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One wonders about the formality of the phrase, "...doing their rattie thing" --Quincetessence

• I was thinking the very same thing. This too "The only problem would be if visitors fed them too many treats and they became overweight."

I changed the sentence that said "They are unrelated to Black or Brown rats". These rats are in the same genus so they are related. JeffStickney ( talk) 15:32, 24 August 2008 (UTC) reply