Stupid pet store!!

I Have three snakes now so I figured I'd start a small colony. I went to the pet store to get two large male and female rats. I get home and check and they are both females. How hard is it to sex rats if your a pets store owner?

lol... how hard is it for you to check before you leave?

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Originally Posted by Nate

lol... how hard is it for you to check before you leave?

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Haha touché. I figured she knew, I guess thats what I get.

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Originally Posted by womensitdown

Haha touché. I figured she knew, I guess thats what I get.

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Keep them any way. If something happens with one female, you always have another.

Thats what I was thinking but i still lack the much needed male.

If they're of breeding size and were in with a male, the deed is most likely already done.

Of course further deed doing would require the acquisition of a breeder male, but as of now, you may well be expecting.

Go get a pet friendly rat as they will let you hold him and check the sex. If I get feeders they won't let me go in the room to look them over. I had a feeder rat and he was a biter so bad I ended up killing him. has sex issues with mice though.

I had a similar thi happen JUST yesterday.
I asked the guy for a male mouse (I have a very picky BP) and he goes, "Uh.. I can get you a mouse, but I can't guarantee it'll be a male." I asked why (I always get male mice on request) and he said because he didn't know the difference... :no:
By the way, these are adult mice...so it REALLY shouldn't be too hard....
Needless to say, I rolled up my sleeves and got my mouse.

Hahaha I think that she knew I wanted to breed them because she asked me why I needed a male and a female. I told her I had picky snakes and she said that she had never heard of that. Then my girlfriend went and told her that the first snake I got from her (rookie mistake) was in fact a male. She asked how we knew and my girlfriend told her that i popped him. Then she started telling me I shouldn't pop adults because of "their muscle structure." I then told her I learned how to do it from pros who pop their adults all the time, and she said that was stupid. I couldn't believe she thought she was the expert her snakes aren't even taken care of right. I was upset.

Ugggg I hate it when people try to push their uneducation opinions on you!!