First, I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!
As for Rodere, we have paired our first couple. Right now they are doing more cuddling than anything, but we're giving them their space for now, to let them get to know each other. We have several ratties already reserved from that litter, so the list will soon be closed. If you check back and the list is closed, you can wait until she has the kiddos and watch for availability. If there are more than the previously reserved number, I'll let everyone know.
We have another upcoming litter in it's planning stages. The potential mother, RH Fluer of RRR, is still young and maturing. She'll be 6 months old in March, so we're planning it for around that time period. The potential father is RH Jericho of RRR. He's a big squish who loves to brux and boggle. He is not quite a year old yet and seems to be a good candidate for the match.
I hope everyone enjoys the holidays. I know I enjoyed shopping for my ratties way too much. But I think they'll enjoy their gifts. Have a good time!
Monday, December 24, 2007
Sunday, December 2, 2007
December already?!
Our new arrivals are still settling in. They were a bit scared after the ride home, but seem to we seem to be earning their trust. Jericho is a big squish. He'll let me turn him over on his back, rub his belly. Or he'll just sit in my hands and look at me, with his ears twitching back and forth. He still doesn't seem to know quite what to think of us, but he's coming around.
Tonks and Fleur are rotten little girls. Always on the move and checking things out. We tried to share our thanksgiving dinner with them, but I think they were more afraid of the turkey leg than interested in eating it. But we did find the way to their hearts..... chocolate! lol Figures, two girls who love chocolate. Who woulda thought? Of course, the sugar rush afterwards was quite comical as well. We tried to take some good pictures, but Fleur absolutely freaked when the lens turned and focused on her. I think it's the noise that scared her. I've never seen a one try to flee to quickly from the photo shoot.
As for MacKenzie, she's still a little perterbed at the move, but each day she improves. We can hold her and talk to her, run her cheeks and her ears. But after a while, she decides she's had enough and won't hold still. She usually wriggles out of our hands and goes back to her cage, to her igloo. Maybe we should try the chocolate with her. =~.^= I think she'll be more comfortable once she's out of quarantine and can be introduced to our other girls.
Tonks and Fleur are rotten little girls. Always on the move and checking things out. We tried to share our thanksgiving dinner with them, but I think they were more afraid of the turkey leg than interested in eating it. But we did find the way to their hearts..... chocolate! lol Figures, two girls who love chocolate. Who woulda thought? Of course, the sugar rush afterwards was quite comical as well. We tried to take some good pictures, but Fleur absolutely freaked when the lens turned and focused on her. I think it's the noise that scared her. I've never seen a one try to flee to quickly from the photo shoot.
As for MacKenzie, she's still a little perterbed at the move, but each day she improves. We can hold her and talk to her, run her cheeks and her ears. But after a while, she decides she's had enough and won't hold still. She usually wriggles out of our hands and goes back to her cage, to her igloo. Maybe we should try the chocolate with her. =~.^= I think she'll be more comfortable once she's out of quarantine and can be introduced to our other girls.
Monday, November 26, 2007
They're Here!
After about 10-11 hours driving, we finally have our RaffinHouse ratties! We are absolutely thrilled and estatic to have these wonderful guys with us. We want to thank Tony at RaffinHouse Rattery for getting this all worked out. After over a year of disappointment, we have finally been able to adopt beautiful pedigreed ratties that should make a wonderful start to our rattery.
We adopted three females and one male. We have a pearl self teddy rex dumbo female, a black self teddy rex dumbo female, and a platinum berkshire standard ear (carrying dumbo). They are potential breeders. Unfortunately, the third female, a Burmese, comes with a non-breeding contract that we will honor. But her personality is so great, we don't regret in the least signing the contract. She is well worth it.
I also want to thank Silver Fuzz Rattery for agreeing to let us adopt one of their rats from RaffinHouse. SFR MacKenzie of RH has now come to live with us. MacKenzie is a beautiful Black Teddy rex self dumbo. She was named after a river in the Amazon. The pearl will be named Fleur and the burmese will be named Tonks for my fiancee's love of the Harry Potter series. We have also named the Platinum boy Jericho, meaning Shard of the Moon (for his color).
Once they are out of quarantine, we are likely to pair SFR MacKenzie of RRR with Dobbie of RRR.
We adopted three females and one male. We have a pearl self teddy rex dumbo female, a black self teddy rex dumbo female, and a platinum berkshire standard ear (carrying dumbo). They are potential breeders. Unfortunately, the third female, a Burmese, comes with a non-breeding contract that we will honor. But her personality is so great, we don't regret in the least signing the contract. She is well worth it.
I also want to thank Silver Fuzz Rattery for agreeing to let us adopt one of their rats from RaffinHouse. SFR MacKenzie of RH has now come to live with us. MacKenzie is a beautiful Black Teddy rex self dumbo. She was named after a river in the Amazon. The pearl will be named Fleur and the burmese will be named Tonks for my fiancee's love of the Harry Potter series. We have also named the Platinum boy Jericho, meaning Shard of the Moon (for his color).
Once they are out of quarantine, we are likely to pair SFR MacKenzie of RRR with Dobbie of RRR.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Happy Thanksgiving!
I just wanted to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving! The boys and girls of RRR are currently enjoying some Turkey Rice baby food, mixed in Multi-grain baby cereal and a whole plate of fruit. It looks like a circus in there! Everyone's got sticky or mushy hands.
I want to give thanks to a few people. First to Tony of RaffinHouse for mentoring me and letting me adopt 4 wonderful rats from his lines.
Next, I'd like to thank my family for supporting me in this and offering to help me spoil every ritten that we breed at RRR.
Also to my fiancee, Patrick, for accompanying me this weekend and driving to and from Fremont OH to pick up our pedigreed girls and boy. He's paying quite a bit of it too and using his vehicle, so he deserves a pat on the back! Even though at least two of the girls are for him lol
And of course to our wonderful adopters on our waiting list, who have been so patient with us while we worked to get our first breeding pair. We appreciate the vote of confidence and hope to live up to your highest expectations with every litter!
Everyone have a very good Thanksgiving and be sure to have a good time with your family.
I want to give thanks to a few people. First to Tony of RaffinHouse for mentoring me and letting me adopt 4 wonderful rats from his lines.
Next, I'd like to thank my family for supporting me in this and offering to help me spoil every ritten that we breed at RRR.
Also to my fiancee, Patrick, for accompanying me this weekend and driving to and from Fremont OH to pick up our pedigreed girls and boy. He's paying quite a bit of it too and using his vehicle, so he deserves a pat on the back! Even though at least two of the girls are for him lol
And of course to our wonderful adopters on our waiting list, who have been so patient with us while we worked to get our first breeding pair. We appreciate the vote of confidence and hope to live up to your highest expectations with every litter!
Everyone have a very good Thanksgiving and be sure to have a good time with your family.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Just a Hair's Distance..
We will be going to pick up three pedigreed does and one pedigreed male from RaffinHouse on Thanksgiving Weekend. We are very excited to be making such plans. We'll finally get things going and start working towards our first litters.
Our first litter may be as early as late January. The oldest of the girls, who is of breeding age, may be paired with one of our resident boys, Dobbie. We want to get to know her some first. From that breeding, we hope to begin the foundation of our own line. This will be done under strict supervision with our mentor and if any problems arise with the line, it will be discontinued immediately. Dobbie is nearly two years old, with no problems to date. He came from a breeder, but not one with ethics we would stand by. However, his family line was bred specifically as pets, so good temperament runs in his family. They are most likely going to be black marked dumbo babies, half being rex and the rest being smooth coat. Other colors may pop up, depending on what Dobbie carries.
The first several generations will be pets only and will come with a non-breeding contract. It is also extremely important that adopters keep in contact with me so that the health of the line can be monitored. I could not be certain if the line would be improving if I don't have feedback on the majority (or better yet all!) of the resulting kittens. Keep in mind, it is still not a for-sure breeding. We'll just have to see. Announcements will be made if we are going ahead with those plans.
Our first litter may be as early as late January. The oldest of the girls, who is of breeding age, may be paired with one of our resident boys, Dobbie. We want to get to know her some first. From that breeding, we hope to begin the foundation of our own line. This will be done under strict supervision with our mentor and if any problems arise with the line, it will be discontinued immediately. Dobbie is nearly two years old, with no problems to date. He came from a breeder, but not one with ethics we would stand by. However, his family line was bred specifically as pets, so good temperament runs in his family. They are most likely going to be black marked dumbo babies, half being rex and the rest being smooth coat. Other colors may pop up, depending on what Dobbie carries.
The first several generations will be pets only and will come with a non-breeding contract. It is also extremely important that adopters keep in contact with me so that the health of the line can be monitored. I could not be certain if the line would be improving if I don't have feedback on the majority (or better yet all!) of the resulting kittens. Keep in mind, it is still not a for-sure breeding. We'll just have to see. Announcements will be made if we are going ahead with those plans.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Wonderful News
We are now being mentored by RaffinHouse Rattery. I decided to seek a new mentor since PVR is quite busy and doesn't really have the time. I'm not being sold short, however, for RaffinHouse seems very knowledgable and generous. I am looking forward to learning from such a respected name in the rat community.
I would also like to announce that we have reserved 3 rats from RaffinHouse. Two females and a male. One doe is a Pearl Self Teddy Rex dumbo who will be a potential breeder and the other is a Burmese Berkshire dumbo who comes with a non-breeding contract. The male is a Platinum standard ear. He is likely to be paired with the Pearl Self doe as long as they seem like they would make a good match. But that's a few months down the road. For now we are happy to be getting new babies to love. It is a very exciting step forward after such a hard and disappointing start.
I would also like to announce that we have reserved 3 rats from RaffinHouse. Two females and a male. One doe is a Pearl Self Teddy Rex dumbo who will be a potential breeder and the other is a Burmese Berkshire dumbo who comes with a non-breeding contract. The male is a Platinum standard ear. He is likely to be paired with the Pearl Self doe as long as they seem like they would make a good match. But that's a few months down the road. For now we are happy to be getting new babies to love. It is a very exciting step forward after such a hard and disappointing start.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
One step closer
We may be one step closer to finally getting our basis for a breeding program. After much searching and disappointment, we are in negotiations with Raffin House Rattery (RH). We will hopefully be adopting two or three females. One is burmese, but will come with a non-breeding contract. The other two we are looking at are Pearl and Russian Blue Agouti. We are also trying to adopt an American Blue male from PVR at about the same time, if we can get into better contact with his breeder. Best case scenario is that we've be picking them up on the same trip.
This is also my first blog posting. I decided to create a blog so that visitors to my site can see what is going on and hear my musing and thoughts about occurances at RRR. I am very long winded and like to write, so be prepared to read lol
I am currently raising an orphaned wild ritten who just opened his eyes last night. He and 5 siblings were found inside someone's garage and the woman called me Friday afternoon. The mother had been killed by their cat. I could either take them, or her boyfriend was going to flush them down the toilet. As you can imagine, I readily agreed. They were very cold and dehydrated and we lost two on Sunday, a few hours apart. They just never ate well. Then on Tuesday, while I was at work, my brother came to visit and turned off the heater that was keeping the 4 surviving rittens warm. For no other reason than he thought our bathroom was too warm.
They were without heat for about 3.5 hours. They were like little ice cubes when my mother found them, just before I got off work at 8pm. Sadly, two died within an hour and another sometime during that night. So that leaves us with the one little boy left. He somehow managed to survive the cold and is eating like a little hog.
But if he survives, we will still have the problem of finding a place for him. He will not survive the winter cold if released when he is matured enough. I am searching for a wildlife rehab that will take him off of our hands, but resources in that department are coming up empty or unwilling.
This is also my first blog posting. I decided to create a blog so that visitors to my site can see what is going on and hear my musing and thoughts about occurances at RRR. I am very long winded and like to write, so be prepared to read lol
I am currently raising an orphaned wild ritten who just opened his eyes last night. He and 5 siblings were found inside someone's garage and the woman called me Friday afternoon. The mother had been killed by their cat. I could either take them, or her boyfriend was going to flush them down the toilet. As you can imagine, I readily agreed. They were very cold and dehydrated and we lost two on Sunday, a few hours apart. They just never ate well. Then on Tuesday, while I was at work, my brother came to visit and turned off the heater that was keeping the 4 surviving rittens warm. For no other reason than he thought our bathroom was too warm.
They were without heat for about 3.5 hours. They were like little ice cubes when my mother found them, just before I got off work at 8pm. Sadly, two died within an hour and another sometime during that night. So that leaves us with the one little boy left. He somehow managed to survive the cold and is eating like a little hog.
But if he survives, we will still have the problem of finding a place for him. He will not survive the winter cold if released when he is matured enough. I am searching for a wildlife rehab that will take him off of our hands, but resources in that department are coming up empty or unwilling.
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