fella lookin for rats an mice

i was looking on dundeal an came across a man looking for mice and rats so me being me texd and asked him what he wanted them for sayin i had some an mite be intrested in leting them go 2 see wat answer id get back, so he told me he has a set up 4 them if i got his meaning an he works in a pet shop and breeds for his shop ,, there must be a shortage on pet shop food if they advitisin for rats an mice

Ugh - thanks for the heads up. I had an e-mail off someone recently who I told to shove it.

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this fella in wexford his name dylan

Aw not good. I know if I had rat babies I'd be careful they only went to pet homes. BUT what he's doing isn't awful, lots of people own snakes etc which need to eat rats/mice in order to survive at all ... Surely?

Of course, no problem with it really speaking - far prefer it to buying mass produced 'battery farmed' type frozen food rats... buuut, my big issue is with them also trying to break into the pet market, selling to petshops, on gumtree/donedeal etc, and also trying to get well bred rats subversively to breed bigger, healthier rats for petshops and snake food. Sorry - that drives me *insane*.

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Yeah I see what you mean. He should be clear from the beginning what he wanted the rats for at any rate.

I think I got a call from the guy you're talking about. He asked if I had any of the kittens left and when I said I was still screening potential buyers he asked if I'd think about holding him a male and female I told him I only gave them in same sex pairs and he was talking about how he had a barn for them. I just said I had a lot of names but I'd keep him in mind....I honestly don't plan to. It seemed shady to me. There's another guy (Jason48 I think is his e-mail?) who has e-mailed me several times asking for a female to breed with his male. I'm not sure why people think that's okay. I've pretty much interrogated every person who's asked for one of Kitty's babies and I'm still iffy in case they're lying to me. I kept reptiles (still have my beardie) but I was always very cautious to keep ones that would only need live bugs. I wouldn't feel right feeding rats or mice to them, but it's just a personal thing. I can appreciate a love of reptiles, they're beautiful in their own way.

i still have his texs he says in one of them he looking 2 put new blood lines in his rats ,

If anyone would like to pm me e-mail addresses and phone numbers and names of dodgy or suspected dodgy people - I would be most grateful - we're always being hounded (and lied to) by people like this.

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It is so important these days to be very vigilant and careful when dealing with people on the other end of the phone, email, or add. There are some rogue traders out there who would use any scam to get a few rats, and you will never really find out what their real intentions are. Keep asking the questions, or if you suspect something amiss, don't just answer email or text, or phone call, or message. The great tragedy is that they will go elsewhere. But be vigilant is always good in situations like these. Steve