I had a very large red tailed boa (Ramboa), he was 7 ft long so needless to say we had rats but never got to know them if you know what I mean.
LOL...........
yeah I belong to a reptile forum and most of them have rats but not as pets.
as for the harnesses, they sell them at most pet stores. I got mine at Petsmart. But they probably wouldn't fit a female. Mine are oversized, overstuffed males (think large softballs) and I still had to cut off the extra material on the fasteners.
But they do love going outside, even if it does mess with their allergies a bit (gives them bloody noses if out too long). I can't really let them out in the house b/c of the dogs and that they get into too much stuff. I have the giant plastic balls for them which they go in when I clean the cage but they are lazy and even if they are in the balls for hours they don't move more than an inch..........
....lol.
They also have a wheel in their cage but prefer to sleep in it rather than use it.
But I guess the males are more lazy than females.
I can tell you that my next ones if I get hairless it will be females.......
...lol. I don't need to see all their male parts hanging around.
But they have it made. I bought them a huge ferret cage about 6 mo after I got them to replace the 20L tank I had them in. At least they get some exercise going up and down the multifloors.
and b/c I never get to post pix of my rats (b/c most people think they're icky......lol) I'll post a few more:
But yeah, I want to see pix of the nakies!