I don’t think I’m usually much of a ranter on here but yesterday I was near where I got my first rats. They were former feeder moms from a smaller chain pet-store about 30-40 minutes from me and that location was GREAT about socializing the rats who were potential pets. Their set ups were not very enriching but that’s sadly typical of pet stores & I was willing to overlook that previously because it was clear that the pet rats got shoulder time with employees, lots of love, etc.
Well, that store moved across the street and I am so disappointed. The rat section is TINY, the “pet” rats were under socialized & panicked when they saw people, one of them has maternal aggression according to an employee, the feeder rats were filthy, and the store is almost solely tailored towards cats and dogs now.
It made me so sad to see the state that those rats were in, it was completely different from when I got my girls... it made me so sad that I even left a Google review expressing these sentiments, which takes a lot for me to do... guess I’ll have to find another decent petstore (and maybe work on my own petstore that actually encourages good husbandry and leads by example but that’s a dream for another day).
Well, that store moved across the street and I am so disappointed. The rat section is TINY, the “pet” rats were under socialized & panicked when they saw people, one of them has maternal aggression according to an employee, the feeder rats were filthy, and the store is almost solely tailored towards cats and dogs now.
It made me so sad to see the state that those rats were in, it was completely different from when I got my girls... it made me so sad that I even left a Google review expressing these sentiments, which takes a lot for me to do... guess I’ll have to find another decent petstore (and maybe work on my own petstore that actually encourages good husbandry and leads by example but that’s a dream for another day).