hmm... well we dont have anything that eats rats here anyway, they have been pets for our family, but the number got so high so fast (we couldnt resist those cutie faces) that things got out of hand. now were up to 9 and simply dont have time for them all. i have one male we actually even had neutered so he could live with the girls, my husband bought him to breed so we could breed/sell hairless rats and because we didnt know his backround and we knew we just simply couldnt make money that way we had him fixed (a $9.99 rat became $59.99 over night) so he would of course stay.. i just want to bring the number down and rehome the girls that simply arent as friendly, bite us, exc.. just morally wanted to know if it was a mean heartless thing to do, even though i have great homes set up for them.