Would you get a pet rat?

I'm planning on getting one for Christmas.
Truth be told I was actually taking care of an orphaned litter of baby mice on top of going to school so I am still catching up from sleep.
They all passed away sadly. I had to be up every 2 hours sometimes for an hour or longer feeding them for about three weeks and they passed anyways one by one.

So as a reward I'm going to get myself my own ratty since I worked so hard to care for these poor babies😊