Rat Way Sanctuary

Rat Way Sanctuary Rat Sanctuary based in Portland, OR
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Trillium is one of the Seaside rats who will be staying with us in sanctuary. She is missing part of her left hind leg. ...
06/20/2026

Trillium is one of the Seaside rats who will be staying with us in sanctuary. She is missing part of her left hind leg. She had her litter on June 5th, four days after coming into our care. Her babies are just starting to leave the nest box and explore their environment, and she would like to lodge a formal complaint. It's obvious she's had many litters before, and she's totally over it. She spends as much time as possible away from the kids, and having them follow her when she needs a break is honestly just so rude.

Please donate so mama Trillium can get a spa day. She deserves it. And as an added bonus, we have a donation match event going on! Donations up to $1000 will be matched through Tuesday, June 23rd.

✨Do it for Trillium✨

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How am I supposed to tolerate such cuteness?These two beauties are daughters of A Pint-Sized Rescue 's Skunky Brewster, ...
06/20/2026

How am I supposed to tolerate such cuteness?

These two beauties are daughters of A Pint-Sized Rescue 's Skunky Brewster, and it's taking every fiber of my being to not keep them.

We have a donation match active, and we are about halfway to our $1000 goal! Can you help us reach it by Tuesday? We had surgeries yesterday, today, and have another scheduled tomorrow, so every cent is needed!

✨How to help✨

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06/19/2026

Gracie is at the vet today for an urgent spay! Repeated masses and seromas/hematomas prevented us from spaying her earlier in the year, and she has been on meds to suppress further tumor growth, but recently she started having a dark brown discharge from her nethers made the spay necessary. She's an older girl and has some additional concerns that make the spay riskier, but we can tell she hasn't been feeling herself. Wish her all the luck with her procedure today!

Also!! We have a donation match on!! Up to $1000 in donations will be doubled between now and Tues! This is the perfect way to make your donation go further for our sanctuary babies.

✨We are always in need of funds✨

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Unfortunately, a lot of the smaller and presumably younger girls from the Seaside rats have proven to be pregnant. We we...
06/19/2026

Unfortunately, a lot of the smaller and presumably younger girls from the Seaside rats have proven to be pregnant. We were able to do another spay/abort today, and one more on Saturday, but we're running up against the short rat gestation period. We've had them in our care for 17 days, so hopefully we will still be able to prevent one more litter.

Today we spayed one of the smallest girls from the bunch, preventing another seven babies. Our vet said the fetuses appeared too large for her to have passed naturally, so this very well may have saved her life. As much as we adore babies, the reality is that pregnancy, birth, and nursing are extremely hard on the mother, especially when the mother is just a few weeks old herself. Many of these girls likely had their first heat cycle just days before we got to them. Interrupting the pregnancy gives the mother her life back, allowing her to nourish herself and grow her own body rather than a litter.

We have a donation match going! All these spays don't come cheap, and now is the perfect time to double your donation. The match goes through Tues, June 23rd and will match up to $1000! Info 👇

✨How to help✨

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P4yPal: [email protected]

More donation options and shop at www.ratwaysanctuary.org

Nugget is trying to donate, but she can't seem to remember her password... Maybe you can help her out?DONATION MATCH IS ...
06/18/2026

Nugget is trying to donate, but she can't seem to remember her password... Maybe you can help her out?

DONATION MATCH IS IN EFFECT!

Donate today and double your impact - a generous donor is matching donations up to $1000

✨We are always in need of funds✨

V3NM0:
P4yPal: [email protected]

More donation options and shop at www.ratwaysanctuary.org

We're kicking off summer (a little early, so sue me) with a donation match! A generous donor is matching donations up to...
06/17/2026

We're kicking off summer (a little early, so sue me) with a donation match! A generous donor is matching donations up to $1000 from now through Tuesday, June 23rd in honor of the Seaside rats!

This intake has been our biggest to date, both in sheer volume and in the amount of extra time, labor, and money required to get them all on the path to recovery. Dewberry, Acacia, and Madrone are at the vet today for rechecks, we hope to squeeze one more spay/abort in tomorrow while we still have the opportunity, Huckleberry will need his amputation once he's a bit bigger, and we are up to our ears in mamas and babies.

Unfortunately many of the rats we had hoped were young enough to escape pregnancy are now beginning to show their round little bellies. One of them drew a significant amount of blood on me yesterday while I was doing belly checks, pretty well confirming any skepticism I still had.

And, as always, please throw some love to Little Critter Crew and A Pint-Sized Rescue. While we focus on the most medically needy, they are handling the bulk of the mamas and babies and could also use every little bit of support!

✨How to help✨

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P4yPal: [email protected]

More donation options and shop at www.ratwaysanctuary.org

Madrone, Acacia and Dewberry are all at the vet today for follow ups! The girls have healed very well from their spays. ...
06/17/2026

Madrone, Acacia and Dewberry are all at the vet today for follow ups! The girls have healed very well from their spays. Acacia, whose coat was patchy, dull, and rough, is growing back in a thick new coat. Dewberry's head tilt is improved, and while it will likely never go away, he is navigating the cage much more easily, and his biggest problem now is persistent diarrhea, which he demonstrated all over my shirt as I was trying to get pics this morning. 🫠

It's becoming apparent that many of the girls we had hoped were too young to be pregnant are, in fact, pregnant. One expectant mom did a number on my finger last night as I was checking bellies. We have a spay abort slot tomorrow, so at least one of the ladies will hopefully qualify, but we may be looking at a few more litters as surgical slots are tight, and the rats have been in our care nearly 2.5 weeks already.

✨We are always in need of funds✨

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P4yPal: [email protected]

More donation options and shop at www.ratwaysanctuary.org

Chowder is at the vet today for some minor respiratory symptoms. Swipe to the last slide for his impromptu driving lesso...
06/16/2026

Chowder is at the vet today for some minor respiratory symptoms. Swipe to the last slide for his impromptu driving lesson. He is unsure, as his feet do not reach the pedals.

✨We are always in need of funds✨

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P4yPal: [email protected]

More donation options and shop at www.ratwaysanctuary.org

The dental issues have started young. This little guy plus a couple of his siblings have malocclusions. Knowing their ci...
06/16/2026

The dental issues have started young. This little guy plus a couple of his siblings have malocclusions. Knowing their circumstances, it's anyone's guess whether this is due to poor maternal nutrition or genetic abnormalities causing, but either makes complete sense. We'll be watching closely as they grow to determine if this is a temporary or long term, and should it become a long term issue, they will have their home with us at the sanctuary.

✨We are always in need of funds✨

V3NM0:
P4yPal: [email protected]

More donation options and shop at www.ratwaysanctuary.org

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