Two rats at the hotel. (Leanne Brydon via SWNS) By Douglas Whitbread via SWNS A pet lover has opened a ‘hotel’ at a popular British beach resort - for rats . Leanne Brydon, 38, is now offering beds to domesticated rodents at "Arlo’s Ratty Hotel" while their owners are on holiday.
The new business, situated in Blackpool, Lancs., will ensure that the long-tailed animals are given ‘five-star’ treatment during their stay in the seaside location. Leanne, who has kept rats since the age of six, set up the enterprise after experiencing issues finding somebody to look after her pets when she went away.
She can now offer lodgings to as many as 15 rats at a time in toy-filled cages, which sit in the back room of her three-bed semi-detached home Leanne Brydon, 38, with some of the rats. (Leanne Brydon via SWNS) Leanne, who currently has five rodents of her own, said: “I just absolutely love rats. I’d fill my house with rats if I could.
“People call them 'pocket dogs' because they are very much like a dog - just a smaller version. “They’ve all got their own personalities. They are very trainable.
You can train them to do tricks and things. They’re very clever, and you can build a bond with a rat. “I’ve got a large cage, which is as tall as me and can be split in half.
So I can have a group in the top of the cage and a group in the bottom “And having them here as guests, I do feel quite comfortable that I can recognize early signs of illnesses.” Leanne said r.