Precious Jems Rattery

Precious Jems Rattery Precious Jems is a small hobby rattery dedicated to raising quality fancy rats for pets and show in Central Oregon. Temperament and health comes first.

Dedicated to raising quality fancy rats for pet and show. I raise merle and varigated patterned rats in cinnamon, mink and pearl in a combination of colors and patterns with cinnamon pearl being my main focus at this time. Most of my varigateds are black, but I do get the occasional mink, red eye dilute and other combinations. I also work with standard coat, velveteen coat, standard ear and dumbo

ear. I don't require a long, drawn out application to purchase rats from me, but I do ask some questions to be sure my animals are going to responsible, loving homes. I request those who buy rats from me to please let me know first if you can no longer keep your pet. I guarantee that each rat I sell is healthy when it leaves my hands. I will be happy to share my knowledge and experience to help you keep your rat that way. I won't take your money and disappear. I cannot guarantee that your rat will not develop a upper respiratory infection at any time and I cannot guarantee your rat will not develop cancer. The mycoplasma that causes the respiratory infections exist in all domestic rats. I do my best to breed only rats that show a naturally strong immune system. This means that they have never been sick or, got a mild URI and got over it on their own I do not casually use antiiotics in my rattery. . Cancer is just impossible to breed out. I do guarantee temperament. If a rat you purchase from me develops aggressive behavior, I will take it back and I will replace it. If you have any questions about my rattery, please message me. I am happy to talk about my rats and my breeding program.

I don’t know what it is, but my girls almost always are the quickest to make friends with me, if they’re even shy at all...
08/07/2025

I don’t know what it is, but my girls almost always are the quickest to make friends with me, if they’re even shy at all to begin with. They are just always much more confident and fast to adapt to new situations. The litters I’m introducing here are no exceptions. I did have several that were surprisingly overly cautious, wiggly and squeaky as babies. It was confusing to me since their parents are so not that way. However, they all came out of one day, like a switch came on. Now, every one of these girls are at the door the second I come in, climbing over each other and pushing each other away for attention. It has been wonderful to see. One of them is especially very kissy. Oh, how hard it is not to keep her! There’s just too many I’d love to keep and I’m making myself stick with only keeping 2 normal size and the only 2 dwarfs.
Also, i have decided to let these litters go at half 🏷️ since they are older and they all get a chance to get 🏡s before they get much older.
Additional reduction if you want 2 pairs.
So, here are my Summer girls. Do t forget to click on their photos for information.

Update: I have decided to let these litters go at half 🏷️ since they are older and they all get a chance to get 🏡s befo...
08/05/2025

Update: I have decided to let these litters go at half 🏷️ since they are older and they all get a chance to get 🏡s before they get much older.
Additional reduction if you want 2 pairs.

Oh, my goodness! What an insane month July was. I don’t think there’s been another summer that I’ve been Mia thankful for August! Not that things are going to be any less busy, but after this next weekend, temperatures will be getting more consistently normal. I can’t remember the last time we’ve had so much humidity!

I know I promised over a week ago that I’d have photos of my kids who have their “bags packed” and are ready to meet their new families. The photos are finally done. I have the boys’ photos all edited. I can’t tell you how many times I went back and forth on wanting to keep a few of these guys. At first, I wasn’t going to allow myself to keep any, but one kept telling I couldn’t let him go. So, I caved. 😆 Some of these boys are meek and mild, while some are more confident and playful. They all temperament test very well. I have no doubt once they don’t have so many siblings vying for attention, they will blossom even more in their personalities. Please, click on the individual’s photos for info about them.

I still need to edit the girls’ photos. That should happen this evening if i get my way! So, be watching for those. Most likely , late tonight.

So, with no further ado, here are the Precious Gems boys of summer.

07/23/2025

Hi everyone! Long time, no posts. I’ve had a very busy summer! Including having 4 litters! Two, being from a newish cross of lines I haven’t done before. The parents of this cross have fantastic temperaments, with absolutely no maternal or hormonal aggression at all. Dad is a gorgeous 9 month old agouti dumbo. The two moms are another agouti dumbo and an agouti tonkinese odd blaze. I admit, she is my favorite. She is very lovey and kissy. From the day her litter was born, she tried to drag my hand into the nest box. lol

I have hung onto up these litters longer than normal. For some reason, most of my favorite doe’s boys especially, were squeaky and shy. So, I held onto them longer to see how they’d change as they matured. I’m happy to say that most have come around and are becoming the friendly, playful rats I expected from these pairings.
The girls in these litters are extremely outgoing and friendly. Most are very willing to rough house play with my hand and allow me to pick them up and give them a gentle toss. They come back for more.

So, I’m happy to report that I will be taking photos of these 2 litters and will be posting them in the next day or two. I got a pleasantly surprising variety of beautiful colors and some with some really nice patterns. I’m yet again faced with the hard reality that I cannot keep as many as I would love to. They were born 5/24 and 5/28 of this year, so the oldest will be 9 weeks old this weekend.

The other 2 litters? One was born before the 2 mentioned above and most have left the nest. I do still have a few dwarfs from that litter that I’ve been allowing to grow up more before making my decisions on who is staying. Baby dwarf rats are very tiny and most are still far too small at 8 weeks for me to consider letting go just then. I will be posting those who will be available soon.
The youngest litter was born 6/17. There are some dwarfs and normal size in this litter who will be available. Again, the dwarfs will stay a bit longer, but the normal size kids will be ready August 8th. This litter is a lot of fun. Most are heavy patterned variegated and capped. All dumbos. So, stay tuned for them!

Please message me if you have questions! I can’t wait to share these little cuties with you!

Sneak peak at the adorable ness of my newest litter born May 4th. The girls might be spoken for. Not positive yet. Ther...
05/19/2025

Sneak peak at the adorable ness of my newest litter born May 4th. The girls might be spoken for. Not positive yet. There will be 3 pairs of boys ready to pack their bags June 22. At least one boy is a dwarf and he is absolutely darling ❤️

Went home! DOB: 2/26/25 siamese 3/8/25The first 3 come from a Harley project I had been playing with. The last is a sist...
05/06/2025

Went home!
DOB: 2/26/25 siamese 3/8/25

The first 3 come from a Harley project I had been playing with. The last is a sister to the boys I just posted. All are very outgoing, social butterflies.
No fear in any of them. Just curious and gregarious. ❤️
The Harley gene is new to me and while I love their cute scruffiness, I’m not sure how deep I will be getting into them. Harley rats tend to have sensitive skin and coats. They are prone to flakey, scabby skin and do much better on a lower protein, higher omega fatty acid and amino acids diet. Not something I really have the space and ability to really work hard on to improve (if that’s possible). I would like the 2 harleys to go together so their diet can be easily managed. The darling little black girl has already developed a few scabs, so she’s telling me she’s ready to go on a lower protein diet. Speaking of her, she is missing part of her tail from her mom being a bit over enthusiastic in cleaning her when she was born. It just adds to her adorable character

And here is the first post! DOB: 3/8/25Black variberk dumboThese two boys are offspring from a lovely little lady I took...
05/06/2025

And here is the first post!
DOB: 3/8/25
Black variberk dumbo

These two boys are offspring from a lovely little lady I took in as a rescue. Their momma is one of the sweetest, most trusting mothers I’ve had in quite awhile. Despite not knowing me that long, she happily shared her brand new babies with me and tried adding my hand to her nest constantly. Often, washing my fingers right along with them. lol!
These 2 darlings are a bit shy, but once picked up, they melt in my hands. It doesn’t take them too long before they’ll start bruxing. They just have a bit of cautiousness at first. With their own person giving them attention regularly, I have no doubt they will grow out of this phase quickly.
I just love their beautiful spotty patterns on their sides.

05/05/2025

Happy May everyone! After taking time off over the fall and winter, I have enjoyed raising 4 litters of little beauties so far. They never made it to being posted here since they were all spoken for before I could do so. I’ve also been going through a lot of personal struggles, so I haven’t been keeping up on this page the way I wanted to. For that, I apologize.
I am currently ,very very behind in posting about my most recent litters. They are already 7 and 8 weeks old. It took far too long to take photos and make final decisions on who was staying. Just too many things going on all at once.
I finally have all that figured out and will be posting photos of 2 darling boys and several gorgeous girls who are more than ready to find their very own people, tomorrow.
So, if you’re ready to welcome home some new babies, watch for my next post coming soon.

Hi everyone. I apologize for not posting pics of the summer litters like I promised. I take care of my mom who is dealin...
09/17/2024

Hi everyone. I apologize for not posting pics of the summer litters like I promised. I take care of my mom who is dealing with cancer and I myself, have health issues of which, have been giving me a lot of trouble lately. Between my mom’s bimonthly chemo and doctor appointments, 2 hospitalizations, my own appointments and flare ups, plus family visiting, etc. I just didn’t have time.
These 2 litters did get lots of time spent with them. Including several bonding bag sessions. They have become outgoing, very friendly kids.
On top of that, I’ve had so many fantastic people who contacted me before the litters were weaned, wanting babies, I wasn’t sure if I was going to have anything left to post!
All that said, I do have one pair of girls and one pair of boys that are now 7 weeks old and ready to find their own loving family. The girls are both from Kitti’s litter and are off black in color. It’s possible they may be low expression snowflake like their daddy, Jette. If so, they may end up
Looking similar to Jette. Black with off black belly, sides and possibly patches on the body. Scattered white hairs may appear as they mature.
The 2 boys are from Nibs’s litter. One chocolate and one black. All 4 of these kids are very playful and absolutely love being tickled, wrestled with, then cuddled when they get tired.
Message me for more information

07/29/2024

I’m excited to announce that both summer litters of 2024 have arrived.
I mistakenly said Kit Kat was expecting, but I meant her sister, Nibs. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I don’t know how I got them mixed up. lol
Kitti had a healthy litter of 13 July 26th. Nibs decided to have her litter the following day on July 27th. She had 17, but one was stillborn. With a litter this large, not all babies always survive. I’m keeping a close eye on mom and babies.

I’ll be posting pics of the babes when their eyes open, so stay tuned!

Babies on board! I’m happy to announce we’re expecting! Nibs and Kitti should be due around the second week of August. N...
07/23/2024

Babies on board! I’m happy to announce we’re expecting! Nibs and Kitti should be due around the second week of August.
Nibs is a minimally marked chocolate snowflake. Kitti is a black eyed chocolate tonkinese. Dad is Jette, a minimally marked black snowflake. These guys have that wonderful puppy dog temperament, so I’m really looking forward to these babies. Possible colors I know of will be chocolate, tonkinese, chocolate tonkinese and black. Any of these colors may or may not have snowflake pattern characteristics. Other recessive colors are possible, but I won’t try to guess. lol

Stay tuned for birth announcement

Here’s some cute examples of how “laid back” Paisley’s litter is. They all just roll over on their backs and groom my fi...
06/04/2024

Here’s some cute examples of how “laid back” Paisley’s litter is. They all just roll over on their backs and groom my fingers, while I give them tummy scritches. ❤️❤️

Okay, here they are! 4 precious, sweet little girls. By far, the snuggliest baby girls I’ve ever had. That’s definitely ...
06/04/2024

Okay, here they are! 4 precious, sweet little girls. By far, the snuggliest baby girls I’ve ever had. That’s definitely due to their mamma, who is the most chill, snuggly girl I’ve had in years. They are very outgoing and personable. The only one that shows a bit of lack of confidence is the black variegated. She gets a bit timid when I go to pick her up to bring her out of the cage. Not always, just here and there. Once she’s out and in the bonding bag, she does well. She just needs some daily handling and to bond with her person. She’s really not afraid or shy. Kind like the bashful kid in class. lol
Just PM me if you’d like to add a few of these sweethearts to your family! I’m happy to answer any questions as always.

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