I have owned rats for the last 4 years and when
I first decided that I wanted them as a pet I also knew I eventually wanted to breed them. When I voiced this desire to the rat community I was almost immediately shunned, with people condemning me as a backyard breeder and how could you bring more animals into this world. Apperantly the only people worthy enough to breed pet rats are the people with thousands of dollars and have been doing it for the last 10 years. If you think you want to breed rats no one will take you seriously unless you apprentice under one of the established breeders. Part of this is good rats have huge litters and there's a lot that are in rescues already but in some places, namely Dallas, Texas there are none of these responsible breeders around. So if you get into that hobby you really can't let anyone know because the top dogs of eat breeding and ownership call you out and no one wants to by from a bad breeder.

Now then what I've noticed within the herp, or atleast the Bp community is that not only do you help new breeders or people interested in breeding but no one seems to be all high and mighty calling out new breeders and telling them how awful they are. I do plan on breeding bps in the future, and I am very glad I've found this community.

I love my rats but I camt stand most of the rat people, they adhere to an incredibly high standard for their pets which is great. Unless you don't keep your pets to the same standard then you are a bad pet owner. I guess I just expected that with an animal that lives longer and costs more the snake people would be even crazier but you aren't and I'm really happy about that. So I guess I just want to thank you guys for being open and accepting of new comers.