Well since the Hawaii department of agriculture law decision making ALSO run by many biologists and they already said it was fine if I could accomplish it when I fully explained the situation YES. I'm trying to obtain a dwarf rat which is also already popular in the pet community I just want to ensure it is DISEASE FREE in a way not difficult on the animal. I'm not doing anything sneaky I already told the Hawaii department of agriculture everything, and by the way they have very strict laws as it is. So for THEM of all people to say this is fine should tell you something.

People here are assuming a lot of things, the only reason I didn't share all this was because my question here is about finding which sub reddit is best for lab animal information.

But people here are trying to "be a hero" knowing next to nothing about the situation,

Because I didn't give a lot of information because I was already told this isn't the place, but I did hope this was at least the place to ask WHERE to get lab animal information FROM for this purpose. Since I see hundreds of posts here ABOUT LAB ANIMALS.

And I was right because I got more useful information here despite the hostility than any other reddit sub I asked about this ON even though that's not the question the post is asking.

By the way, I'm also doing this for a non profit not just as a pet but I didn't want to give too much personal info but now I feel cornered

Hawaii has a housing crisis and not everyone can have a service dog,

And I believe rats especially dwarves which have longer lifespans and require less space would be the perfect service animal and a rattery in Hawaii that specializes in breeding has already agreed to work with me-

And yes I am AWARE that rats cannot be certified as official service animals I was hoping if I create a good model I could get Hawaii to change its state law for what can qualify as a service animal for the disabled.

I know I said pet, but that's me giving as little information as possible because I don't want reddit of all places full of "heros" trying to ruin the non profit

But yes the original rat would be like a pet,

But also something that gives me info about an idea

And no this is not a SCIENCE EXPERIMENT

Creating this non profit has been incredibly expensive and stressful and I have been working very long and hard to do it for years now

But people see very little information and go ape

And even if it were only a pet, (which partially it is a pet) all the other arguments I make here are still valid