Finding a GOOD and ethical rat breeder, tips, tricks, and questions to ask.
In this video I discuss in depth how to find a good breeder to get your pet rats from.
This is a good video for taking notes I made sure the topics and questions pop up so you can write them down as you go.
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PLEASE NOTE: Discussion on pts, rat aggression and failure to thrive in this video. This content may bother or disturb some viewers. My point is to educate and that is AWLAYS my goal. So I’m so sorry if it brings up bad memories or bothers my viewers.
NOTE: I said Cdav in the video but it’s SDAV. 🤦♀️
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⏰Time Stamps⏰
0:00 How to Pick a good Breeder
0:36 Overview /explanations
01:38 Length of Time Breeding
02:10 Starter Stock
02:56 Rehome Age
04:33 In Person/Online Presence
05:22 Culling
08:27 Maternal Aggression/ Hormonal Aggression
09:55 Proper Terms and Color Names
11:05 Genetic Knowledge
12:18 Health issues in the Lines
13:10 Rattery Set Up/ Husbandry
16:11 Temperament Testing
18:20 Offering Breeders videos and Sound Clips of Kids Screaming
18:34 Hand Taming
20:16 Final Thoughts and Questions to Ask
22:50 AFRMA/NFRS Membership
23:37 What if they Answer Wrong?
24:07 Pet Store/Pet Store Feeders
24:28 Outro
Music: Bensound.com
Bedding Articles:
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1. Pine is concluded to not be harmful to the respiratory system, it had no effect of growth rate, food intake, oxygen consumption, or IgE antibody concentrations (which is associated with lung damage and allergens from working with wood)
2. Pine absorbs ammonia:
3. Testing the absorption of ammonia and other effects of multiple types of bedding:
The initial studies done on pine (the ones that caused everyone to believe pine was bad for so long) were done over 30 years ago and have been debunked by the more recent articles listed above. Specifically the first article used those old studies as it’s baseline, and disproved all the claims.
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Aggression articles :
Individual Variation in Aggression of Feral Rodent Strains: A Standard for the Genetics of Aggression and Violence?
From genes to aggressive behavior: the role of serotonergic system
Reduction in 5‐HT1A receptor density, 5‐HT1A mRNA expression, and functional correlates for 5‐HT1A receptors in genetically defined aggressive rats
Aggressive behavior and HPA axis hormones after social isolation in adult rats of two different genetic animal models for depression
Neurobiology of Escalated Aggression and Violence
Genetic analysis of different kinds of aggressive behavior
Phenotypic differences in behavior, physiology and neurochemistry between rats selected for tameness and for defensive aggression towards humans
Genetic Architecture of Tameness in a Rat Model of Animal Domestication
Genetic Influences on Brain Gene Expression in Rats Selected for Tameness and Aggression
Neural background of glucocorticoid dysfunction‐induced abnormal aggression in rats: involvement of fear‐ and stress‐related structures
Effect of 5-HT1B receptor agonists injected into the prefrontal cortex on maternal aggression in rats
Androgens and Estrogens Modulate 5-HT1A and 5-HT1B Agonist Effects on Aggression
