The Rat House Rescue Perth

05/12/2022

Hi everyone,
it's TRHR second birthday, but unfortunately it will also be the last one.
During the past 3 years we (or should I say "I" ) tried to do my best to help, rehab, care and rehome 290+ ratties in need.
I did my best to help anyone contacting me (roughly 1-3 message/day) and to provide education to the public by running incursions in childcares/schools in the hope to sow some seeds of awareness regarding rats and more generally animal welfare.
I did my absolute best to not get discouraged, bitter and absolutely broken by the numerous cases of animal cruelty and neglect I had to face on a regular basis. My therapist did her best to keep me in one piece as well for me to be able to keep "functionning".
I did my best to recover from the first empathy burnout and did my best again to not fall in the trap of a second one.
I did my best to forget how hard it is to not have a single day off anymore, working hard 24/7 for my rescues, with sometimes 3 jobs at the same time in order to pay all the vet bills/food/bedding and cage needed.
My partner (bless them) did also their best to not get upset or disappointed when the rescues were getting all the attention and time.
I did my best to ignore the hardship and to keep on moving.
I did my best to take the right decisions, to do the right things at all time. I really did.
I did my bestest best to keep TRHR running and help more and more ratties, but sometimes doing your best it's just not enough.
I recently made rookie mistakes that I wouldn't have done a few years ago. In such a busy and tight schedule, there is no room for mistakes, no room for recovering from rescue-related trauma, no room for helping any ratties on a long term, no room for managing every bloody thing just by myself, private, work or rescue related, and no room or time to do the right things properly with the energy and the fighting spirit which TRHR started with.

I will close this page in a few weeks, just the time to find good homes to our last rescue boys, and will probably delete afterwards to not have to deal with the constant surrenders enquiries.
The rescue email will still be up for anyone who have adopted from us and would need any assistance, advice or if needed to bring their rescue back, as agreed in our adoption contract.
Thank you for everyone who has supported TRHR in a way or another during these 3 years. You have helped a lot of rats, wild or domestics.
Thank you 💙
Alice "Kukra" TRHR

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29/11/2022

Some news from one of our favorite roof rat: Takeo.
The skinny and starving bean has grown up so fast!
He is a very playful and kind boy, grooming our old grumpy , and fell in love with one of the Pluto's girl with who he will get to stay. All 3 will soon live together, joined by the tiny wildie girl that we can briefly see on the video. Even though he already has domestic friends, we prefer our wildies to get at least one of their kind to live with due to the big differences in behaviours, needs and lifespan.

Basically nothing went according to the plan:
A few weeks ago Takeo has received a contraceptive implant in order to join Suki's gang but as he had to be separated for weeks from them to avoid any pregnancy, they have now forgotten about him and treat him like a stranger. During this few weeks he has been housed with some Pluto's girls and bonded with his freeroam time friends: Chippy, the wildie baby girl and one of the Pluto's daughter.

We have learnt that no matter the plan we have for our ratties, they always find a way to mess with it and get whatever they want. 😅

27/11/2022

The Suki's gang ( ) have finally upgraded!
A few months ago some shenanigans decided to chew through their dig box (we won't name and shame here, but we know the culprits 👮‍♂️)

As a result the human in charge had to strip the whole cage off to remove the dig box, leaving the gang in a boring cage for the whole winter, just the time for us to build their new natural play area and respray their future castle.
Yesterday was finally the great inauguration day of their triple cage, featuring the brand new (and hopefully chew-proof) dig box.
We scattered some wheat grain and let our CUC settle in for a few days before transfering everyone in their new kingdom.

Apparently Microbean never heard about neophobia in wildies... and Tetsuo promised to leave us 5 stars on Treat Ratvisor. 🙌

26/11/2022

Hi everyone,

Thanks to the recent donations, we have been able to start a 3 weeks Australia wide campaign on gumtree in the hope to raise some awareness. Anyone searching for "rat" will see this ad, with an informative text for description.

We truly appreciate your help, wether with food, bedding or funds.. it's not only helpful but it also means a lot to us and every little gesture cheers us up and help us to keep up with the hard work!

So, THANK YOU! 🥰
Let's hope this season will be less exhausting and heartbreaking for the animal rescues than the previous years. 🤞

🐭💝 DONATION:
🆕 Bank transfer to The Rat House Rescue BSB: 06 2692 - Account 4749 9212
💸 Paypal: https://paypal.me/TheRatHouseRescue
🏪 Etsy shop supporting TRHR: https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/TheRatsHouse
♻️ Our container for change number: C10699494

25/11/2022

It's probably worth sharing this old one this year again.

This time of the year is the sad season if you are a pet:
you may get dumped to make room for a new pet, younger and cuter...or to allow your owner to go on holiday... or you may be offered as a Xmas present to a kid who will lose interest in a few months time, and you may eventually get surrendered to a rescue if you are lucky to find one who isn't already swanped by unwanted pets, or dumped in the scary wild outdoor where you probably will die after a long struggle, or get badly injured.

Pets are not furnitures, not Xmas presents, not birthday presents, not Easter presents either.
They are living souls just like us who deserve to be treated with the respect and the kindness we grant to human beings.

With Christmas at the corner, these kind of ads are unfortunately flourishing on well known platforms. Please don't fall for them.
While rats can make great pets for kids, they require a big commitment from the parents themselves, as kids get usually quickly bored of taking care for them. Half of our rescues, over the past year, were coming from "my daughter/son lost interest" situation.
So please, if you are not the person who will care for them daily for rest of their life DO NOT OFFER RATS TO KIDS.
🐭 Rats need at least 1 companion to thrive and be happy. And this, no matter how much time you spend with a solo rat. They need social interaction with their own kind.
🐭 Rats are nocturnal animals, so keeping them in kids bedroom is probably not the best as they can be very noisy.
🐭 Rats NEED to have time out of their cage every day (1+ hour). They are extremely intelligent creatures who need enrichment. Their cage shouldn't become their jail.
🐭 Rats need specific high quality rat food. The random seed mix for other rodents or birds isn't suitable.
🐭 Rats get sick regularly and vet bills can become a major expense. Keeping their cage clean to avoid amonia build up is an important task that can't be disregarded.
🐭 Rats are wonderful, and deserve much better than being offered in a rush to a kid for christmas or birthday because it just sounds like a "great easy fun gift for kids". Please do some researches, some maths as well, to make sure you can afford having them.
🐭 Keep in mind that you will more likely end up doing ALL the cleaning, feeding, freeroaming yourself!

ALL THE RESCUES ARE ALREADY FULL OF FORMER BDAY/XMAS "PRESENTS" SO PLEASE:

21/11/2022

Ash and Tim-Tam are the 2 last baby girls from our rescue litters waiting to be adopted. They are bonded and would have to go together.
They are 9 weeks old, have great temperament and are healthy little crazy beans.
If you would like to give a forever home to those cuties, please send us a message :) .


🐭💝 DONATION:
🆕 Bank transfer to The Rat House Rescue BSB: 06 2692 - Account 4749 9212
💸 Paypal: https://paypal.me/TheRatHouseRescue
🏪 Etsy shop supporting TRHR: https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/TheRatsHouse
♻️ Our container for change number: C10699494

18/11/2022

Can you believe those babies are only 9 weeks old?! They are such sweet chonkers!
We still have boys and girls from these rescue litters looking for their forever home.
Please consider them if you are looking into adopting, we really don't want them to spend too long living a rescue life. They will love more attention, more free roaming, more cuddles and zoomies once in their new home!

For any enquiry please message us ! 😉

12/11/2022

Study finds rats instinctively move in time to music – an ability previously thought to be uniquely human

11/11/2022

Those babies just hit their 8 weeks old and are patiently waiting for their new human to pick them up. :)
The and the have started to leave the rescue for their new homes this week.

If you are looking for some healthy, friendly and young ratties to adopt, please send us a message! ;)



🐭💝 DONATION:
🆕 Bank transfer to The Rat House Rescue BSB: 06 2692 - Account 4749 9212
💸 Paypal: https://paypal.me/TheRatHouseRescue
🏪 Etsy shop supporting TRHR: https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/TheRatsHouse
♻️ Our container for change number: C10699494

09/11/2022

Someone is being a bit dramatic here... (Spoiler alert: It's Sasha.🤦)
Sasha is our Karen from the wild: she takes offence for little things such as stepping on her bed, saying hello to her, giving her the wrong bit of water melon or petting her sister Misha without her approval.
Sasha doesn't want to talk to the rat house rescue manager because she knows that the whole world is against her anyway.
Don't be like Sasha: take it easy, life is too short! 😉

Perth North Metro Rodent Rescue - PNMRR