sorraia- I know what you mean. Forums tend to pool the "extreme" individuals of any hobby. When I was on a cat forum it was the same way.

I would like to get into breeding, but if I do it'll be on a small local scale and I likely won't try to show, etc. Keeping rodents (and exotics in general) in my area is extremely rare, so showing would basically be impossible for me. i guess I would be classed as an evil "backyard" breeder when I do decide to breed. :p