Stupid pet store!!

[womensitdown]

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?

[Nate]

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

[womensitdown]

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

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

[Nate]

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

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

[womensitdown]

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

[wilomn]

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.

[rebeccabecca]

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.

[Corvid]

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...
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.

[womensitdown]

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.

[Corvid]

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