say it aint so.....

having well over 60 rats at all times you tend to have a soft spot for them. They get the same care my snakes do. Any living animal deserves the best care wither there just a feeder or not. I hate the mice. If i didnt have picky eaters that only took mice i wouldnt even have the mice

I find no conflict, rats Rock!

I breed high quality pet rats including blues, Himalayans, dwarf rats and Satin coat, velveteen coats and rex coats.
I sell rats for pets to pay for my feeders for my snakes.
It pays for rat food, rat bedding and puts a few bills in my pocket now and then too.

My 1 yr old male dwarf..
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...eVelvete-2.jpg
Black Self Velveteen...
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...14160Small.jpg
Blue rats in satin coat and Velveteen coat...
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...lueFemales.jpg
Adult Himalayan and a dwarf boy :P
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...3684Medium.jpg

Rats are cool when they're not pooping or peeing all over the place...also not too sure about a rodent dragging his junk all over everything. Does a higher quality diet limit the pee and poo? I'm just going off my limited experience with "pet shop" rats which I'm sure are fed the most cost effective food.

and hence the reason I have yet to switch to rats...oye:rolleyes:

As a kid I had them as pets and really have a soft spot for them. I know...I need to make the change as the kids are getting bigger. Just a little nervous for some reason.:rolleyes:

I use Mazuri rodent blocks and supplement left over veggies and fruits and such.
Quality of food doesn't neccessarily mean less pee and poo, but it means they aren't having the runs which does stink more than a well formed poo :P

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Originally Posted by sho220

also not too sure about a rodent dragging his junk all over everything.

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:rofl:

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Originally Posted by Chocolate Muffin's

No offense but Rats stink too much for my taste...if they are so smart, why can't they find a bathtub...eeek yick! :rolleyes::rofl:

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Hehehe, I help mine find a bathtub. :P They actually aren't too bad if they are litter trained though. I slap a litter tray in their cage and clean once a week. I get little to no smell until the 6-7th day and then it's very faint.

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Originally Posted by sho220

Rats are cool when they're not pooping or peeing all over the place...also not too sure about a rodent dragging his junk all over everything. Does a higher quality diet limit the pee and poo? I'm just going off my limited experience with "pet shop" rats which I'm sure are fed the most cost effective food.

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Rats will litter train and I haven't had a litter trained rat ever poo on me. On the other hand, if a rat loves you (male or female), it will mark you with it's urine. Just look at it this way, at least it's pretty much sterile. That and keeping hand sanitizer close by is a good thing. :)

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Originally Posted by Evilme5229

Don't feel bad, I right now have 4. 2 African rats and 2 Albinos. In my mind, as soon as one of them bite me, they are food. We even got them one of those maze habitat cages for them. They love it. My kids enjoy watching them. lmao, jp.

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"In my mind, as soon as one of them bite me, they are food" I said the same thing till my lil one nibble on my pointer finger and i had to laugh out loud! :D
i will feed my balls F/T for now on... im hook on butch N cassidy. made a maze for them with cheese at the finish line. :)

my favorite male outta the bunch. i also gotta take a picture of the light tan male and female rats that randomly popped out of no where. Going to breed them together when they get to the correct size.
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._3645494_n.jpg