Literature

This section will feature all the best rat related books out there. From care guides to diet and nutrition, the best buys to read can be found here.

Pet Rat Care

Author: Zoe Lumour

Buy now on Amazon

Very highly recommended reading for both new rat owners and experienced homes. This collection of year’s worth of knowledge from a dedicated breeder as well as a keen rat owner covers nearly every aspect of rat keeping. This book will for sure teach you how to be the best possible keeper for your rats.

If you would like to know more about this book, please visit Azuline Rattery Page Here for more details.

The Scuttling Gourmet

Author: Alison Campbell

Available on Amazon

A comprehensive and practical resource for feeding and nurturing your pet rats. Author Alison Campbell draws from her years of research and experience and provides a detailed guide on everything you need to know about rat nutrition including meal planning, health and wellbeing, homemade rat food and much more.

If you would like to know more about this book, please visit Shunamite Rats Page Here for more details.

A Surprise In The Woods

Author: Ashley Hayward

Available at Mischief Made

Available on Amazon

“Why hello there, my name is Lox and this is my story. My life started out in a small cage, with boring food and no toys to play with. Then, the best worst thing that could ever have happened, happened. I was dumped in the woods and somebody very special found me. Golda is the most enthusiastic little girl I know, I will admit that I do not know too many although, and she loves rats like me. Yes, you heard that right. I am a fancy rat, in more ways than one.”

Ashley Hayward makes her debut with a love letter to her younger self and the humble fancy rat who changed her life for the better.

The Ultimate Guide to Rat Training

Author: Esther Minic-Rosenthal

Available on Etsy

Rats are incredibly intelligent and curious animals and require lots of enrichment – there are many ways to provide this, but one of the best ways is through trick training. Trick training allows you to engage and bond with your rats, while helping to boost their confidence in you and the environment.

In this training book you will find over 35 individual trick tutorials, plus information on how to put together and build your own rat agility course. With a little patients and some practice you can train just about anything, and this book will help you get started on your training journey.

My Gender is Rats

Author: Piper Strange

Available on Amazon

… Why is that so relatable?!

This book is for anyone who is secretly 20 rats in a trench coat, desperately trying to navigate modern life. Outspokenly queer, honest and chaotic.

My Gender Is Rats is a collection of comics previously published online by Piper Strange Art, all about the ups and downs of pet ownership, from getting peed on, to having your own personal miniature dentist. It’s also about being non-binary, because you can’t get out of that when the author is a non-binary potato.