News

30th December 2009
Three of the young kittens from the rescue that I had just before Christmas went off to their new home today.

14th December 2009
I have decided my keepers from my current litters and here they are:
BOYS - RCT Bagel, RCT Nerferian and RCT Sweeper

GIRLS - RCT Flame and RCT Spirit

12th December 2009
We really had a great time at the NFRS Christmas show today. It was a really good atmosphere!
I entered a few rats. Kondrick and May were in Pets and Pardrai, Morpethia, Bagel, Flame and Spirit in varieties.
Kondrick came 2nd Adult owned buck and got a Special for "Butchest Buck"
May came 3rd adult owned doe and got a special for "Prettiest Doe"
Morpethia came 3rd Agouti
Spirit came 1st Agouti Kitten
Bagel came 2nd Cinnamon kitten
Flame came 1st British Blue, 2nd Novice and 4th Kitten challenge
Pardrai came 1st British Blue, 1st Novice and 4th Adult Challenge.

11th December 2009
Mindra's and Beltara's kittens are now 6 weeks old and all the homes have been finalised. They will be leaving over the next few days.

1st December 2009
To help promote the Oxford show I have started handing out posters around the area. The poster is available to download if you wish to give some out where you are! Please see here!

15th November 2009
We had a good day at the NFRS Meldreth show. Kondrick came 3rd in Best Adult owned buck and May came 2nd in Best adult owned doe and 3rd best pet. Kondrick got a special award for the "most handsome buck" and May got a special for "Kidnapped". Larina came 1st British Blue and 2nd place Novice.
Pardrai was the little star at this show. He got: 3rd Stud Buck, 1st British Blue Agouti, 1st Novice, 1st Adult Challenge, Best AOV and Best Opposite Age.


12th November 2009
Mindra & Beltara are doing a fantastic job with their babies. Mindra has 6 girls and 5 boys and Beltara has 2 girls and 9 boys.

Mindra's Litter - 14 days old


Beltara's Litter - 9 days old


3rd November 2009
Beltara gave birth this morning to 11 babies. To follow their progress please click here
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29th October 2009
Mindra gave birth early this afternoon to 11 babies. I think we have 6 boys and 5 girls. To follow their progress please click here

26th October 2009
Mindra has now been moved to her birthing cage as she is due 28th/29th October.



20th October 2009
Ratty Rascals Ossy passed away today. His cause of death is unknown.


11th October 2009
Beltara was mated to Kondrick. We are expecting kittens around 2nd November.

7th October 2009
Mindra was mated to Kondrick. We are expecting kittens around 29th October.

18th September 2009
Rupert, Paddington and Yogi have found a new home.

14th September 2009
Hellstorm Jonah and RCT Larina have been mated up today. We shall be expecting kittens around 5th October

12th September 2009
Halcyon Mtaloth and RCT Beltara have been mated up today. We shall be expecting kittens around the 3th October.

12th September 2009
RCT Beltara won a number of awards today at the NFRS London Champs show. She got 1st place in Best Black, Best Self, Best Novice and also go Reserve Best In Show - I am really proud of her.
Halcyon Scrarneth also got 1st place in Best British Blue Agouti and Halcyon Mtaloth got 1st place in Best British Blue

6th September 2009
Larina has gone on a holiday to stay with Sarah of HKM stud to be mated up to Jonah over the next 2 weeks. Beltara will be mated up on the 12th September.

6th September 2009
I went to collect 4 new kittens who will be used for the Badger line. I have 2 boys - Pop up & Woof and 2 Girls - Blaze & Fidget They are very cute and very playful - massive thanks the Jenna & Sarah of Hakuna Matata Rattery



5th September 2009
We still don't have a rat shed. This has been going on now for 5 weeks and should really have been completed.

24th August 2009
Rupert (the rescue boy) now has two friends, Paddy and Yogi, who are now looking for a new home together.


2nd August 2009

Halcyon Estwi has passed away. He was found with Kanga and Ossy cuddling up to him. His cause of death is unknown

1st August 2009
Two new girls have come to live with us - Karnimata Flora & Karnimata Clover


5th July 2009

From the 16 kittens that Bixer and Scrarneth had, I am keeping 5 - 3 girls and 2 boys who will hopefully carry on my lines for me.

Boys KONDRICK (Agouti) and PARDRAI (British Blue Agouti)


Girls BELTARA (black), MINDRA (British Blue Agouti) and LARINA (British Blue)

3rd July 2009
All the kittens from Scrarneth and Bixer's litter have now got homes and only 2 pairs are left here waiting to leave for their new homes. We wish them all the best and hope to the new owners keep us updated with their progress.

15th June 2009
Bixer's babies are now 4 weeks old and are doing really well. They are really confident rats and will make wonderful pets

26th May 2009
Bixer and her babies are doing very well and their coats have now started to come through

20th May 2009

Bixer has 17 babies (10 girls & 7 boys) and all are doing very well. You can see them here!

18th May 2009
Bixer had her babies around 4pm this afternoon. I don't numbers yet as I am letting mum have some time with the babies. I do believe there are quite a few!

16th May 2009
Roo was PTS this morning following him having 2 strokes and being in quite a bit of distress after the 2nd one. After a discussion with our vet it was decided that the kindest thing to do would be to end his suffering.



12th May 2009
Morpethia came in to season tonight which means no babies from her. I will not be re-mating her.

1st May 2009
Smudge was put to sleep today. She hadn't been well for a few days and today she was rushed to the vets.


26th April 2009
Alpha Centuari Bixer was was mated to Halcyon Scrarneth. Fingers crossed for babies around the 17th May 2009

24th April 2009
Rivendell Morpethia was mated to Halcyon Scrarneth. Fingers crossed for babies around the 15th May 2009.

11th April 2009
Angel was put to sleep today as her Tumours got too big for her to cope with.

9th April 2009
Ratty Rascals Drake passed away this evening. His cause of death is unknowm
15/09/08 - 09/04/09

4th April 2009
MRC Birmingham show Scrarneth got 1st British Blue Agouti, Mtaloth got 1st British Blue, Kanga got 1st Best Rescue and a special "Best Coat Diver"

28th March 2009
Halcyon Mtaloth has joined us. Hopefully he will be used in my breeding plans when he
is old enough

16th March 2009
Pip was put to sleep this morning. She had become quite ill in the last few days and looked very sad. 08/09/07 - 16/03/09

15th March 2009
NFRS Portsmouth show Scrarneth came 1st British Blue Agouti and 3rd in the Adult challenge, which gave me my first ever win with an adult rat.

Drake came 3rd in British Blue, Aswanti came 4th in Agouti and Bixer came 2nd in Agouti

28th February 2009
NFRS Boscombe Show Bixer came 1st Agouti Kitten and 4th Kitten Challenge Aswanti came 3rd Agouti Kitten.

17th February 2009
All the kittens from Rosie and Petal's litter have all found lovely new homes. Some pictures can be seen here.

14th February 2009
We have 2 new boys who have come to join us - Halcyon Estwi and Halcyon Scrarneth. One of these boys hopefully will be the dad of the first RCT Litter. A massive Thank You to Lisa Grove of Halcyon Stud for letting me have these boys.

 

25th January 2009
We have 2 new girls here - Alpha Centauri Bixer and Alpha Centauri Aswanti. One of these girls will become a mum to the first RCT Rats litter. At the moment I can't tell the 2 apart.
A massive Thank You to Estelle at Alpha Centauri Stud for letting me have these 2 girls.

24th January 2009
Rocky and Rambo have now found a new home. They have left me to live with Scott. We wish them all the best.

20th January 2009
Well after a number of weeks and a few attempts at try, Drake and Ossy are now living with Rocky and Rambo with no problems. They have moved in to a Critter 3 as I need the main cages for the new kittens who will be starting my lines.

A few of the kittens are still looking for homes from Petal's and Rosie's litters.

17th January 2009
Rosie and Petal's litters are now 14 days old and most of them have their eyes open.

6th January 2008
I currently have 2 rescue litters which will be looking for homes mid-February and more details can be found here.

3rd January 2009
Bubbles has left us for Rainbow Bridge. She was 16 months old.

 

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