03/31/2025
Hello everyone, update time!
I am over a month late to posting this (πΈπ©π°π°π±π΄!) but my first group* of new breeder rats have FINALLY arrived! 3 bucks and 2 does, who are being added to the website.
Sadly, the rats picked up SDAV (π’π¬π’, π³π’π΅ π€π°π³π°π―π’π·πͺπ³πΆπ΄) on the transport. I take this seriously and have been under a strict quarantine. The good news is, SDAV is self-limiting and can be "burnt out" of a rattery as long as there are no new litters or rats for 6 or more weeks. It's not difficult to get rid of, it's merely a waiting game. Therefore, all rats bred at my rattery will be SDAV-free once my QT is up!
My rats had a rough 2 weeks in the beginning, but are now nearly fully recovered. They have all been on doxycycline and enrofloxacin 2x a day for the past 3 weeks to treat their secondary infections, and I will likely be going for 1-2 more weeks for good measure. Following this, they will be used as my foundation stock with no concerns.
With all that said, a massive thank you to α΄Κα΄α΄ α΄Κκ°Ιͺα΄Κα΄
Κα΄α΄α΄α΄ΚΚ π¨π¦ for trusting me with her lines. I am so grateful to have found a breeder with such similar ideals to my own. Even though the rats arrived sick (And this is NO fault of α΄κ°Κ, just simply the risk that comes with transport), brighter days are certainly ahead! βοΈ
*I do have another group of rats arriving the first week of May, (two of the boys are pictured below - photo credit to α΄Κα΄α΄ α΄Κκ°Ιͺα΄Κα΄
Κα΄α΄α΄α΄ΚΚ!). I will be doing a proper quarantine with those as well before they are added to the rattery.