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If anyone knows of any reptile-friendly rat breeders near Northern California please e-mail me at annabellee904@hotmail.com. Someone who has fancys like siamese and blues but doesn't mind if the litters are culled.

Thanks!
Anna

Most rat breeders who breed for reptile food, don't try to breed anything fancy. Those rat breeders who do make siamese and other fancy rat breeds, most likely wouldn't be thrilled to know what happens to part or all babies in litters. My suggestion, check the classifieds in the exotic pets website (see link below) buy the kind of rats you want, but don't mention what will happen with unwanted babies. What they don't know, won't upset them.

http://exotichobbyist.com/

Thanks for the idea, and addressing the real problem. I live about 1/2 hour from The Rat Lady and everyone here is very PC about fancy rats. I want my cake, and I want to eat it too. I know there are people who've posted here that breed fancies and feed them off too so I wondered where they got their foundation stock. Most of the breeders online want a background check and some blood before they'll sell you a baby. I think if I don't tell them they will ask what I plan to do with 'em. Well, I plan to keep some as pets, sell some to a petstore and feed the rest to my herps which does not make the rat breeders all warm 'n fuzzy. I guess I am weird that way. I will search the ads and see if I can find one that doesn't want to hold my first born hostage until they know my intentions.

Anna

Some of those fancy rat breeders are a little nuts on that kind of thing!!!!
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Wade's Weptiles & Wodents

Thanks! I read some of their contracts and I kind of got that idea.

Anna

I have a some Siamese, and I'm working on the blues. They are feeders but I just got my new rack built so they are settling in. I'm in the south bay.

>>If anyone knows of any reptile-friendly rat breeders near Northern California please e-mail me at annabellee904@hotmail.com. Someone who has fancys like siamese and blues but doesn't mind if the litters are culled.
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>>Thanks!
>>Anna

Wish I could help you and understand the problem being that close to Debbie Ducommon. I breed hairless, hairless/dumbo, blue and siamese/dumbos......but I am in upstate NY.
Don't give up. I breed fancys for feeders because I can often sell extras as pets....for considerably more than I get for feeders. That, and they are cute as the dickens. Which is almost a bad thing as they are too cute to freeze off.
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Sonya

Thanks for the support. I am glad to hear that someone else had the same idea. I talked to my local pet/reptile store and they get some decent fancies. I have an agouti dumbo from them and they regularly get blues. Sometimes they get hairless but they haven't seen a siamese in years. I just hate buying from them and not really knowing what I am getting in terms of background and health. The thing is that I really do like the rats too. It is going to be harder than I thought to feed them off.

Thanks again!
Anna