Sev (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} tropism) wrote,@ 2008-02-16 05:30:00 |
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The Greater NY Metro Area Has Sorely Disappointed Me.
I've been looking for rats again, lately; I want to get a few. I want to get rats from a good breeder, someone who knows what the hell they're doing and actually does things like keep pedigrees and breeding bad traits out of lines, and socializing the animals from birth.
I can't find a single breeder online within the NY Metro area. Long Island, the City, Westchester -- there's fuck all. I can't even find any rat shows in the area. There're no rat societies or clubs I can find in NY.
...Let me repeat that. I can't find a single active rat society, club, breeder, or show in NYC or on Long Island. In New York City or Long Island, for god's sake. Do you have any idea how hard a time I have wrapping my mind around this? Gah. Ten million people and not one of them's running a rattery and has a web page.
So -- since I can't believe that they don't exist, they probably do exist, and it is simply that I don't know about them. Thus, this post, which I know is a long shot. Anyone know of a rat breeder in my general area -- preferably within two hours of NYC or anywhere on Long Island -- that they can recommend to me? Or even rat shows where I can meet other people who'd know such things?
I've been looking for rats again, lately; I want to get a few. I want to get rats from a good breeder, someone who knows what the hell they're doing and actually does things like keep pedigrees and breeding bad traits out of lines, and socializing the animals from birth.
I can't find a single breeder online within the NY Metro area. Long Island, the City, Westchester -- there's fuck all. I can't even find any rat shows in the area. There're no rat societies or clubs I can find in NY.
...Let me repeat that. I can't find a single active rat society, club, breeder, or show in NYC or on Long Island. In New York City or Long Island, for god's sake. Do you have any idea how hard a time I have wrapping my mind around this? Gah. Ten million people and not one of them's running a rattery and has a web page.
So -- since I can't believe that they don't exist, they probably do exist, and it is simply that I don't know about them. Thus, this post, which I know is a long shot. Anyone know of a rat breeder in my general area -- preferably within two hours of NYC or anywhere on Long Island -- that they can recommend to me? Or even rat shows where I can meet other people who'd know such things?
