You know how with dog and cat food you can buy different types of food for different breeds and needs?
I could do the same for snake food haha.
Velour: For the snake who needs some extra roughage in his diet.
Patchwork (the hairless ones): for green tree pythons.
Silk: For snakes needing to be force fed and have the food slide right down.
Berk wedge blaze: For the snake who needs a flashing sign to find the head.
Hahahaha
I can't afford to be conflicted about it Sassquatch
Lots of hungry mouths to feed. I started breeding purely for the reptiles but later became really interested in the genetics behind producing all these colours, patterns and coat types, and how the genes interact and have different modes of inheritance. It is fun to be able to produce really cool looking ones and provide some friendly, healthy pets for people along the way. Rat people like to collect the different ones like Pokemon cards
Some of the rats I breed are quite rare or have taken me a long time to selectively breed. It took me over a year of selective inbreeding many many rats to produce dalmation rats like the ones in the photos haha. I saw a photo of some produce by another 'feeder breeder' and decided I wanted to make my own instead of trying to buy them. I started with plain white rats and got a tiny bit more black each generation. A lot of people who breed rats strictly for pets never get anywhere in terms of producing cool patterns, colours and coat types. Being able to breed hundreds at a time means I end up with all the cool stuff and it sure keeps my reptiles happy
If I have to breed a kazllion rats for my reptiles anyway, I may as well have a bit of fun with it! The cooler they look the better they taste?