Quote Originally Posted by Kagez28
i am looking to get into breeding rats, and i have been looking for a pair of females and a male to start off. i searched craigslist, the one person i found gave me a email questionnaire, then wouldn't let me take them because i owned snakes. i told her they were not feeders, but for breeding, but this lady flipped out on me. next i try the local rat rescue which is right in my town. yea well they don't support herps, labs or pet stores, and need to do a home visit before adopting $20 a piece rats.

i really don't want to go to petco, but it's looking like i might have to. all i want i a male and a pair of females, they will never be eaten (just their babies) and when they are done breeding they will be nothing more then pets. why is this so difficult!!!!

any ideas?

It is a pain to find decent breeders from stores. I've gotten a couple from Petco that worked out fine but some didn't work out and were sick. It's hit or miss there.

A lot of stores in this area also only sell males, Petco is one of the only pet stores I could find that sells females, but they rarely have the large size. The medium ones are usually too small.