I know it seems like a good deed, but it really isn't. By purchasing him, you're aiding both the store and the shoddy breeder. Along with that, you're just opening up a space for 2-3 more rats to fill.
If you really want to rescue, go to your local Humane Society/shelter, or look aroung for local rat rescues. That's real rescuing; the adoption fee goes right back into helping more homeless, injured, and otherwise bad-off animals.
Along with that, it doesn't seem you're at all ready for this rat. He needs a proper cage, not a makeshift one
Along with that, you need to do a VERY strict quarantine since he's from a pet store. Do you know about SDA and Sendai? Rats NEED companions. They cannot live alone. It's not a simple option; if you can't house him with another rat, you cannot have him. Honestly, I don't see how taking him out of a bad situation and putting him in another bad situation will do him any good. Your friend sounds extremely uneducated about rats and what they need.
If you cannot afford a simple cage, how are you going to afford any vet care? Especially emergency vet care if it comes up.
If you're not strong enough to go into a pet store and completely avoid the animals being sold, then you need to not go into them. You may be "saving" one rat, but you're dooming many, MANY more and are also showing both the store, and the breeder, that rats are in demand and they need to be bred more.
Bad, bad idea. Please don't purchase pet store animals.
If you really want to rescue, go to your local Humane Society/shelter, or look aroung for local rat rescues. That's real rescuing; the adoption fee goes right back into helping more homeless, injured, and otherwise bad-off animals.
Along with that, it doesn't seem you're at all ready for this rat. He needs a proper cage, not a makeshift one
Along with that, you need to do a VERY strict quarantine since he's from a pet store. Do you know about SDA and Sendai? Rats NEED companions. They cannot live alone. It's not a simple option; if you can't house him with another rat, you cannot have him. Honestly, I don't see how taking him out of a bad situation and putting him in another bad situation will do him any good. Your friend sounds extremely uneducated about rats and what they need. If you cannot afford a simple cage, how are you going to afford any vet care? Especially emergency vet care if it comes up.
If you're not strong enough to go into a pet store and completely avoid the animals being sold, then you need to not go into them. You may be "saving" one rat, but you're dooming many, MANY more and are also showing both the store, and the breeder, that rats are in demand and they need to be bred more.
Bad, bad idea. Please don't purchase pet store animals.
