An oasis in the desert, Desert Specialties Rodentry is a small breeding operation in the southern Arizona desert specialising in Rex rats and pet mice
Its with teary eyes we say Peaches lost her two babies, I believe there was an issue at birth as they looked like they had some internal bleeding and Peaches did have quite a bit of blood when having them. Nike's baby has stopped eating and has given up the fight, he was a very strong little boy.
Death is an accept part of breeding but in light of these deaths we'll be taking a break from breeding our rats to focus on our mice.
Nike gave birth to a single baby last night! Sadly for anyone that was interested in a baby from this pairing, we'll be keeping this baby for our own. Don't worry though, we'll have more pairings soon!
This girl will be on baby watch tomorrow! Her and Clay are the start of our hooded line. We're expecting mostly black hooded, standard and Rex
(Again we apologize for the poor quality photo)
Clay got to come out for free roam time with Jax, but all he wanted to do was run up on top of his cage 😂
We're sad to say our dark brindle female did not make it through labor :'( she passed before she had any of her babies.
(Sorry for the poor quality photos!)
This is one of our expecting moms! Any guesses on how many she'll have?
Two of our mice are expecting litters any day now! The babies should be majority solid brindle
A couple updates!
The baby mice are doing very well! A couple of them are already reserved and I'll be holding back a couple so if you want one from this litter contact me asap!
We also paired our other two mice does, we're expecting mostly brindles from those two as well
Also some sad news about Peaches :( she has developed a small tumor. However she was paired with Jax before it appeared so she may have a litter. We're not sure at the moment if we're going to sell the babies or not since we don't believe the tumor is genetic, but just a flook in her.
Nike has also been paired with Clay in case Peaches can't nurse her babies because of the tumor. So be ready for two little ratto litters!
As promised here are all the babies with their color!
I you would like to reserve one please message me or comment and I'll get back to you as soon as possible!
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We had a little photo shoot today for the babies, pictures should be up within the next few days! In the mean time here are the colors of the babies
(We still need a name theme for this litter! Now that they can be told apart the need names!)
Brindle Pied (belted, head dot)
Fawn Pied ( Variegated, head dot)
Brindle Pied ( Variegated, blaze)
Brindle
Light brindle Pied ( Variegated)
Brindle (small white dot between shoulders)
Brindle Pied (minimal Variegated)
Brindle Pied ( Variegated, large head dot)
Colors! It looks like all the babies are pied either dark or light brindle.
If you're interested in any of these babies as pets please contact this page and we'll put your name on a reservation list for the babies that grow to be pet quality
The little ones are doing great!
More new additions! These three boys are from Kobi Rowand and in Vail. They are settling in well and we've started working with them to see who has the best disposition to sire our next litter. So far the brindle boy seems to be the best, and we may wait to get a Siamese girl before we breed the other two
We welcomed eight new babies into the world at 4:30am today! All born alive and healthy with no complications. Momma is taking great care of them as you can see from their prominent milk bands. Momma is also not showing any signs of maternal aggression which is a great sign that these babies will be friendly and pet quality!
Well it seems our pied brindle girl is pregnant! She hasn't been with a male at our location so we're not sure the colors or the behavior that will come out in there's babes yet. Once they're born they'll be handled and socialized and hopefully be open for pet homes. If not they will still be available as feeders. More pictures and updates to come!
Thank you all for the new likes!
Right now we don't have a of of pictures and updates because everything is still coming into place. But we'll be posting every update and hopefully be having a photo shoot for the mice soon!
Thank you again! Have a great night!
As indicated by the slight change in the name and description of this page, we will in fact be breeding our mice! After realising there seem to be no mouse breeders in town we want to make more mice available to the people here. We will be working towards friendliness and health first and colors second. Hopefully can supply quality pet mice that are able to be handled and don't bite, unlike most corporate pet store animals.
It may be a month before our male is ready to breed, but we will announce when our first pairing takes place!
We're excited to say we've added mice to our household! We only have the three females in our rack system right now. We don't know as of now if we'll be breeing mice as well (we were offered to help a friend breed his lines) but we'll keep everyone updated!
We're sad tosay that our patchwork boy Herby has passed away 😢
RIP Herby, you'll be missed
The Girls
The Boys
Herby, Jax and Clay
An older picture of Peaches with Cream behind her
Got a photo shoot going tonight! Here's a peek at it. Don't worry the ones with the rattos look much nicer
(My phone has awful quality I'm sorry)
Here's the new hairless/patchwork boy! Thank everyone for the name suggestions but he has been dubbed 'Herby'!
Picking up this little guy in about a half hour! Any name ideas? Bonus if its SOA related!
Desert Specialties Rodentry's cover photo
Clay
Jax
Welcome to Desert Specialties Rattery! We hope to have everyone's pictures up in the next few days, but until then, here is some info on our soon to be breeders
Jax
Black Rex
No foreseeable health issues
No aggression shown
No chewing shown
Full adult coat still to come in
(Still young, if problems arise he'll be removed from the program)
Clay
Rex, adult coat needs to come in for color to be determined (Siamese or Beige hooded)
No foreseeable health issues
No aggression shown
No chewing shown
Full adult coat still to come in
(Still young, if problems arise he'll be removed from the program)
Peaches
Double Rex
Prone to eye infections, but no cysts, tumors, or other conditions related to DRex
No aggression shown
Slight chewing for nesting habit, easily corrected with bedding change
Cream
Agouti Hooded Standard
No heath issues
No aggression shown
No chewing shown
Larger than average
Ash
Agouti Berkshire Standard
No health issues
No aggression shown
No chewing shown
Nike
Black Variegated Standard
No health issues
No aggression shown
No chewing shown
Notably friendlier than other females
Desert Specialties Rodentry's cover photo
Tucson, AZ
85742
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The little ones are doing great!
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