dumbo rex

Does anyone know where I can find a dumbo rex male, any color. I have my two females but I am having trouble finding a male.

I live in Kaufman, TX

Just make sure to not breed. There are already many, MANY homeless rats in shelters and rescues. The only people who should be breeding rats are people who have been mentored, and who have rats with AT LEAST a five generation pedigree.

If you want to keep both males and females, be sure to spay/neuter both sexes.

But those are homes that could have adopted homeless rats.

Even if the rats you are breeding seem healthy, you have absolutely no idea what's in their genetics and lineage - thus why breeding rats with pedigrees is so important. Everything needs to be taken into account. Just putting a male and female together is extremely irresponsible.

On a trip? What? I don't think I'm better than anyone.

Actually, I'm not wrong. Breeding just for kicks is morally wrong. You have no idea what kind of lives you're bringing into the world and what sort of ailments they might have to cope with.

You should read these. They explain breeding ethics. Don't just blow me off because you're defensive.

RFC - http://www.ratfanclub.org/repro.html
RMCA - http://www.rmca.org/Articles/breeding.htm
Rat Breeding - http://www.ratbreeding.com/

Uh, no, I'm just educated about rats.

At this moment in time, I am not a vet. It doesn't take a degree to be knowledgable and well-educated in correct care for animals.

What does my cage and how much it cost have to do with anything?

Yes, reptiles and other rat-eating animals need to eat too! But they need to be fed pre-killed, frozen rats/mice - NEVER live. It's traumatizing for the prey (obviously), and the predator can also get harmed or even killed.

If you're saying it's not what you want your animals to go to... why do you continue the process? Killing rats you bring into the world and then selling/trading them to reptile owners... why not just keep pet rats? Why do you breed and sell poor feeders?

You breed them so my rats/rescue rats don't become feeders? That makes no sense at all. There are hundreds, maybe even thousands, of places online and off that reptile owners can order pre-killed, frozen animals from. You don't need to be breeding feeders.

It's such a conflict of interest... how can you say you love rats, but kill them and trade their dead bodies to people? That's so heartless.

Because they're living beings. They're not property or things you can make money off of.

That attitude is disgusting.

First off rats are not ours to 'own'. We're lucky to be able to share our lives with them, and it's our responsibility to care for them in the best way possible. A rat is no more your property than a child.