Not for food

Lisa · 06-01-03, 01:37 PM

Here is our first litter of blues. we've had litters that have had the odd blue in them but this is the first one of all blues.

Beejay · 06-01-03, 01:55 PM

cute, what are they going to look like as adults?

Bj

Lisa · 06-01-03, 02:00 PM

Here's the daddy

and here's the mommy

RachelS. · 06-01-03, 02:39 PM

really pretty rats, but they still look like snake food to me

Lisa · 06-01-03, 03:53 PM

the blues are a little pricey for snake food. they go for $12 each compared to about 1-2 dollars for a normal rat.

unknownclown · 06-01-03, 03:58 PM

Wow thats crazy here they cost the same amount as the rest.

Outta curiosity what are you gonna use them for if they arent for food? Breeders or selling them?

Clownfishie · 06-01-03, 04:16 PM

Very cute! Congrats Lisa....

CyberGhost · 06-01-03, 05:16 PM

I want one I want to get some rats where I can breed them I want some hariless some blues some dumbos some albinoes where I can breed them for like super rats I can keep as pets or sale to my local pet store. And if I get ones That I don't like I simply feed them to my snakes. Does that sound cold hearted?

unknownclown · 06-01-03, 06:07 PM

Um you may be asking the wrong group of people here about that CyberGhost. I do that I keep my favorites as breeders and the ones that tick me off I feed off. I have no use for animals that tick me off... well scratch that I do have a use for them

My male who happens to be a blue as well will probably never end up being food since I and my daughter (mostly my daughter) have gotten attached to him.

What the heck is a super rat anyway?

CyberGhost · 06-01-03, 06:17 PM

A super rat is just my expression like I would breed the rats until I got the perfect one like a dumbo blue hairless that would be a super rat though I think thats impossible. But everybodies idea of the perfect rat is diffrient so it all depends. I know you feed most of them and only keep the ones you want but could't you sale some of the ones that ticked you off instead of using them as feed? Just a thought. I guess I will have to find someone else to sell me some rats.

P.S how do you write sale/sell is it sell or sale? I just noticed these two words sound alike and that I use them both for the same meaning, which ones right/write? wink wink

Lisa · 06-01-03, 07:11 PM

These go to pet stores for pets.

as for the sale/sell question

sale
noun
1. The exchange of goods or services for an amount of money or its equivalent; the act of selling.
2. An instance of selling.
3. An opportunity for selling or being sold; demand.
4. Availability for purchase: a store where pets are for sale.
5. A selling of property to the highest bidder; an auction.
6. A special disposal of goods at lowered prices: coats on sale this week.
7. sales
a. Activities involved in selling goods or services.
b. Gross receipts.

sell _
verb. sold, sell·ing, sells
verb. tr.

1. To exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent.
2. To offer for sale, as for one's business or livelihood: The partners sell textiles.
3. To give up or surrender in exchange for a price or reward: sell one's soul to the devil.
4. To be purchased in (a certain quantity); achieve sales of: a book that sold a million copies.
5.
a. To bring about or encourage sales of; promote: Good publicity sold the product.
b. To cause to be accepted; advocate successfully: We sold the proposal to the school committee.

6. To persuade (another) to recognize the worth or desirability of something: They sold me on the idea.

v. intr.

1. To exchange ownership for money or its equivalent; engage in selling.
2. To be sold or be on sale: Grapes are selling high this season.
3. To attract prospective buyers; be popular on the market: an item that sells well.
4. To be approved of; gain acceptance.

n.

1. The activity or method of selling.
2. Something that sells or gains acceptance in a particular way: Their program to raise taxes will be a difficult sell.
3. Slang. A deception; a hoax.

Hope that helps.

CyberGhost · 06-01-03, 07:16 PM

Yah, it helped, if those go to the pet store will you ever be selling some because I would love to buy them and theres no place around here to but them. PLz, if your going to start breding you should be able to get anothe litter ready for sale in 9-12 weeks. I want them as pets just so you know not as food.

Lisa · 06-02-03, 07:53 AM

shipping live rats isn't cost effective. not too many people are interested in paying 100 dollars for shipping a 12 dollar rat. As for going across the border there is also dealing with the USFWS. To LEGALY ship anything into or out of the united states you must go through that department, otherwise you are smuggling, even if you declare it to customs. Usually there's a $55 inspection fee. So you can see that shipping from up here down to Texas isn't likely to happen.