How many rat breeders raiising both food and pets?
I love pet rats! No longer have the need to raise feeders myself but recently found it VERY difficult to find a couple rat babies as pets. I'm wondering how many people that are raising rat feeders also keep them as pets? The pet breeders are getting what...... maybe 2-4 litters a year and I know the feeder breeders are producing a heck of a lot more than that so am thinking that the feeder breeders are probably winding up with a lot more unusual colors and markings.
I'm considering setting up some rats to breed pets with leftovers being frozen for food. How do you find starting colorful rats for your breeding groups?
Re: How many rat breeders raiising both food and pets?
I used to breed quite a few rats, and none of them were pets. Some of the babies were pretty cute though. Occasionally I would get some with some pretty cool colors / patters.
Your best bet is probably go to a large rat breeder, and pick out specific ones.
Re: How many rat breeders raiising both food and pets?
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womsterr
I sold 2 pet rats this week. double rex velveteen dumbos. Paid for 1.5 months of rat food!
Im starting breeding rats this weekend!! My question is where are you finding your rat feed? I heard that Mazuri 6f is best!!:cool:
Re: How many rat breeders raiising both food and pets?
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Simple Man
The best money is on Craigslist if you have nice rats. Rat people will flock to them but they can be weird fickle opinionated people so careful with the whole breeding as snake feed angle. The pet store works in an overproduction crunch but expect to get 1/3 or less than Craiglist since the pet shop has overhead.
I never see pet rats for sale on CL. I only see people giving them away with cages. Sometimes there's a rehoming fee. It must be the area I'm in. It seems like there's a lot more interest in rats as pets on the west coast.
Petsmart is the only place near me that sells "fancy" rodents. Each store limits their stock to all males or all females. They will not buy rats from a local breeder.
How much is "pet" going for on CL? Can you "sell" pets on CL or must it be listed as an adoption with a rehoming fee?