Below Litters will be listed from 4 weeks old, available to go home at 7-8 weeks. Older and sometimes retired rats from our breeding programs will also be adopted out. 

We only adopt out single rats if the rats are over 3 months of age. Otherwise, all pups are sold in pairs. This is for their own safety.

Costs:

I only adopt out in same-sex pairs. I do not adopt out babies to start a multi-sex mischief  (in separate cages ). I will adopt out to people with established multi-sex mischiefs. This cost is per rat to PET homes.

If you wish to get breeder stock, breeding rights are an additional 60$ . We only sell breeding stock to ratteries that are approved by us; and if we do have breeding stock available, its rare. Feel free to email with inquiry.

Our rats come with special costs for the more traits they have that are desired. Adoption fees start at 45$ and increase by amounts according to their traits:

Smooth Coat - +$0

Rex - +$5

Velveteen - +$5

Silvermane - +$5

Harly - +$10

Top Eared - +$0

Dumbo - +$5

Dwarf - +$25

For Example, the most expensive rat we could produce would be a  Dumbo Rex Velveteen Harly Silvermane Dwarf costing 100$. 

All available rats are labeled with their Coat, Ears, and if they are a Dwarf after their ID and nickname to provide you a clear definition of what the adoption fees are. 

Available Rats:

See Babies here! 

Please check out our Facebook or the litter page for updates

To adopt a pair of pups you must have an approved adoption application! See it below to be put on our waitlist. 

Below is my adoption Questionnaire. Please fill out and I will get in contact with you after reading.

By submitting an adoption application, you are agreeing to my adoption terms and conditions. 

These terms are: 

• You acknowledge that we are at the whim of the rat gods and you may have to wait a bit for them to answer your prayers

• You know that I will take the pups back at any time if you need me to no questions asked. We will not be able to keep them but we will find them safe landing.

• Once your pups are picked out, you have 24 hours to pay the adoption fee before I move on to another adopter. You must contact me for an extension.

• If you cant pick them up on there designated adoption weekend, please contact me a week before so we can a good time. If you miss your adoption appointment, you will be charged an additional fee for your makeup appointment.

• There are no fee refunds, no exceptions. All the money spent on this by you is documented in our books and goes right back to the rats for care, housing, and vet visits.

• Filling this out is for approval as a PET only home. If you are found to have intentionally bread a pet rat (violating my intellectual property rights) adopted from Bard Rattery, you will never again be allowed to adopt from here, and your name will be passed among fellow breeders with a warning to prevent improper breeding of pet stock. Accidents happen; if you accidentally have a litter parented by a rat from my rattery, you must contact me, and I will help you figure out what to do. 

How do Reservations work? 

Reservations are broken into two categories. Special Reservations and Normal Reservation.
Special reservations are reservations for people with special needs. For example, I have agreed to provide special reservations for families with young kids, those looking for ESA, and those who have other particular needs. These folk reserve before everyone else but are also subject to me helping or completely picking the babies out for them. This is to meet their needs better and make sure they get a good match.
Normal reservations are open first to previous Attendees and then to the general public. An Email will be sent out at 4 weeks of age announcing that previous adopters can now contact me about what babies they would like and get to reserve early up until 5 weeks. The babies' pictures will be up by 4 weeks old. 

The Saturday after the babies turn 5 weeks. An email will be sent to the wait list at 12 Noon. To reserve, you respond to that email with your top 3 pairs. These emails will be responded to in order of reception. Once the reservation has been confirmed, I will send you an invoice to be paid within 24 of confirmation unless otherwise communicated. If you do not pay within 24 hours, they will be placed back available. 

Babies go home at 7-9 Weeks. This age allows them at least two weeks to learn more about how to be a rat from other adult rats. The babies will come home with a bag of food they've been on, a treat, and an adoption packet.

Why so Expensive?

Not only are these rats hand raised one litter at a time, meaning I have only these babies for the 10 weeks that it takes to breed and rear them, but they are worked with extensively:

1. There parents are healthy and get regular vet  care. If a rat ever gets sick and needs medication, I dont breed them, simple as that. There parents have not gotten sick in there lives. I only breed Healthy animals, and animals with a long history of heath.

2. I dont breed there parents till 4 months old for females and 6 months for males. Those ages means that there temperaments and immune systems are set and we know the quality they are and the quality they will produce. 

3. They are temperament tested three times. And come from temperament tested parents. I also document the temperaments of there siblings and there aunts and uncles to keep track of overall bloodline temperament. 

4. They come with lifetime support from me. I'm always available via email and sometimes available via phone to help if you ever need. If you ever need emergency advice or happen to run out of food and need a scoop, I'm there.  You cant care for them for any reason? You bring them to me and ill find them a new home. Also previous clients get first pick of pups from new litters when they wish to adopt again and sometimes get to help decide what the next breeding is. 

5. The Cost Ensures Good Care. If you can spend 60$ on a pair of rats I know you are dedicated to them as pets and will take good care of them. They are an investment when you adopt from my lines but your getting so much extra support and help and health and temperament history I know you care. Not only about the wellbeing of the animals, but also about what life you will provide them.