We only breed one to three litters at a time, so that all babies are well socialized.  I don't always have babies available , but adopters are welcome to add their names to the wait list for a planned litter. We may also have some adults or juveniles looking for homes, check out our Available Rats page.

We handle all of our babies everyday, from the day they are born. All of our babies are raised with litter boxes, so may already be litter box trained when you pick them up!

 Babies can be adopted together from different litters, they all play together while here at the rattery. Also consider adopting an available adult with a baby, adoption fees for the adult is waived if you do!

Babies are weaned between 5-6 weeks of age, but no earlier than 5 weeks, so that their mother's milk can give them the extra nutrition and immunity they need for as long as possible. I NEVER cull any of my litters, no matter the size. I may foster babies to moms with smaller litters, rotate babies to ensure everyone can nurse, and I heavily supplement the mom and babies diet with egg, oatmeal, oat or coconut milk, brown rice, meat, and Nutrical. I also add vitamins such as calcium, vitamin B, and Iron to nursing moms' diets.

Please read our Adoption Info page if you are interested in adopting from any of these litters

Current Litters

RRR Blue Steel x FLY Bonsai
Born 11/25
1 born
Ready to go home 12/29
*Both Bonsai and her daughter are available. They must be adopted together, they are a "package deal"

Expecting Litters
none right now

Planned Litters
(Subject to change)
Breeding great rats is much more than just putting two rats together. We consider each rat's health, temperament,  and type,  as well as studying pedigrees to know what we will end up with when we breed two rats. The goal is that both rats will compliment each other in every area, and will make up for each other's faults, to produce babies that are an even better version of their parents!

If you are looking to adopt rats from us, please select a specific litter to be wait listed for, and submit an adoption questionnaire.

The time line for these litters:   Litters are listed under the month they will be bred.  If the breedings take, babies are born 21-23 days later, and are available for adoption at 6 weeks of age. Please note that certain litters may not work out for various reasons, and are subject to change and cancellation.

Wait list: Julie V (2 girls), Heather (3 females), Terri (2 females), Cindy K, Meagan P, Diane (male and female)

*Note: Happy Go Lucky Rattery has 2 very large litters that as of 1/8/12, are about 3 weeks old! Email kvandoren@dgcentre.com for more info!

January

RRR Glacier Dome x FFCR/RRR Chandi
Expect:
Ears: standard with small chance litter may be 50% dumbo
Coat: Standard
Eyes: Black with chance of pink
Color: Black Eyed Himalayan, Ivory, white
This litter will be bred in late January, hopefully will have babies by mid February, ready to go home in  mid March
wait list closed

FFCR Americone Dream x RAMR Lady Luck
Expect:
Ears: 100% Dumbo
Coat: Standard
Eyes: Black,  chance of pink
Color: Black Eyed Siamese, Black Self
Most likely will be paired late January, hopefully will have babies by mid February, ready to go home  mid March
wait list closed

CPA Sasquatch x CMMR Perla
Expect:
All Dwarf, very small litter expected
Ears: standard with very small chance of dumbo
Coat: Standard
Eyes: black
Color: Cinnamon,silver mink, agouti, very small chance of mink merle
I am NOT taking wait list requests for this litter until it is born

February

RRR Rocky x CMMR Jasmine

CPA Sasquatch x RRR Nina
Expect:
100% Dwarf, very small litter expected
Ears: 50% standard/50% dumbo
Eyes: black, chance of pink
Coat:  50% rex/50%standard
Color: Black, agouti, chance of Siamese, mink, and cinnamon, Russian blue
I am NOT taking wait list requests for this litter until it is born

March

April

Note: I will not have any more pairings after April, therefore, won't have any available babies in June, July, and most of August

July/August

*I sometimes include percentages in the expected appearance of litters. These are genetic probabilities based on my calculations. It is important to know that these are just probabilities, sometimes mother nature doesn't follow the rules. For example I could expect 50% dumbo ears, but in reality only end up with 1 or even none! Mother Nature has a mind of her own.

Past Litters

2012 Litters

2011 Litters

RRR Chunky Monkey x RRR Artemis

FLY Tibet x RRR Mud Pie

Litter 32 RRR Blue Steel x RRR Dolce

Litter 31: RRR Rocky x RAMR Seven

Litter 30: RAMR Black Jack (black self) x RAMR Lady Luck (black self with belly spot)

Litter 29: RRR Blue Steel (Russian blue dumbo rex dwarf carrier) x RRR Anna (black self dumbo)
Born 10/3/2011
Wean 11/14/11
3 Girls  3 Boys
Pet Only
From left to right, we have the 3 girls, a Russian Blue point black eyed siamese, a seal point black eyed siamese rex, a black self rex, and then the 3 boys, an American blue rex, a Russian blue rex, and a black self. All have dumbo ears. (this is here because I still need to make a litter page=)

Litter 28: RRR Rocky x RAMR Roulette

Litter 27: RRR Hercules x RRR Artemis

Litter 26: CPA Sasquatch x FLY Bonsai

Litter 25: RRR Chunky Monkey x CPA Skittles

Litter 24:  RRR Chunky Monkey x RRR Thriller

Litter 23: RRR Chunky Monkey x FLY Daisy

Litter 22: PCKG Hercules (Wheaten Burmese) x PCKG Painted Lady (Russian Blue Pt Siamese)

Litter 21:  RRR Blue Steel x FLY Black Eyed Blonde

2010 Litters

Litter 20: RRR Blue Steel  x RRR Philette

Litter 19: RRR Blue Steel x RRR Thriller

Litter 18:  RRR Blue Steel (Russian Blue Dumbo) x PCKG Painted Lady (Russian Blue Point Siamese)

Litter 17: PCKG Hercules x RRR Nepal

Litter 16: PCKG Hercules (Sable Wheaten Burmese) x FFCR Noel (black self)

Litter 15: FLY Bombers (mink harley) x FLY Maple (agouti) (cobreeding w/ Ratterfly)

Litter 14: HGLR DiNozzo (owned by HGLR) x HGLR Kaytoo (cobreeding with HGLR)

Litter 13:  RRR Peace x RRR Joy

Litter 12: RRR Blueberry Surprise x RRR Love

Litter 11: FLY Harvey Dent x FLY Mommy, Where's Daddy (co-breeding with FLY)

 Litter 10: RFCR Chloe (black-eyed Siamese) x SHFR Rugrat Phil (Lilac Self), born 4/29

Litter 9: RFCR Atreyu (Seal Point Siamese) x RRR Optimus Prime (Black Self Rex)

Litter 8: RFCR Bumble Bee (Burmese) x HGLR Kaytoo (pink-eyed white?)

Litter 7: RRR Optimus Prime (black self) x CMMR Epic Journey (blue dumbo)

2009 Litters

Litter 6: FLY Harvey Dent (Black Blazed Variegated) x RFCR Abba-Zabba (Black Blazed Berkshire)

Litter 5: RFCR Bumble Bee (Burmese) x CMMR Epic Journey (American Blue Dumbo)

 Litter 4: Jethro of RRR (Seal Point Siamese) x RFCR Olivia (Black English-Irish Hairless Dumbo)

Litter 3: RFCR Bumble Bee  (Burmese) X RFCR Atreyu (Seal Point Siamese Dumbo)

Litter 2 RFCR Bumble Bee (Burmese) x FAR Vixen (Black Rex Dumbo)

Litter 1: RRR Snuggles x Bat Girl of RRR