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The Fancy Rat makes a wonderful pet for older children and grown ups alike. There are many resources available to the new rat owner to obtain their pet rat. Pets shops cater to the impulse buyer, but unfortunately most of their rats come from rodent farms without any background knowledge. Rodent farms do not breed for health or temperament, they breed for quantity and the kittens do not get handled or socialized. Their seems to be at the moment, unfortunately, a glut of rats in rescue. Not all of these are older rats as pregnant does often get rescued. Whilst there will be little background information on health and temperament for these kittens, they will have been well handled and socialized prior to being homed. There are also many registered Fancy Rat breeders and list of breeders and the varieties they breed is available from the NFRS by emailing breeders@nfrs.org. Breeders tend to breed for health and temperament and the kittens will have been well handled and socialized. Also family trees usually spanning 5 generations are generally available from most breeders too.
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