Rat's nightmare

A random little doodle inspired by a conversation I had with about a super-cute little rat I fell in love with at the pet store last night. I give him maybe two days before he's somebody's dinner but I've already got a rat, so I couldn't take him. Wouldn't be fair to my baby. Don't get me wrong, I've got nothing against snake owners (snakes have to eat too) I just wish people didn't feed them rats. Go with hamsters or something. (Sorry to all those hamster owners, but you really should get a rat instead Much cuter, much sweeter) Sooo, SAVE THE RATS!!!


***EDIT: okay, I painted this absolutely forever ago, but I keep getting comments about keeping rats in pairs, so I'll Clarify! Rats absolutely should be kept in pairs or groups, so if you're getting some, get two (same sex, obviously!)- they play and cuddle together and it's really cute! I had a couple of rats at various points who I kept separately, even after I learned that they should be in pairs )one who was very sickly from the start and terrified of other rats, and one who was both extremely rat-aggressive and enormous, adopted from a biology lab) so I must have had one of those when I did this picture!!