Best of luck .... they sure do make a CUTE rat pile.  SIGH ... hopefully none are pregnant, but that would be too much of a miracle to ask for. 

Hi Mindy here with the RMCA
When you get down to the LA area please contact me. I will PM you my phone number and the other board members numbers.
We will see what we have and hope to help out.

I was hoping to possibly foster some ratties in the new year. Depending on when you're down near LA (I won't be around the 1st week of January), I may be able to take at least two. I can't promise I'll be able to take any, but I wanted to speak up in hopes of keeping you from feeling completely overwhelmed! I hope I'm able to at least do that for you!

Please keep us updated. This is so terrible- like Menagerie said, this is the last thing CA needs.

Why do the babies need to be euthanized?  Are the mothers not there? 

And I noticed a litter box - does that actually work?  I would love it if it did.

I'm sure Mindy will be calling me to see if there is anything that I can help her with.  I hope we/she/us can take some for you.

Good luck.

Oh they are soooo cute. If I had the finances.. I would totally adopt a bunch of them!

The babies will do fine if they're atleast 2.5-3 weeks old (as long as they have some KMR and kitten food along with blocks). Or are these little babies with only fuzz that would need to be hand raised? I wish I could help. I'm in MO though.

How horrible. I wish I lived just a little bit closer, then I could foster a few of the babies. Gypsy and Thistle are still lactating from their past litter 

wishing for rats
thanks. your friend contacted me about adopting 2 rats. darren the rat is still there. if you wanted him that would be fantastic. right now there is no info on the acc website about the ratties but hopefully by saturday. the adoption fee for males is $10 and that includes the neuter charge and of course he will get a vet exam. i am hoping to get to LA either the first or second week of january. the babies are 3 weeks to approx 8 months. the colors vary. basically agouti, chocolate, beige, fawn, chinchilla, blue, black, grey. i know these are not the correct color terms but you get the picture. you guys are all really great. let me know who you are interested in. age wise and color wise and i can take a few more pictures tomorrow when i go to the shelter. thanks. oh and yes you can pick up rats for your friend as well.

I'm the one who contacted your via email. My friend is Wishing4Rats. I was wondering, Just in case she CANT make it. Where in LA would you be going to? You can email me or just respond, or PM me. I'm so hyped up over these boys XD let me know.

--Elle :angel:

Do you know if Darren is for sure 2 years old? Is that what whoever surrendered him said or an estimate? I PMed a question about a cagemate for him, as I'm nervous thinking of getting him a cagemate if he really is 2 (pretty old for a rattie, right?). I want to get him soooo bad, just waiting for the right time to ask my 'rents.

You're doing so good placing these babies! Bless you! Looking forward to more pictures, too. 

Ugh.. I wish I could adopt each and every one of those babies.. which I know I've said before.. but they are just so cute.. and innocent ... It just tears me up inside that I don't have the funds to do anything for them...

Bluerat, would the shelter be able to use a HUGE bale of aspen shavings? I just remembered my friends have one from their previous rats. It's opened, but barely any of it was used at all. It's enclosed in a cardboard paper type material. I'd be happy to donate it, as I use Carefresh myself, and we didn't know anyone else who could use it. Let me know!

blueratz, once they are in the LA/Orange County area getting them down here to San Diego isn't that big of a problem as we meet up with Mindy and the RMCA folks on a pretty regular basis.

okay lots of new info. wishing-no need for any shavings we have plenty of bedding but thank you all the same. dreamingqpixie-yes we still have rats available the ones you want actually and i can send you pix tomorrow. shantidass-trip to LA hopefully the weekend of the 8th. menagerie-yes we could probably use your help unless shantidass can do it.
okay and for the update. i am hoping to go to LA the weekend of jan 8th probably from the 7th-12th. i do not really want to drive to san diego and would love your help. there are a total of 58 rats still available (pretty good, huh?) 26 females and 32 males. 8 of these females are possibly pregnant. not showing signs but are definitely of age and may have gotten frisky. we would like to get these to foster homes in the bay area but i may just take them all and wait to see if they are in fact prego. we have 5 large boys and 24 boys that are 3-6 months old. 16 really young females that are probably 99.9% not pregnant. and a few misc other boys and girls. also we had several rats with lice. I will be dosing them with ivermectin on monday and will continue with the weekly dose so they should be fine in a few weeks. i have a meeting with the shelter vp on tuesday to see who we still have available. I will need to know by monday evening who in San Diego and LA wants which rats (Elle i have yours written down and will find some tomorrow). If you have an idea of who you may like i can take some photos of a few specific ones. I want to be able to let the shelter know who will have a home, this will help with keeping the euthenasia to a minimum as the numbers will keep dropping. so far so good on that end though. email me with any other info you need or with your name, number, email and who you would like to adopt and if you need them neutered or spayed. there are very few girls that are large enough to be spayed but most boys are ready for neutering. the vet will be out of town for most of the holiday but i will try to get everyone done if possible. thank you all so much. pics below in order are baby girls, young boys and adult males. sabrina rattypaws@yahoo.com
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