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Livy

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So I've never dealt with a breeder. All animals I've gotten have been rescue animals. The area I live in does have have shelters but it's so rare to find rats on them and when they are available, they go fast. The shelters near me CAPS, ASPCA, Houston Humane Center don't have waiting list so it's even less reliable to get my rats through a rescue. There are other rescues near me but these rescues dub as animal control as well and from the times I've been there they don't have any small animals at all. A rat rescue would be soooo much easier but the nearest one to me is all the way in Austin! Not to mention I don't think my parents would be willing to drive all the way for Austin for some rats. My next option is a breeder (which I have found one near me) the only problem is I don't know what to expect? My question is: What question should I be asking the breeder? What should I expect from the breeder? How should the breeder's rats cages be set up? I'm really hoping she's the ticket. There's so few rats available in my area. Even craigslist only gave me 3 or so choices that wasn't (a. out of the price range I promise my parents. (b. wasn't a hour or more away or (c. wasn't showing a picture of a snake breeder looking for feeders.
The only option I have left is adopting from a pet store which I'm very slow to do.
 
This is a rat rescue forum and we do not support the breeding of rats
We promote the adoption of rats from shelters, rat rescues or rats being rehomed
we do not support the sale of rats in stores or by breeders
You are welcome on this forum but if you want to discuss finding a breeder there are many other places on the internet where you can do that
Please see the forum rules in the reference thread https://www.ratshackforum.com/threads/reference-thread-read-only.35894/

Please remove the previous posts.
or delete what you have written and change the name to something like red flags to watch out for regarding breeders (I am not an admin)

Also there is a post on things to consider when adopting rats that might be helpful: See the reference thread https://www.ratshackforum.com/threads/reference-thread-read-only.35894/

Edit: it would be helpful if you added the country, and province or state where you live to your profile
 
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This is a rat rescue forum and we do not support the breeding of rats
We promote the adoption of rats from shelters, rat rescues or rats being rehomed
we do not support the sale of rats in stores or by breeders
You are welcome on this forum but if you want to discuss finding a breeder there are many other places on the internet where you can do that
Please see the forum rules in the reference thread https://www.ratshackforum.com/threads/reference-thread-read-only.35894/

Please remove the previous posts.
or delete what you have written and change the name to something like red flags to watch out for regarding breeders (I am not an admin)

Also there is a post on things to consider when adopting rats that might be helpful: See the reference thread https://www.ratshackforum.com/threads/reference-thread-read-only.35894/

Edit: it would be helpful if you added the country, and province or state where you live to your profile

I've removed my previous post. Thank you for informing me!
 
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