ok since some people find it inconvienant to research and find out where rescues and such are....Im going to go ahead and look into purchasing a site to start a list that links to rescue sites with locations and contact info as well and other important info...so ill do some research on how much itll cost me and ill make a post later on...ill need some help finding info though

i never said they were advertised..my mother is an ACO so she is in contact with shelters and rescues..

but here is one site that lists a few rescues http://www.heartoftexasrats.com/Rescue.htm

1and1 and godaddy are some good places to start. They have cheap domain name/website builder packages. I know there are several breeder/rescue listings already, but most are light on rescues and heavy on breeders.

I can't really say if buying a feeder rat is "rescuing," but doing so wouldn't be my personal choice. Almost all my rats are rescues from Rattie Ratz. Most came from shelters where they would be euthaized if they didn't come into the foster system. I feel horribly for feeders, trust me, but whenever you buy a feeder rat, another rat replaces it. It's a never-ending cycle. As someone said before, at least live feeder rats have a chance to kill the snake before they.. you know. A rat being euthanized at a shelter has no shot unless someone steps in. And adopting that rat does not profit a large company that mistreats animals for profit. In an ideal world everyone would purchase rats from breeders, no one would hoard rats or buy them from pet stores, and snakes would all eat frozen prey, but since that's an unlikely reality I feel great rescuing rats from a great organization.

Again, I say. If you're going to go on about how easy it is, then why don't you volunteer to do a website for the rescues you're more than happy to complain about not having a website?

You're right, I know.

*takes a deep breath*

You have a point, mandycoot, but every logical thing we come up with, falls on deaf ears, and is retorted with glib know-it-all, oversimplified answer.  This person refuses to take a look at things from different perspectives, and is not contributing to the conversation anymore, so in my book, deserves to be treated as a troll.


Edit for:  I agree, in a way, it is worse.

Wow, I woke up and this hadn't been locked yet. Hehe.

I refuse to get into this debate and I have not read any of this word for word but I did want to point out that there is already a data bank of breeders and rescues...It is called The Ratster...  http://www.ratster.com/

So Chaotic...I wouldn't waste your time or money...It has already been done.  I think you time might be better spent offering to web host for rescues who don't have web sites or time to build them. 

I know I built mine myself but man did it take some time and it was a huge learning curve and my site is limited on what I can do since I do not know HTML at all.  But I managed and now I am pretty satisfied with my site.  I am sure other rescues are scared off by what it takes to build a site.

Staci

Wow, this is ridiculous. I"m not a troll, obviously--I've posted in other threads and been here for several weeks. I started in this thread because people were questioning the moral characters of those who make different choices than themselves, which isn't at all acceptable. But I guess none of you know anything about that, do you? I haven't been "contributing to the conversation" because I've been, you know, busy. I have classes, have been looking for work, and trying to find a car so I can go to work. So sorry that you have unlimited time to respond; not all of us do.

Seriously, you people are asking the same questions over and over. I can't make a website because I don't know even basic coding, for one, and for two, I spend my time divided between looking for work and going to college. I don't have time to sit down and do all my homework half the time, let alone make an entire website. I looked for rescues in my area: there's one an hour away that JUST got a website. The rest don't advertise, and frankly, the only reason I know about them is from being here. Now, every rat owner in the world doesn't have an account here, so how can you expect them to know about the rescues in the area? I hear you all complaining the people should be researching their options, well, if their options don't advertise, how can you expect them to know about those options? In an age so heavily dependent on technology, there is absolutely no excuse for not taking five minutes to post about a rescue on craigslist: its free, it reaches a wide range of people, and it involves no coding knowledge at all. Sorry, there's not.

Honestly, its like talking to a brick wall! I make a statement, someone responds, I respond, and I get: "Well, well, you're just LAZY!" We're not talking about me, we're talking about a concept, and personal attacks aren't cool at all. Nor is questioning my moral character, whether or not I'm a troll, or whether or not I care about my pets. Look through my posts: have I ever stooped to calling a SINGLE one of you a name? Or questioned your character at all? There are times when going to a rescue is NOT an option: as I said, I know my circumstances aren't like that, but there ARE people who have that problem. Ragging on them because they're "supporting the system" is absolutely ridiculous.

With that, I'm seriously considering leaving this "community." So, if you don't see me "contributing to the conversation" anymore, I've opted out of continuing to ingest this vitriol.

Don't have a clue why I'm bothering....

But shockingly enough, being a WASPy girl engaged to an Indian man - you'd be shocked at the abuse I get rained on me IRL.  Being a liberal in my state - I've had people follow my car honking their horns and flipping me off for no reason other than I have the state Democratic party bumper sticker on my car.


Then DON'T come preaching on how a rescue needs to have all the time in the world.  I'm sick with RA, I work 60 hours a week for pay, am a heavy volunteer for local and state politics, and I still manage to drag some time in (maybe not much, and not enough) to help out local rescue.  Usually it's just giving a rat or some rats rides 3-4 hours away.  But it's something.  I can't code a website, nor do I wish to learn how to.  But even I know the freebie sites aren't worth setting up.


You don't have to have an account to read here.  It's free to sign up here.  It's an early pop up for rats on most search engines I've found.  If GM isn't, RMCA is.


CL is not a good option for small animals.  Go look on CL and look at all the feeders.  Never mind all the "I'm sick of these stupid things, you can have the hamster cage they are living in also" that rescues take in time and time again.

So what.  I'm wrong, fine.  I'm usually called wrong and worse.  Want my life, I'll be glad to give it up since apparently I've got too much time on my hands or something.  YOU can hold the animals that are euthanized because they did nothing wrong other than be born in a society that feels living beings are disposable.  YOU can live with my sick rats who are sick because they were born to a supplier, but since they were sick, they can't be sold - by the way, try not to get attached, they are dead in a few months at this rate.  YOU are very very welcome to pay the cost of an e-section, turned spay that was nearly fatal to the rat.  YOU are very welcome to the world in which heck, it's only a xxx, we can get rid of it and upgrade.