For the most part no, but I have sold several rats to adults who aquire the animal for their children as a present and let me tell you these animals are just spoiled rotten. I used to never sell to children but I have since changed my mine, especially after a recent adoption. Of course, my adoption agreement also says that if the person is ever unable to keep the animal it comes back to me and is never to be taken to a shelter. My last family just adore their new fur-children. These parents know beforehand the responsibility of owning this type of pet and that they must care for the animal if their child should lose interest. Most of the time though with rats that is no problem at all, never ever had a problem with that because the parents always steal the rat away lol. My last lady adopted three ratties from me and I tell you, they are her children and family and the kids are just so in love with them.
Edit- To make myself clearer in the above comment about never selling to children and have sinced changed my mind, I meant that before I would never sell to an adult for their children, but now I know that these families can really adore their furchildren and if they take the resposibility to read up and study them than I have no problem with it, as long as the parents know what they are getting into. In my adoption info page all children MUST have their parents talk to me first etc. but I have never had a child contact me, it has always been the parents......and it always seems that they want the animal more than the children do.
There is one person I would buy a pet for, and that is my mother as I know her devotion to birds and I know how badly she has wanted a male to use for breeding for her female tiel. We used to breed and out tiels were her passion. My mom would never in a million years get rid of any of her birds, she loves them more than us!
You can visit my Refrences page to see the family enjoying their new ratties.
http://www15.brinkster.com/luckies4me/Refrences.html
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