[allyb]

hi,
i`am new
i have been breeding rats for a while and currently have 7 adults 3does and 4 bucks and i have 32 babys.

thought i would intro due them

MY GIRLS.

jewel is a fawn hooded as is shy girl
pearl is white with grey sloges on her back.

jewel had a litter of 8.
pearl then had a litter of 10 .
and shy girl had a litter of 14.


MY BOYS.

wolfie is shy girls son from prevous litter .but his huge. he is a brown fawn hooded.
dennis ,smuge and podge i got from a friend

dennis is a tan colour white underneath,
smuge is a VERY,VERY light tan fawn hooded,
podge is light tan fawn hooded

these are my new babys as i have just moved house so i got some new babys :lol:

thats bout it
i have lots of other pets
1 dog,
2 cats,
184 tarantulas,
2 scorpains,
4 praying mantis,
2 stick insects,
1 horse,

to name a few

ally.

 

[RFAdmin]

welcome to the rat forum ally... that's quite a large family you have there

 

[allyb]

HI,
YEAH AND THEY ARE ALL LOVE AND ALL HAVE PERSNALTYS OF THERE OWN. :lol:
WILL POST SOME PICS SOON.

ALLY

 

[Dawn]

Welcome....that sounds like a TON of work! WOW!

 

[gothicangel69]

Hey, i just joined here too and am also a breeder. Right now i breed standard hooded, but i am looking to get a male himalayan for my female. I want to try and darken the points on the himalayans.
What type of breeding do you find works best? Im thinking about trying inbreeding with my himalayan once i get a male. I outcross mostly right now with my hoodeds but am hopeing to develop a line soon.

 

[allyb]

hi

i`am also breeding the hooded for the colour varyations as these are more popluar round my area but i also have a breeding pair of dumbo s too( well comine on thurs can`t wait)

got lots of nice markings and colours on my hooded.

and most of mine are hand tame before they leave.
which when i sold a few to the local pet shop they were so impressed they want a regular stock of them.
i still go there every day and handle them.

ally

 

[gothicangel69]

Thats awsome. I work at a pet store, but about 90% of the rats there are bought for food, so i wont be bringing any of my rats there, lol.
My himmie is a dumbo. It would be awsome if i could breed a double rex himalayan dumbo. I love rexes!!

 

[allyb]

hi,



yeah i would love them.

so where u from ?

iam up north (england)


nice to meet some one as keen as me to try to stop breed ing food snake (i shouldn`t really comment i have snakes but they eat mice and chicks)

but i surppose it has to be done.
but i ask for payment for my rats there fore i know they go to good home.
other wise i would do it for free.
i breed for the pleasure and colour vairysions not for the money (god if i did that i would be bank rupt lol)



ally

 

[gothicangel69]

lol tell me about it, i just spend around $200 yesterday on two of my rats. One has a respiratory infection and the other has dermatitis, a repiratory infection, and something else wrong with his lungs.
Speaking of meds, time to go give them out, lol.

 

[gothicangel69]

oh, btw, im from Nova Scotia in Canada.

 

[allyb]

hi,
yeah i have recently lost one of my star studs but he was 5 bless him but i spent bout £150 on him to try to get him better.

ally

 

[gothicangel69]

Sorry to hear about your loss. 5 years is excellent though! The only thing about breeding rats is that if your lucky, you'll brake even, lol.

 

[allyb]

hi,

yeah i know that one.
i go though one large sack of rabbit food per week.
that dose my 33 rats nd one rabbit .lol

plus all the added extras.

they got a whole water melon between them today they loved it.

ally

 

[gothicangel69]

lol mine got watermelon today too, and some wet dog food as a treat.
What do you feed your rats? Mine get suebee's diet. It takes about $15-20 to make, and lasts me about a month. I only have six rats at the moment though. Soon to be alot more in 5 more days! I cant wait until Tequila has her babies!
I get 15lbs of rabbit food, and it lasts me about a month. Then again, i only use it on my 12lb flemmie, lol.

 

[blueratchester]

[hi i am knew to. I saw how many animals you have I have 15 cats, 2 dogs, 1 guinea pig, 3 hamsters, and 1 rat. 8O :lol:

 

[blueratchester]

I have a blue dumbo rat. My mom only let me get one rat.

 

[allyb]

hi,

wow 15 cats i only have 2.


i have lots of other pets
1 dog,
2 cats,
184 tarantulas,
2 scorpains,
4 praying mantis,
2 stick insects,
1 horse,
33 rats (at the min i have 3 hopefully pregnet does)


ally

 

[blueratchester]

most of our cats were wild and we partaily tamed them.

 

[Erose72]

Wow I thought we had a lot with 4 dogs, a cat, 4 fish, 2 hamsters and 15 rats lol. Can I ask the best thing to feed them on or the best things for weight gain as 2 of mine are a little thin x