Our rattery is breeding pet rats for health and temperament first and foremost. I also take into consideration our pet fancy rats confirmation in an attempt to improve the overall pet rat.
I have rittens in the house!!! (My Precious Little Pet Rat Babies!)
Click my breeding schedule link below to see pictures and additional information about my pet rat babies.
Click on this link to see a list of the planned litters for this year. If you see a pairing that interests you, you may request to be put on a waiting list for babies from that pairing. Sign up early to get the best selection.
What is a "hooded" pet rat and a "banded" pet rat?
A hooded pet fancy rat has it's entire face, including under it's neck all in one color. The color goes back behind their ears. They can have a headspot in between their eyes or forehead. They also have a stripe that goes down their back to their tail. The stripe is not any wider than half their back. The straighter the stripe and the less broken it is, the better quality they are for this marking.
A banded pet fancy rat looks just like a hooded except the stripe on their back covers most of their back and may even cover some of their sides. If a pet fancy rat has color all the way down their sides but it stops at their belly, they are known as the marking/pattern called Berkshire.
I do not sell mixed sexed baby pet rats to the general public, or brother and sisters. I only sell same sex pairs as I don't want any accidental breedings. I will however work with established ratteries with healthy out crosses. I require that the rattery have a minimum of two years of being in operation before I will allow them to have my breeding stock. This is because, in the past I've helped several people get started running their rattery just to have them close down within a year.
Usually if someone has run a rattery for two years, they've seen the life cycle of their animals, including the heart break of their animals passing on, and have decided they will stay with it. I need to protect my babies, babies, they are like my grand children and great grand children to me!
Unless otherwise stated I charge the following prices:
My pet rats are $15 each, or two of the same sex for $28.
I adopt out under contract. On the contract it will state whether the fancy pet rat you are purchasing is for pet only or whether it will be allowed as a breeder. Whatever my decision is in regards to this selection, I will give specific reasons of why or why not, they have been chosen as pet only or breeder quality.
Special Note: I will not offer any breeding stock to anyone I believe is producing them for wholesale uses or raising my lines offspring to be sold as feeder animals!
I would like to encourage the rat fancy and people interested in it and not discourage them, but even so, my main concern will always be the well being of my pet rat children. It is very important to me that every pet rat that gets adopted to a new home have a happy, healthy life after they leave my rattery. Therefore, I will only place my pet fancy rats into homes and environments that offer all the components that will make their little lives thrive. If there is any doubt of this happening with a perspective buyer I simply will not sell my pet rat to this person. That being said, if you want one of my pet fancy rats, be prepared to go through a series of questions. I will also want to spend time talking with you and getting to know you better before I make a decision to sell any breeding stock to you. I do not have anyone fill out a questionnaire, but I will ask the questions I need that are important to me, during our correspondences.
My main concern for the perspective buyer of one of my pet rats is, that it be healthy, tame and people friendly. I've been trying to develop lines with these qualities first. I don't breed for colors, I breed for markings and uniqueness, such as the perfect capped, bareback, or hooded, Berkshire or Irish. I have a long way to go to get to that level of "perfection." My fancy pet rats have to be an excellent human pet companion first and foremost, the show aspects I'm working on are just an added benefit of my lines.