Avoid tap water! It's always best to give your rats drinking water. Sound expensive? It's not! Try buying the large containers of water with a spout from your local supermarket. The water is cheap, it's easy to refill drinking bottles with it, and it lasts a long time.

Why is tap water so awful? Check back soon for links to some great articles about this very subject. A great deal is known about the harmful affects of chlorine and fluoride on rats, since rats are the ones experimented on to discover more about ourselves.