02]

mate i lived in png for that long and i swear we had alot of these NATIVE animals over there but then again i am currently drunk as hell so dont quote me on that

 

[thezookeeper]

do you need heat lamps for these rats or spinefex hopping mice? and what substate do you use for both of them and do you keep them in tanks or cages? im thinking of getting some.

 

[mysstic]

photos Pseudomys australis

I can tell you, they are amazing animals! And very cute! I just got them recently. There are very few picture of them you can find on the net, so I am prepared to take a lot more and upload them soon.

 

[shaye]

Do the plains rats nd hopping mice smell as much as normal mice nd rats ??