Buying A Rat

Buying A Rat: "The best place always to buy a rat is directly from a private or hobbyist breeder but this may not always be possible and therefore many rat owners buy their first rat from a pet shop.

The advantages of buying from a private or hobbyist breeder is that breeding has usually been carefully planned and thought through with regard to producing robust, healthy rats of good temperament. They are not the result of commercial breeding of mass numbers of rats. You will also have the opportunity to see the parents and know the date of birth of the rat you intend to purchase. Private and hobbyist breeders regularly handle their babies and so any rats they sell are used to being handled. Unfortunately the same cannot always been said for rats sold in pet shops that have come from commercial breeders."

Hobby breeders know best...