It's just that feeder rats looks a bit sickly and I wouldn't think anyone would be interested in buying them as pets. If they are not going to be fed to my BPs, I'd sell them as pets.

Quote Originally Posted by sorraia View Post
Is there any particular reason you think you can't sell them as pets if they are inbred? Most rats out there are inbred or linebred to one degree or another. Your average pet owner may or may not care either, depending on their outlook. Someone who would just as soon buy a rat from a pet store is probably not going to care about the family history if you don't bother telling them. Someone who is looking for something more "specialty" may want more information and may or may not want to buy rats from if you are breeding for food any ways. But inbreeding in and of itself isn't going to necessarily turn people away, especially if you are able to explain why it is done and how it is helpful. I bred pet rats for 10 years, did do linebreeding and inbreeding, and rarely came across anyone who had a problem with it.