Yuki & Iris Foundation

09/05/2025

We have now 2 rats that were dumped in Coffs Harbour in the last 2 months… let’s do better!

05/12/2024

Hello everyone, Ash here with a bit of sad news.

Unfortunately somehow my personal number has been leaked out twice. Both times have unfortunately resulted in me getting verbally abused and now, a baby rabbit dropped off at my front doorstep in a box.

The rabbit is now safe in our care but with this we would like to stress, we are here to help but please go through the right course of action, filling out a surrender forum, so we can get the best idea of the animal we are taking in, setting a date so we can make sure we have adequate housing, and lastly, not having a animal almost suffer in 30+ Degree heat. We don't know how long this rabbit was left at my front door, but it isn't fair on him. He is doing okay and we will reevaluate what the next course of action is for him.

We don't rescue Rabbits or Guinea Pigs, though we do offer grooming services for those animals. We strictly rescue Rats and mice. If you have a Rabbit or Guinea Pig and would like to know where a safe place to go, please message us, and we can direct you to those services.

Don't dump your animals.

Send a message to learn more

16/06/2024

Hi everyone!!

Today I wanted to show off some of the beautiful female mice we have available at the rescue. These girls are absolutely stunning in looks and personality wise.

We took in a handful of pregnant ladies a couple of months ago so most of these girls were either young mums, or were born in our care. All these girls have had daily interactions since being with us and most absolutely love a good snuggle. Some even had the privilege of spending some time in foster care to get used to different noises, smells and faces.

If you are looking for a couple of girls to endlessly entertain your household, please consider rescuing, these girls are worth it!! And if you are looking for some fat boys instead, no worries we got those too💕

28/05/2024

How is everyone going? It's Ash again!

We are going out and asking for some help! We are needing some supplies for the Rats & Mice in our care!

~Superior Wood Shavings
~Breeders Choice or Back-2-Nature Litter
~Corflute!
~Food (Origins, Laucke, etc)
~Water Bottles
~Toys (This includes foraging, climbing toys, etc)
~Ledges/shelves
~Egg Cartons/Newspapers
~Bin Cages

Want to help us out in other ways? We do accept cash donations but sharing this post and even letting others know about us helps us out every single bit! And most of all, adoption! We have SO many beautiful babies still looking for their furever family!

And if you have donated recently and in the past, we appreciate the help SO much! It's made a HUGE difference in the little ones lives!

Snoot Boops ~

22/05/2024

Very great read on Guinea Pig diet!

15/05/2024

Hey everyone this is Ashley!

I just wanted to give a massive/special shout out to someone apart of the rescue who has done absolutely outstanding work. Miss Rianne, is one of our foster carers. She has put so much heart and dedication to some of the rats that are under our care, we cannot thank her enough for it.

If you might remember, we had 3 rats given to us, 2 males 1 female and the female gave birth to some beans. Rianne took the 2 males and then shortly, some of the male rats as they were displaying some concerning behavior that wouldn't be suitable for rehoming.

Rianne worked her magic and made immense progress with these rats, making them available for adoption. She even picked out how one of them is pretty much nearly blind! She has given so much LOVE, CARE, and WORK into the rats we've given her, and we cannot thank her enough for it.

Rianne, I myself, cannot express how much I appreciate the work that you do. It not only helps take a load off my hands, but it also gives some of the rats even more 1 on 1 that they need that we cant always provide here at the main site. Thank you SO much for making a difference in these rats (and mice!) lives. You are truly amazing!

10/05/2024

What happens when rats are not adoptable? What if they have tumours? Over 3 years old? What do we do in these sort of situations?

We have a couple labels that we put onto the rats into our care, Under Treatment, Adoption, and Sanctuary. Under Treatment, is basically what it sounds like! It is rats that are unwell and being treated and rats with behavioural issues, that we work towards making them better and adoptable!

Adoption is rats that are up for adoption, they have passed our behavioural tests and health exams/checks and have had all their treatments that make them safe and adoptable.

And then, Sanctuary. Sanctuary is where a rat is not well enough to adopt but is still healthy, this can be age, they have tumours, etc. This is where we keep these rats in our care and let them live out the rest of their lives spoilt in our care! (Did you know we have 5 rats as sanctuary rats?!)

Pictured is a Rat named Rosie. Rosie came in extremely timid, to the point you'd go in and let her sniff you hand and she would scream and run to the corner. With gentle guidance and being placed with a group of rats who are highly confident, Rosie is now (as you can see) capable of being around humans without fear!

We have helped several rats like Rosie over the years but it doesn't always work out like that. Some rats are genetically prone to having behavioural issues, whether it be hormonal aggression, which is fixed with desexing or genetic aggression, with this the kindest thing (with guidance by your rat savvy vet) is euthanasia. (Though not seen often!)

We do our absolute best here at the Yuki & Iris Foundation to give every rat the best chances at life. Hence why we pride ourselves on treating the rats like our own and they wouldn't know that they are in a "Shelter" setting. We have saved several rats from being terrified of life all the way to keeping rats happy and comfy in their elder years.

We love each and every rat that comes through our doors and we hope you see that when they enter your homes ! 🐀

08/05/2024

We had some spaghetti for dinner tonight…needless to say, the leftover pasta doesn’t go to waste! All the tiny friends here get a bit of pasta to enjoy!

What’s even better? You guys get to also see these cute photos of our ratties enjoying said pasta!

Interested in adopting? Send us a message!

09/04/2024

A cute video of some of our beautiful rescue girls having a go with their nightly enrichment!

Tonight’s enrichment is some treats and shredded paper towel hidden in a toilet paper roll!!!

Everyone LOVED it!

We have lots of girls, a few more boys and tons of mice looking for their furever families! Could that be you? Send us a message!

06/04/2024

It’s cage clean day, and could I wake her up? No, I didn’t have the heart to. She did wake up and come out when she heard the treats tho 👀

One of the many sweet girls we have for adoption! Send us a message to book an adoption appointment!

01/04/2024

It’s not very often we post about donations. We’ve gotten so many amazing donations, from hammocks, hammock clips, food, etc.

We just want to say THANK YOU! Every little bit helps, and the ratties and mice absolutely LOVE getting new things!

Thank you if you’ve ever donated!

22/03/2024

Let's Chat!

Hope everyone is well and are looking forward to Easter Weekend! We would like to give some updates about whats been going on here at the Rescue!

We are closed for surrenders...again! Yes, we are full of ratties and mice looking for their furever homes! We have had 2 very large surrenders, 1 being a group of 19 Mice which then exploded to 42, yes 42! Some have already found homes but there is still more! We also had a huge surrender of 24, and most of them are also now looking for their furever families!

Speaking of furever homes, we would like to let everyone know we have

~8 Female Rats
~7 Male Rats
~6 Female Mice
~24 Male Mice

All these little beautiful babies are looking for their furever family! Could that be you?

We also have rats who are under treatment so these numbers will go up in the next coming weeks!

Please shoot us a message and we can schedule you a appointment to stop by, meet the pets and help bring home your pocket pups!

~Ash ♥

(pictured below is a Rat named Harmonie, who is permanently at the rescue due to her older age)