Should I buy two petco feeder rats as pet rats? Will they be viciously inbred, or with other problems? Also, how do they set up their feeder tanks? Can customers see the feeder tanks? Also, is it one of those things where there is no separation between genders, they breed like crazy, dead rats in the cage, etc. Or is it controlled, like they seperate sexes, and only breed to make more litters? Thanks for answers beforehand, this is important to me.
2007-02-06 09:39:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
If they are young, no problem! You can ask to hold the rats, most rats will not bite unless provoked, so you should be handle a few and see which one is the calmest.
The difference between feeder and pet rats is usually superficial (pet rats have nicer coats) they pretty much all come from the same kind of breeders and they interact with them the same (very little).
2007-02-06 09:42:25 · answer #1 · answered by kellis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want a pet rat you should buy a pet rat and not a feeder rat! I use to work for a pet store and they are feed mostly dog food and kept in large communitys and not handled. Pet rats come ussally from the same situation but are taken out when young and handled
2007-02-06 17:42:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get your rat from a reputable breeder. Even the petco "pet" rats are kept in bad conditions so I can't imagine what the feeder rats are like.
2007-02-06 17:46:14 · answer #3 · answered by t s 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have petco breeder rats for pets the ones they use to make more litters and theyll let you go back their just ask someone there not inbreed becaus ethey come from ahuge company so they proably never even met before they were at petco hope this helps
2007-02-06 17:47:36 · answer #4 · answered by sarah_see_123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a pet rat because they are cleaner.
2007-02-06 17:43:07 · answer #5 · answered by angelsloveslight 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋