KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -Peter ‘Scabbers ‘ ‘Wormtail’ Pettigrew is Ron Weasley’s pet rat. He is an old, rather useless rat and Ron pretends to hate him, but he is secretly very attached to the rat. Scabbers used to belong to Ron’s older brother, Percy .

Detailed explanation-2: -Ron Weasley has his pitiful pet rat Scabbers with him from almost the get-go. This rat is brought with Ron to Hogwarts for multiple years, and presumably Percy brought Scabbers to Hogwarts when he owned the rat.

Detailed explanation-3: -Pigwidgeon is a Eurasian Scops Owl. In the Harry Potter books, Pigwidgeon is gifted to Ron Weasley from Sirius Black partly as an apology for taking away Ron’s beloved pet rat. Pigwidgeon is a tiny hyperactive owl that Ron is both proud of and annoyed by.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ron Weasley’s new pet Pigwidgeon. After Scabbers, Ron’s old pet rat, disappeared (having been found out to be Peter Pettigrew), Sirius Black, who felt partly responsible for Ron’s loss of a pet, sent him Pigwidgeon (nicknamed “Pig").

Detailed explanation-5: -Hogwarts letter: “Students may also bring an owl or a cat or a toad” So why was Ron allowed to bring a rat? It’s his choice tho lol ‘coz his brother gave it to him.