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🐭✨ A NEW WAY TO ADOPT FROM RENO RATS! ✨🐭
We’re making some changes to how our babies find their forever homes!

After a lot of thought, we’ve decided to say goodbye to our traditional waitlist. 💛 We loved the fairness of our waitlist system, but as Reno Rats grew, so did the list, and managing it often meant families waited months for babies while we spent a lot of time following up with people whose plans had changed.

So we’re simplifying!

🐭 Here’s how adoptions will work moving forward:
Available babies will be offered through local Reno Rats adoption events and/or posted as available on our social media pages.

Adoptions will be first come, first served following application approval. You’ll still complete our adoption application, and all of our usual placement requirements will remain in place. We’re changing how you get your babies, not our standards for where they go. ❤️

📣 Want to adopt from us? Stay connected!

The best way to know when babies are available is to:
✨ Follow Reno Rats on Facebook & Instagram
✨ Subscribe to our email newsletter at RenoRats.com
✨ Watch for adoption event announcements & available-baby posts

We’re also moving toward a cluster breeding schedule, meaning we’ll have several litters around the same time followed by longer breaks. Overall, we’ll be producing fewer litters each year, so there will be periods when Reno Rats babies aren’t available.

Ready to adopt, and we don’t have any? Please still reach out!
We know that sometimes the right time to add rats to your family doesn’t line up with our breeding schedule. We have other breeders and adoption resources that we’re happy to recommend and can help point you toward places we trust. Send us a message anytime for our current recommendations!

These changes allow us to spend less time managing lists and more time doing what matters most, raising healthy, well-socialized babies and giving each litter the time and attention they deserve.

We’re excited for this next chapter of Reno Rats and can’t wait to see you at our future adoption events! 🌵🐭

Reno Rats | High Desert Rodentry

#RenoRats #PetRats #FancyRats #RatBreeder #RatAdoption by @reno_rats

📥 FREE RAT CARE GUIDE 🐀✨

New to rats? Want to upgrade your care game?

We’ve got you covered! 🐾

Download our Reno Rats: Pet Rat Care Guide a FREE, beautifully designed resource packed with everything you need to raise happy, healthy rats:
✅ Cage setup
✅ Safe bedding
✅ Diet tips
✅ Enrichment ideas
✅ Vet care basics
...and more!

This guide is our gift to you whether you’re a new adopter or just rat-curious. 💌 Click the link in bio to grab yours instantly and join our email list for future litters, care tips, and exclusive updates!

🔗 renorats.com/careguide

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🐭💙 MEET ALFIE — Looking for His Forever Home! 💙🐭

We’d like to introduce you to a very special little guy who has been staying with us for the past month — Alfie!

Alfie is a young male top-eared Rex, under 6 months old, who came to Reno Rats when his previous owner was no longer able to care for him and some of the female rats he had been living with.

Since arriving, Alfie has spent the last month with us completing our health observation and temperament evaluation, and we’re happy to say he has passed everything with flying colors. ❤️

This boy is an absolute sweetheart. Alfie is healthy, gentle, docile and incredibly easy to handle. He’s comfortable interacting with children, has had exposure to dogs, and has taken everything we’ve introduced him to in stride. He’s just an all-around lovely little rat who deserves a wonderful family of his own.

🏡 What Alfie needs in his forever home:

Most importantly, Alfie cannot live alone. His new home will need to have other compatible male rats for him to bond and socialize with, or appropriately spayed female companions. We’ll be looking for a home that can provide him with the companionship, housing and care he deserves.

Alfie’s adoption fee has been reduced, but not waived. Our priority isn’t making money from his placement — it’s making sure his new family is prepared and committed to providing him with a safe, appropriate, lifelong home.

If you think Alfie might be the perfect addition to your mischief, we’d love to hear from you! 💙

📱 Text Reno Rats at 408-888-2484 and reference the “Meet Alfie” post.

Please feel free to share so we can help this sweet boy find his people. 🐭🏡✨

#RenoRats #MeetAlfie #RatAdoption #PetRats #FancyRats RexRat RatRescue RatRehoming RenoNevada by @reno_rats

🥕🌾 Another easy rat food find! 🐭

I spotted this frozen Multigrain Blend with Vegetables at @traderjoes and immediately thought… the rats would LOVE this. 😂

The ingredient list is super simple: peas, carrots, corn, barley, red rice, spelt & zucchini. I microwaved it, let it cool completely, and mixed it right into their regular Oxbow lab blocks. Needless to say, dinner was a hit!

One of my favorite things about feeding rats is how many healthy whole foods they can enjoy. 🥦

A quality, nutritionally complete lab block should always make up the foundation of your rats diet. Treats and extras shouldn’t shouldn’t replace your foundation. Adding appropriate fresh, frozen or cooked foods can be a great way to provide:

🌾 Different grains & nutrients
🥕 New tastes, smells & textures
🧠 Mental stimulation
🐾 Natural foraging behaviors
💧 Additional moisture from fresh foods
🍽️ Variety in an otherwise predictable diet

Enrichment doesn’t always have to mean buying another toy! Food is enrichment, too. Rats are naturally curious little foragers, so offering safe foods in different forms gives them something to investigate, choose, carry away and enjoy.

Tip when shopping: frozen veggie and grain blends can be an easy option, but always flip the bag over and read the ingredients. Look for simple, rat-safe ingredients without added sauces, heavy seasoning or lots of salt.

There are SO many ways to make life interesting for these little guys while still keeping their staple diet nutritionally balanced. 💛

What unexpected grocery-store food do YOUR rats go crazy for? 👇🐭

#RenoRats #PetRats #RatCare #RatNutrition #RatEnrichment FancyRats RatDiet RatTips by @reno_rats

The face of a happy nakey girl heading home. 🥹🖤 by @reno_rats

🥹🧡 by @reno_rats

🐀 🏠 LOOKING FOR FOREVER HOME
Hi friends! Cookie and Sausage here. We are a couple of sisters looking for a forever place to land. We have been here at the Rattery since birth and we are 5 months old. We are smaller females for our age. We have been told we are really good girls and have nice temperaments… whatever that means… 🤪 we just like to have fun and snag pieces of leftover brunch when we can. You know girl things. Anyway we are making our escape from the Rattery. We have been told since we have a special Harley coat that it makes it hard for us to be moms. That’s fine. That sounds boring. So we are looking for a pet home with or without rats. Either way we will get along. Send a message if you want to take us home! 🖤🐀 by @reno_rats

🐀 🏠 LOOKING FOR HOME!
Hi guys Noctis and Solis here. We found our way back to Reno Rats through no fault of our own. Our person had some life circumstances change and they did the right thing by getting us back to the Rattery. We are almost 9 months old and we are just chunky boys who like treats and snuggles. We are brothers. So you know we wanna go home together. We would be sad to be split up. We like car rides. Exploring new places and laying around. Hobbies include licking your fingers and taking long naps. Please take us home. 🥹🙏 by @reno_rats

🥗🐭 Today was Rat Salad Day!

Once a week, when it’s time to refresh the produce in our refrigerator, the rats get one of their favorite meals.

Before anything goes into the trash, I gather up fruits and veggies that are a little too soft or ripe for us, but are still perfectly fresh and safe for the rats. Today’s salad included:
🥬 Romaine
🥒 English cucumber
🥒 Zucchini
🍅 Tomato
🥦 Broccoli

Each mischief gets their own salad, and it’s always fun watching everyone rush over to claim their favorite piece. Every rat has different tastes!

Fresh vegetables aren’t just a healthy treat, they’re also a form of enrichment. New textures, smells, flavors, and the opportunity to forage encourage natural behaviors and keep curious little minds engaged.

A quality lab block should always be the foundation of a pet rat’s diet, but adding a variety of fresh vegetables several times a week is a great way to provide extra vitamins, hydration, and mental stimulation.

💛 A few reminders:
• Introduce new foods gradually.
• Wash all produce well.
• Remove leftovers after a few hours.
• Soft or slightly overripe produce is fine, but never feed anything moldy or spoiled.

One of my favorite parts is watching every rat’s personality come out at mealtime. Some head straight for the broccoli, others steal the tomato, and there’s always one little troublemaker trying to drag away the biggest piece they can find. 😂

What’s your rats’ favorite vegetable? 🐭👇

#RenoRats #RatSaladDay #FancyRats #RatCare #PetRats RatEnrichment HealthyPets SmallAnimalCare by @reno_rats

Volume up. Rats snacking while we were watching documentaries tonight. 🤣🫡🐀 by @reno_rats

🐭🤎 Agouti rats deserve more love.

These babies are so often overlooked because they have a more “wild” or natural appearance compared to flashy markings and colors, but honestly? Agouti coats are some of my absolute favorites.

When you really look closely, their coloring is incredible. Every hair is banded with multiple tones, giving them this beautiful dimensional, almost shimmering look in different lighting. No two agoutis ever seem exactly the same.

They have this earthy, rich, natural beauty that photos honestly never fully capture ✨

I think sometimes people expect “plain,” but agoutis are anything but plain once you appreciate the detail in their coats. They’re one of those varieties that quietly grows on you until suddenly they become your favorite color in the rattery 💛

Who else is an agouti fan? 🐾

#RenoRats #AgoutiRat #FancyRats #PetRats by @reno_rats

Enjoy these pics from this morning of our Star Wars litter going home next weekend. 😭😍 they are so photogenic and literally the cutest ever. 🐀 by @reno_rats