Unite!
There is no better way to learn about rats than to meet and exchange ideas with other rat owners. This can be done in a number of ways - joining a rat club where you can experience the joys of rat shows and often a rat magazine or newsletter; or visiting a message board where you can post questions, ask for advice, share your pictures and talk with others who understand the obsession.
Online Message Boards
Rats Rule! Forum
Rodent Fancy's Forums
Rat Palace's Forums
Yahoo Group RatList
Yahoo Group North East U.S. Rat Lovers
Rat Clubs
USA Based Clubs
The Rat Fan Club - An international club, but meetings seem to be mostly in California. Members recieve a monthly newsletter.
American Fancy Rat and Mouse Association - An international club who holds several shows in S.California but there are chapters around the nation. Members recieve a magazine every two months. {S.Texas Chapter}
Rat and Mouse Fanciers for Excellence - An international club based in Illinois but has some chapters throughout the nation. Members recieve a quarterly magazine subscription.
Rat and Mouse Club of America - Chapters in different parts of the USA. Members recieve a bi-monthly magazine.{So.CA Chapter, Bay Area CA Chapter, New England Chapter, Midwest Chapter, Great Lakes Chapter}
Rat Lovers Association - Southern California based.
Rat, Mouse, Hamster Fanciers - An international club, most events held in the San Francisco, CA area. Members recieve a bi-monthly newsletter.
RAT Association of Texas - Members recieve quarterly newsletter
Rat Association of Southwest Missouri
Kansas Rat Club
American Rat, Mouse & Hamster Society - San Diego based. Members recieve quarterly newsletter.
Pioneer Rat and Hamster Society - Based in the Midwest. Membership discount to AFRMA members.
UK Based Clubs
National Fancy Rat Society - UK based rat club with members all over the world. Members recieve a journal subscription every two months.
London & Southern Counties Mouse
and Rat Club - London based rat club.
North of England Rat Society - Members recieve a monthly magazine.
Midlands Rat Club - For those forgotten rat people in the midland area of England.
The Scottish Rat Club
The Rabbit and Rodent Fanciers Connection - On a special crusade to get dumbo rats to the UK - Special section: Dumbo Rat Fan Club
Austrailian Based Clubs
Austrailian Rat Fanciers Society - Austrailian based rat club with chapters throughout Austrailia.
New South Wales Fancy Rat and Mouse Club - Members recieve a bi-monthly magazine.
Austrailian National Rodent Association
West Oz Rat Fanciers - Members recieve a newsletter subscription.
The Australian Mouse and Rat Information Service - Subscribers recieve a monthly newsletter.
Other Country Based Clubs
CANADA
The Canadian Small Animal Club
BELGIUM
RAT Belgium - Members recieve a club magazine subscription.
GERMANY
Club de Rattentreunde CH
World Wide Rat
Rattenzuchtverein in Deutschland e.V.
FINLAND
Finnish Fancy Rat Society - Members recieve a subscription to their newsletter
Finnish Rodent Society
NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand Rat Club
SWEDEN
Swedish Rat Society
DENNMARK
Danish Pet Rat Association
HOLLAND
Vlaamse Vereniging voor Ratten Vrienden
Internationale Ratten Fokkers/Fanclub