Lindsay,

Thanks. And yes, the rats are pets only. We are not going to use rats as feeders. I'm going to be using gerbils for food for my Ball Python. Our others will do fine on mice.

Tarantulas make great pets.

You only have to feed them about every two weeks.
They don't shed all over everything.
You don't have to walk them.
They don't smell.
They don't make any noise.
They don't crap on the floor.
They don't puke on the couch,
They don't take up much space (unless you have as many as I do)
Your friends don't ask you to take them out of their cages to hold them

......hey, kinda like snakes!


Thanks again,

Marcus