"kingrattus I am sorry your mom did that but your post irritates me. You were breeding rats? For what, feeders? If not feeders, what pets? Rats are NOT breeding stock to be bred whenever someone wants babies etc. they are animals and should be treated with respect. They are not "stock" and every one of my breeders is a pet way before a breeder, some breeders I don't even breed!..........."
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Yes I was breeding them for feeders, not pets... & where did I say I didn't treat them with respect?? hmmm?? they had good food, plenty of water (4 bunny water bottles) A 2 story cage 4'X2'X3' (LxWxH)... they had shredded paper, grass & leaves as bedding, a huge wheel to run on, a bouncy ladder I made, boxes to hide in & eat, a farret run around ball, they never had to step in their waste, they had other good rats to play with & people...
I also don't recall calling then "stock" EVER!!!! The ones I called pets were the only friendly rats, because I got them when they were babies... the rest were either rescued from poor homes or bought as adults & were untamable... but I breed them all even my pets... & they wern't having litter after litter after litter.. why do u think I had so many of them? I gave them turns & the avg litter I got was 15-20 & that was plenty/month. I even used the rats as education.. I would take a pregnate one & lend it to the eleamentary schools & to kids who wanted to watch & learn how to care for a rat (I gave out my simi tame ones in hope they would turn more tame which they did, but only to the darn kid they were with & I kept tabs (calling every couple of days & seeing them once a week) on them & a couple of weeks after the babies were born I took them back)
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"Perhaps you should report your mother to the Humane Society."
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Why didn't u report ur husband to the Humane Society!!!???

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" How did your rats die? Did she literally kill them by hurting them or by not feeding them?"
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Why did u only give me 2 options?? harm & starvation?? 3 were sent to the vets to be destroyed & the rest were dumped.
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"If you knew she did that to your kitten why would you leave animals in her care? "
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Because I had no choice!! I was told I could bring my rats with me when I went to college & the week before I was ready to move the landlord changed her mind!! I tried for the whole week to find a friend who would take them, but all said NO! & then I tried pets in 2 cities & 2 towns & they all said NO!! I had 2 last options KILL THEM or trust my mom with them during the week & I'll care for them on weekends. For the 3 months they were partly in her care I still called around to see if I could find homes for them...