Hi there!!

well...i hope i dont dont sound mean..but there are so many rats in
shelters..i dont understand the need to breed the poor things.....

people just dont seem to understand that animals...like humans..have
feelings...maternal feeling too...

when i first go a pair of mice..i thought i had bought two girls..but in
fact..one was a male..which was evident when my little girl had a litter of 12
babies...

and it is a heartless thing to seperate the mother from its babies without
need..to make a couple of bucks....

she was so protective of them.... ...whenever i took one away to inspect for
their health..she would come out of her nest...put her little paws up in the air
as if asking me to give her back..an not go back in until i put her back..then
she'd grab her by the skin of her neck and rush back into her little house with
her....it was clear to see that she was crazy about her little ones and they
were crazy about her...

one of them was so attatched to her mum..she'd be by her side
constantly...each day shed be out looking over her girl..like a tiny lioness
making sure they were safe...

and when she died a year later... her constant conpanion would squeek
mournfully...she refused to even play with her other sisters who would nudge her
and groom her to try and make her feel better...

so my perfectly healthy little lady died of a heart attack a day and a half
later after her mum..im sure it was of a broken heart...

so if i have children one day...i'll be sure to let my kids know that
animals..even rats and mice are not toys....but living..breathing creatures who
also have emotions...thats the kind of thing that would give me "delight"....

i think its cruel to keep breeding a poor rat and giving away her children
each time..leaving her with her maternal feelings...going through the pain of
childbirth..and then having it torn away..for a few dollars....

it would never happen in humans...they would never get a woman pregnant over
and over again and take away her child each time .......so then why do it to a
little defenceless animal??...

just think about that...

hope i havent offended you in any way...

Have a Great day

Kathy :)




James <OzScrnWriter@...> wrote:
My daughter Jamie - 8yo - have joined to gain more information about
successful breeding of rats. Jamie has just midwifed her third litter
and sold them to our local pet shop [at 4 weeks] where I am delighted
to say she has a waiting list of her friends from school and Guides.
Bathurst is becoming a very rat-freindly town with the under 10's!

Our main sire is approaching 18 months and has developed a loss of fur
and some redness under his chin - they are kept very clean and he is
in a separate cage except for mating? However, my daughter also has a
fancy guinea pig and a cockatiel. I am wondering about mites [we do
live in Bathurst but it is winter]or whether it's a function of his
advancing rat years. I haven't seen him scratching inordinately.

Any advice gratefully received.

Jamie & James







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