Bohemian Rattery NZ - Registered Breeder

Bohemian Rattery NZ - Registered Breeder Bohemian Rattery is a small registered rattery in the heart of Pinehaven in Upper Hutt, Wellington. We only breed 3-4 litters per year.

We breed to improve the health of our lines and chose lovely temperament over colour & markings. ADOPTION - Please read carefully

If you are interested in adopting rats from us, please answer all the pre-adoption questions by following the link below:

https://forms.gle/35ZAXYzGnEqeR9tt7

By completing this form, you will go on to our waiting list for upcoming litters. Please note that we sometim

es have (or rescue) older rats that need loving homes. If you are interested in adopting unwanted rats or rats in need, please message us or email [email protected] for more info. Once a new litter is born we will be in touch with those on the waiting list to see who is still interested in adopting. We cannot guarantee that there will be enough babies for everyone on the waiting list and we have the right to decline an adopter if we don’t believe a home is suitable for our rats. To ensure the welfare of our rats, we expect every adopter to sign our Adopter's Contract as well as photos of their cage set-ups 2 weeks before they go to their forever homes. Please be aware that all our babies have to go in pairs of the same s*x. Babies are ready to go to their forever homes once they are 8 -10 weeks old to ensure they are in excellent health. Please note that we will no longer send our bubs by pet transport. If you live outside of Wellington, you will have to either organise somebody to pick them up for you or find ratties closer to your location. Thank you for taking the time to read this and welcome to Bohemian Rattery in Wellington!

08/07/2025

Baby spam ....

07/07/2025

Playtime!!! Soooo we have Black Eyed Whites (BEW) x 4 - Black Variberks x 2 - Black Berkshires x 2 and Dove or Buff (waiting to see if they get scull caps) x 2 ❤️

07/07/2025

Almost 4 weeks old... 🍼 🐀 ❤️

28/06/2025

Day 16 and we have eyes 👀 ❤️ 🐀

22/06/2025

Day 11 ... 🐀💜💞 🍼. So far we have 2 girls and 8 boys.

Day Nine...and yes there are still 10 bubs, because clearly Qwerty is feeding them enough milk! ❤️ 🐀🍼
21/06/2025

Day Nine...and yes there are still 10 bubs, because clearly Qwerty is feeding them enough milk! ❤️ 🐀🍼

I love this post so much... that is why I vet our adopters thoroughly and need to see photos of cage set-ups before I co...
20/06/2025

I love this post so much... that is why I vet our adopters thoroughly and need to see photos of cage set-ups before I consider anyone to adopt from us! Unfortunately there are people who are not completely honest on our Pre-adoption forms when it comes to the clause of "strictly no breeding our rats".... and a couple of months later we find them advertising babies on FB or TradeMe...the rat community in NZ is small enough and we (usually) always find out who they are ....

Today we had to turn a family away — and I don’t feel bad about it.

Not every customer is a good customer, and not every prospective adopter is a good family. I give people a lot of chances to be clear, and sometimes they just tell on themselves.

This family came in, saw our chinchillas, and said, “They must breed fast!” I corrected them: they don’t. Breeding may start fast, but it’s a slow process — 110-day pregnancy, small litters, plus nursing time.

They nodded, wandered, then circled back — someone else pointed out we had both males and females. Another mentioned how their cousin or friend “really wanted a baby.”

I repeated why breeding rescue animals is irresponsible. They insisted they wouldn’t. Sure. 🤨

Then I asked:

Do you have supplies? ❌

A cage? ❌

What they did show me: a broken bird cage, a dirty dog crate, and a stock wire cage with 3" spacing.

At that point, I said no.

I speak to every chinchilla adopter. I can’t catch everyone, but some red flags are obvious...

We can’t stop backyard breeders or negligent owners entirely. But we can try to make sure it’s not one of our animals. If they’re determined to mistreat an animal, they’ll have to lie to a pet store or breeder.

We won’t make it cheap or easy.

One week old already 😊 ❤️ As we expected the wee runt sadly passed yesterday. 😢
19/06/2025

One week old already 😊 ❤️

As we expected the wee runt sadly passed yesterday. 😢

Smaller Rat Cage set up Ideas 💡😀 🐀
18/03/2025

Smaller Rat Cage set up Ideas 💡😀 🐀

27/02/2025

We still have 4 baby boys & 2 girls looking for their forever homes 🐀 🍼 ❤️

26/02/2025

Ponyo's girls are 7 weeks old and ready to be adopted 💜

Address

Blue Mountains
Upper Hutt

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 10am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 5:30pm
Thursday 10am - 5:30pm
Friday 10am - 5pm

Website

http://www.bohemianrattery.com/

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