Lil's Rattery

01/07/2026

Another account is using my pictures and has already scammed somebody out of $400+. Can people please report their page 🙏

https://www.facebook.com/share/17iUS4868m/

01/05/2026

01/04/2026

Can people please click the link below and report the page for fraud?

https://www.facebook.com/share/1CcZvVW6JN/

Unfortunately they are stealing pictures posted by myself and other breeders in order to scam people. The boys of mine that they have posted were adopted months ago.

Thank you!! 💜

12/19/2025

As much as I wish I could hang onto these two goobers, it's time for them to find their forever home. They're 11 weeks old and are 4th gens from my Curly Boy line! They have super playful and curious personalities. The beige fuzz boy is a little more shy to begin with, but quickly warms up and likes to explore. The black fuzz boy likes to stay close, but he is a cheeky little thing and will steal the glasses right off your face 😅. I'd definitely prefer they go to somebody who already has experience keeping rats, as hairless rats can need a little extra care, especially when it comes to keeping them warm in the winter and their skin healthy! Their parents are both very sweet, and their dad in particular is a total smoocher!

I didn't plan on working with boys from this particular line again until later next year, but these two popped out and have been living at our house since they were 3 weeks old when the first cold front rolled in and are now very used to being spoiled pets 😄. If you might be interested in these two, send me a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can!

12/04/2025

I just wanted to make a post to say how overwhelmed I have been with the amount of support I received over my post last week. It was definitely a horrible situation, but the amount of support and validation was so reassuring. I've received so many messages from people just seeking help and tips with their own pet rats, and I love that people feel comfortable reaching out to me for advice! I've been so unbelievably run off my feet lately, but I will always get back to messages as soon as I have a moment to!

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Unfortunately, I'm still receiving messages about the two people involved in the recent situation. They've mainly been from strangers, but also some people I'm acquainted with through various groups, and even some of my own adopters. I just want to clear up a few points in particular and answer what I've been messaged about the most:

Yes, Morgan has been rehoming her pets since the beginning of the year, and stating as early as May that it was due to moving to Hawaii where she couldn't take them. No, I wasn't aware of that when she adopted my boys - she had actually said she was moving to New Mexico. I wouldn't have adopted them to her had I known. Yes, she has adopted other animals since she first started rehoming her own due to this upcoming move. Yes, the Craigslist postings that show the same photos of animals in both La Vernia and Hutto are both her listings (Hutto is where Roman lives).

Yes, Roman is 18 and was a minor until October. Multiple people who adopted from her have now reached out and said they felt like she was very young and inexperienced (I won't provide specific details to respect their privacy), but they were unaware that she was a minor, as was I until this past weekend. I was shocked to learn her age and have wondered if Morgan (in her 20s) has had more influence than I originally thought, especially now realizing how entwined they are when it comes to breeding and posting up available animals.

No, I was not aware that Morgan had posted showing that she was in possession of a breeding female rat just a couple of months before adopting KB and Yoshi. She had first told me she just had one young male that needed a buddy, then she said she had "two young dumbos" (not specifying s*x, but continuing to say she didn't keep females), then she had an ambiguous number of "young rats", before then completely fabricating having a senior male to explain why she was describing KB's deceased brother (Yoshi) as passing at 3 years old when inquiring about adopting rats from them when I brought it up with her. She claimed this male passed 6 days after Yoshi passed, but then claimed in her post that he passed right before Yoshi passed.

To clarify on the video she sent of KB's "aggression" and what my side-by-side of the "bite" that she shared last week, next to screenshots of her original video was showing: The video of his aggression was immediately after the supposed bite. She has only ever referred to "the bite" and has since described it as being a single occurrence. However, the bite she posted is on her left ring finger, but that finger is visible in the video taken immediately after she claims it happened, and there is no bite. I also have multiple additional videos she sent over the following two weeks that also show her hands with no injuries. I hope that clears up the confusion on what the screenshots were demonstrating.

Unfortunately there is nothing I can do about the situation other than hope that KB is at least being cared for. I have both of them blocked and want absolutely nothing to do with either of these people, unless it is to have KB returned to me. I am so appreciative of people wanting to reach out about the situation, offering to help, and wanting to be vigilant/look out for anybody else they see engaging with these people, but I personally just want to move on from it for my own anxiety's sake. The only thing I recommend is that people do not adopt any of their animals to Morgan (or Roman), as she is still rehoming her animals, saying it is due to moving overseas. There is no reason for her to be actively adopting animals.

I hope everybody is doing well and that we can all look forward to having a peaceful and happy Christmas with our animals 💜

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!!

I love this photo that Jenna Scoggins sent of the two boys she adopted earlier this year, and I needed to share it with you all 🥰🧡!

11/24/2025

BREEDER/ADOPTER WARNING POST - Morgan Wrightman & Roman Lively

Sep 28th - Morgan Wrightman adopted two, bonded, very affectionate, almost 4 month old boys from me - Yoshi & Kissy Boy. We had been talking for a long time and I naively trusted her with my boys. She sent me video and picture updates over multiple days, saying they were the sweetest boys ever.

Oct 12th - She told me Yoshi died out of nowhere. It made no sense and I was devastated. I offered to replace him for free with one of KB's other companions still at my rattery. She asked about hairless boys. I didn't have any from KB's group. She said she'd take a Rexoid boy that I had said was the least social of the group and I hadn't actually been planning to adopt out as a result.

Oct 18th - She brought up hairless boys again, asking if I thought some of my younger ones would do better with KB. I tried to steer her towards just adopting one of his friends for his sake. When I told her my adoption fee for hairless boys, she said she couldn't afford it. She told me that KB was now being more accepting of her younger boys.

Oct 21st - She contracted other breeders asking for hairless males, saying they were for her boy KB after his brother had died at "3 years old".

Oct 22nd - She got a hairless rat that she claimed was a rescue that her breeder best friend (who I'd later discover is Roman Lively) had picked up for her. This rat was apparently a "9 week old male". I informed her that it was a 5ish week old female. She said she was returning her to Roman in exchange for a hairless male.

Oct 23rd - She speculated that KB had killed Yoshi. She had already said they snuggled together constantly and got along as they always had, so I asked if he had been aggressive with Yoshi. She admitted he hadn't and that he's sweet, but she was going to introduce him to her breeder friend's rats and see. Later that day she claimed he "suddenly became aggressive" and bit her. She never provided proof of the bite. She sent a video of his "aggressive behavior" which showed him acting typical and curious as she poked an object through the bars at him. I'll add this video in the comments.

Oct 25th - We were scheduled to meet up so she could adopt new boys, but I no longer felt comfortable - suspecting there was something going on with the "breeder best friend" - and told her I no longer had anyone available.

Oct 26th - She informed me she had rehomed KB with Roman Lively. Roman Lively had already been on my adoption blacklist due to being a regular issue in other animal groups I'm in and receiving complaints from members in the ones I admin. She is a known animal flipper and scammer, especially with snakes. I wasn't aware she was Morgan's best friend. Morgan sent me screenshots of Roman gushing over how sweet and affectionate KB is, accompanied by pictures of him placed with a group of Roman's rat pups.

Nov 5th - Morgan sent me videos of her hairless boy, in which she is audibly stressed over how he is reacting to one of her younger boys playing with him and concerned he was being aggressive. I had to explain to her that his behavior was friendly, not aggressive, and that this was completely normal behavior. It was now very apparent that she doesn't understand rat behavior at all, which shocked me considering the number of pet rats she's claimed to have had. She brought up one of the breeders that she had contacted 2 weeks ago, saying she doesn't try to adopt from her anymore. This is when I decided to confront her with the screenshot in which she told this breeder that KB's "brother" had passed at 3 years old. She said that the 3 year old rat was a different boy who passed away Oct 18th, days AFTER she talked about how lonely KB now was without Yoshi/living all alone. She now claimed this boy had been living with with KB and Yoshi the entire time and he and KB were always snuggled together. She had never mentioned this rat at any point.

Nov 9th - She thanked me for giving her the confidence to leave the younger boy in with the hairless boy, and said they got on great. I was upset that KB (and Yoshi) were not given that same chance. This was the last time we spoke.

Nov 22nd - Roman made a post in the TX Pet Rat Adoptions group about available rats, stating that adopted rats would need to be spayed/neutered if in a home with opposite s*x rats. I commented that I appreciated her policy and asked if she was neutering my boy. She claimed to not know who I was and imply all her rats are hers as she's a breeder, so I said "This boy" and attached a picture. She became combative and claimed that KB (now Romeo) was incredibly aggressive and she was shocked by it, that a reputable breeder should know he wasn't "breeder quality" (?), and that he "continuously" attacked Morgan. She also stated that she doesn't spay or neuter because of the risks, so KB wouldn't be neutered. I replied and attached a screenshot of her own messages where she said how sweet KB is, and said I'd happily take him back. She blocked me. The biggest kick in the teeth is that the group admin believed Roman's account of things, including that the pups she placed KB with were feeder rescues (why would someone who breeds feeders herself for her own snakes rescue other feeders?) and claimed I had chased Roman through DMs to harass and bully her (I have never DMd Roman).

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Sometimes you don't notice something unravelling when it's happening so gradually, and it's only once it has all unraveled and is laid out in front of you that hindsight helps you realize what was happening all along. After digging around, and speaking with others within the local animal groups we shared, I discovered that Morgan is a serial adopter who never keeps her animals for long. That's because she has been working with Roman for a while to acquire rats for breeding, and they swap them back and forth, adopting them out as babies to make a quick buck. While I could give Morgan some benefit of the doubt that Roman is also manipulating her by convincing her that normal, non-aggressive behavior in rats IS aggressive in order to coerce Morgan into giving them to her, Morgan should still not be adopting animals that she clearly doesn't understand the behavior of. The video of his "aggression" in the comments would not be deemed remotely aggressive by any breeder, and we would never recommend sticking things through the bars to begin with, never mind for the purpose of illiciting a response, as even the friendliest of rats can be food reactive through the bars, as is my own, lovely, incredibly affectionate Pork Pie.

Roman was already known to me and had been confronted by me in other groups when caught lying in attempts to scam other members, which was why I had blacklisted her and why she would know I wouldn't have willingly adopted any rats to her. I won't speculate on what I believe happened to Yoshi but - knowing what gets the most interest from adopters and what visuals she breeds for - will say that I don't think Roman would have been interested inbreeding him, making him "useless" to her. That's all I'll say, and it devastates me.

If anyone in the ATX or SA area ever come across KB/Romeo for adoption, please contact me, or even adopt him and I will reimburse you. I just want him to be safe and not sold as a feeder once she's unable to use him.

11/21/2025

The TLDR of this post; this year has been chaotic, and I appreciate everybody for being patient! If you want to hear about the behind-the-scenes goings-on, feel free to keep reading!

I know I haven't been the best at responding to people inquiring about rats for the past couple of months. I always do eventually get back to people, it may just take me a little while. As much as I wish my pet projects could be my sole focus, we rely on my husband's main business as our sole income and, as a small business that has had a customer base grow incredibly fast in a very short amount of time, it has left us both working around the clock with absolutely zero down time. When I get home from a 12hr work day, the first thing I do is get straight to cleaning, feeding, watering, and giving attention to my own mischief while they free roam, and anything else has to inevitably be put off another day. I'll have my schedule completely planned out for the next day, but something almost always comes up with work, so I do appreciate everyone for being patient with me and understanding that I'll get to them when I can!

This year has been rough. On top of our workload quadrupling, I sadly lost the majority of my elderly mischief members - Gene, Lilo, Mite, Penny, and Nugget. It was incredibly difficult losing every one of them, but I am so glad that I had so long with them, and I got an entire year longer than I expected to have with Penny, thanks to the removal of her tumor. Lilo left me one of the greatest gifts too - Pork Pie - who is now my oldest resident. Sadly, he has ended up being the only rat I've ever personally worked with to develop Hind Leg Degeneration, and I've subsequently had to commit extra time and attention to him and make the room HLD friendly for him. He is such a little trooper, and Plum Bum has been taking good care of him while I'm at work, now that she's lost all of her sisters and has become his sole companion. Carl, Gavin, Wesley, and Jake are all doing great, and every day I look forward to coming home and getting smothered in kisses from Carl and Jake. They are the loves of my life 🥰.

I had talked about my breeding plans for this year being focused down to my Bouncy Baby (Blue/Black Rexoid) line, Kissy Boy (Black/Mink) line, a Marked Tonkinese project and a brand new Silvermane project. I had hoped to have already adopted out some Silvermane boys by now. Unfortunately, the lone Silvermane that Mischa gave me from her only litter ended up not being interested in the ladies whatsoever. I tried pairing him up for months, but it just wasn't happening, and I guess his attitude rubbed off on his Tonkinese buddy, as he ran away from the ladies anytime he was introduced to them 🤦‍♀️. Thankfully, my wonderful adopter Alex just happened to be looking to add to her mischief and give Rin and Yoji two new brothers from me. It was hard for me to say goodbye to my first and only SM boy, especially as he's such a snuggle bug, but I couldn't think of anyone better to take him and his buddy. Sadly, this did mean that my pet line projects were now way behind and left me turning adopters away. I do thankfully still have some of my reserve lines that Carl and many of the other boys I've adopted out before came from, as well as the last of my original Bouncy Baby line offspring, but my SM project is still months away from being established while I wait for my SM girls to grow a little more before they're introduced to a boy from my Kissy Boy line.

This week I also had to say goodbye to my remaining Bouncy Baby girl - Daphne. She retired a year ago but was still a permanent resident, and I'm going to miss seeing her sweet face and getting my daily kisses. She lived a long life for such a petite little lady, and she gave me the biggest boy I've ever seen in my life (and who I still have)! Her grandbabies are part of my newer lines, so the Bouncy Baby line will live on!

One other disheartening thing that happened this year was a bad experience I had with an adopter. I won't go into too much detail, but this person was somebody that I had been talking to for a long time and I felt they could be trusted with some boys from me without me sending them my adoption agreement. They were 4.5 months old and very established. Within 4 weeks of having my boys, one had passed away completely out of the blue (no physical injuries or signs of anything abnormal when I was shown his body), and she had decided the other was aggressive. She now wanted some younger, fancier boys from me and said that the remaining boy was going to live alone from now on. This was an upsetting revelation, especially since he was not acting remotely aggressive in the proof I received from her, and I explained that he shouldn't be living alone as he was incredibly social and thrived with his group. She then decided to permanently rehome him with a breeder (that I had already personally blacklisted and wasn't aware she was good friends with). This boy was so non-aggressive to the extent that this breeder had no problem IMMEDIATELY introducing him to a group of unrelated pups (always a huge no-no). I also discovered other concerning information through other breeders she was trying to adopt from in which she was not being truthful/was contradicting things previously said to me, and this only added to my disappointment and frustration over the situation, but made me at least thankful that some of us have such a tight knit community where we CAN still have some trust and look out for each other! I'll no longer make exceptions for who I send my Adoption Agreement document to, and will ensure that anybody adopting from me understands how to provide proper care, understand body language within rats, what is normal and abnormal, and make sure they will properly quarantine them/any other rats they adopt from elsewhere to ensure they don't potentially pass unfamiliar pathogens to each other.

There has been even more that happened this year, including rescuing a puppy (Fenja), but unfortunately having to subsequently deal with some of the most extremely horrible women within the rescue community I had naively agreed to work with instead of my usual contacts - that's a LONG story for another day, but just another thing that consumed a lot of my time. The great news is that I was able to raise the funds for the emergency care she needed (including a blood transfusion), raise her up for a couple of months, and then she was adopted by a couple I know allllll the way in Massachusetts! They're understandably also upset with how these ladies we worked with conducted themselves, especially after inadvertently discovering one of them making provably false claims about them - behind their backs - on social media AFTER paying the $600 adoption and transportation fee (because fabricating drama for online followers gets people to donate more, I guess!) but they are now a complete and incredibly happy family, and I even get to stay in regular contact with Fenja over video call! Dealing with these women was an experience I can't even put into words and I wish I'd gone my usual route with this rescue, but at least Fenja survived and got her family in the end.

To end this on a positive note, the biggest thing that happened this year is that my sister came to visit! We had not seen each other in 10 years! The last time she saw me I was 23, so I had changed a lot, and her getting to experience my life and my world in America was so much fun. Preparing for me to take 4 days off from the shop took weeks of extra work, and I'm still catching up now, but it was the best time I've had since moving to the US, so it was worth it! I now get to look forward to her bringing her entire family over next year, and getting to see my nieces and nephew again now that they're no longer babies and toddlers!

Again, thank you to everybody who has been patient with me, and I promise I WILL always get back to you eventually! If you read all of this, I commend you! I finally had half an hour to spare now that I'm all caught up, and figured I'd take the time to divulge!

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09/18/2025

Look at baby Leif now! Not quite as blue as he once was, but still just as handsome 🥹