Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today, we're discussing Hogwarts, Ron Weasley, and his pet rat Scabbers. More specifically, we're going to be dissecting WHY Ron was able to seemingly bypass Hogwarts rules and bring a pet rat to school.

Before any young witch or wizard heads off to Hogwarts, they'll need to make sure they run through their shopping list. We see this list referenced when Hagrid takes Harry to Diagon Alley for the first time.

"This shopping list includes all of the books and equipment you'll need for the first year of Hogwarts."

A shopping list is provided to all current and prospective students of Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, and outlines all of the school supplies that they will need for that year. For first years, the shopping list is sent along with their Hogwarts acceptance letter, for third years, it comes with Hogsmeade forms (a permission form required to be signed by a third year student's parent or guardian in order for that student to take part on the weekend trips to Hogsmeade Village), and for sixth years it comes with their OWL results.

The shopping list was created to help give students an idea of what they need for their time at the school, including things like books, robes, cauldrons, and the topic of today's video: animals.

Hogwarts students are able to choose between an owl, cat or toad to accompany them to school. This is very clearly outlined in the shopping list.

But right near the very beginning of the story, Ron pops up out of nowhere with his pet rat. Ron brings Scabbers to Hogwarts with him for many years, and presumably, Percy Weasley brought Scabbers along with HIM for years before that. Why was this allowed?

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