Where to get new rats?

[Lupe]

I have 2 females and was throwing around the idea of getting a third female and maybe a fourth female (just got them a HUGE cage) but I want to get some different color/markings, the only ones I see in the stores around where I live tend to be:
1- solid white with pink eyes
or
2- brown/black/occasionally tan hooded with ruby eyes

[snakesRkewl]

craigslist

[Lupe]

I actually haven't seen many adds on there recently for rats, which is strange. There was a guy that was breeding feeders on there but I never got his info. Plus I want pets, not breeders (wellll maybe in the future) or feeders.

[snakesRkewl]

Love to help, but Iowa is a long long ways from Oregon

[Lupe]

Well darn I've been looking for "ratteries" in my area but can't find any.

[bokuza]

Make a post on craiglist. Contact local snake breeders.

[Quikcobra]

I woulda said CL also... But it seems hard to get females from a breeder now, Or the person wont sell them to you because you want to breed them or feed them... Just my experience..

[youbeyouibei]

Lupe, I just sent you a PM with the contact info for a snake breeder in Iowa. Not sure what part of Iowa you're located in but anyway...and also not sure if he raises his own feeders but if not I think he could put you in touch with someone that has rats. I think "Slitherinsisters" on here is from Iowa and she might know of someone out that way. Otherwise I know of a lady in the far northwest corner of Ohio that breeds/sells rats and most every other kind of rodent imaginable but I'm not sure how far of a drive you'd want to make? Anyway, hope that helps and good luck!

[Lupe]

I'm in the south west, pretty close to Omaha, NE actually. And I'm not actually going to breed them for feeders, I just have found with the 2 girls I have now I LOVE the little buggers

[youbeyouibei]

Hahahaha! That works. I was the opposite: I bought mine to start raising my own feeders and am thinking I'm going to keep a few of the dumbos...how many remains to be seen, lol!