Radiant Rodentry

Radiant Rodentry Established 2020. Dedicated to improving health and temperament with our selective breeding program.
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To be able to provide ethical sourced option as well as assisting with rehabilitating and rescuing on a case by case basis.

🚨 IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION 🚨It’s come to my attention that my name and Radiant Rodentry have been wrongly associated with...
17/09/2025

🚨 IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION 🚨

It’s come to my attention that my name and Radiant Rodentry have been wrongly associated with pet shop sales. Let me be very clear:

👉 These are NOT Radiant Rodentry rats.
👉 I have never sold to a pet shop in my life and I never will.

Radiant Rodentry has always focused on:
🐭 Rescuing and rehabilitating rats.
🐭 Carefully planned, ethically sourced breeding with the purpose of continuing and improving lines.
🐭 Ensuring rats only go to homes that are fully vetted, informed, and prepared.

Selling to pet shops is everything I stand against. Why? Because:
• Pet shops have zero vetting process, meaning animals often end up neglected or rehomed.
• Buyers are often misinformed about proper care, leading to sick or unhappy rats.
• Rats are commonly kept in inadequate enclosures before sale. Bred for quantity not quality.
• Many pet shop rats are sourced from feeder breeder racks, where they’re bred back-to-back in tiny tubs, with poor diets and no welfare standards.

If anyone has ever been told otherwise — that my rats came from a shop — you’ve been misinformed. Please always check directly with me if you’re unsure.

✨ On a brighter note — I’m excited to share that Radiant Rodentry will be reopening soon! ✨
It’s been a quiet year with me on hiatus, but I now have some very promising litters born and I can’t wait to share updates as they grow.

📩 Regarding Messages & Replies
I know I’ve been very slow (or completely absent) in replying to messages since around June/July — I’ve been on hiatus and also organising things behind the scenes. I really appreciate everyone’s patience. 🙏

I’ll start working through my inbox soon, but please understand it may take me a little while to get back to everyone. If you’re still interested or reached out before, feel free to send me a fresh message so I don’t miss you. 💌

Lorenzo “Renz” is a surrendered boy who’s looking for a loving forever home. I fell in love with him the moment he came ...
10/05/2025

Lorenzo “Renz” is a surrendered boy who’s looking for a loving forever home. I fell in love with him the moment he came into my care, and while I’d love to keep him, due to my own ongoing health issues, I need to downsize.

Lorenzo is super sweet and affectionate once he bonds with you. He’s confident, loves his treats, and really enjoys his free-roam time. Normally, I don’t like to adopt out solo male rats, so I’ll be extra selective with the home he goes to—ideally, someone experienced and willing to go the extra mile for his wellbeing.

My hope is to find someone who shares my philosophy on what’s best for him—this includes considering neutering (if a vet deems him fit), so he can eventually live peacefully with females. It’s unclear if his issues with other males are hormonal aggression; he doesn’t show immediate aggression, but over time the dynamics just don’t seem to work out. He was only ever with his brother (who sadly passed at 14 months), and had been on his own for about a month before being surrendered. I believe lack of proper socialisation may have played a role.

I’ve tried several introductions with younger males, but it’s been too stressful for him. For now, he’s living solo and really benefits from daily human interaction. He’s currently 18 months old.

If you think Lorenzo might be the right fit for you, please complete an adoption form and let us know why you think you’d be a great match.

Fun Fact: He is a Halloween baby.
DOB: 31/10/23

**I’ll post two videos of him below in the comment section.**

Adoption Form: https://www.liinks.co/radiantrodentry

I was the one that did the cage cleaning yet apparently it earned the 4-5 older boys an instant nap when they went back ...
07/04/2025

I was the one that did the cage cleaning yet apparently it earned the 4-5 older boys an instant nap when they went back in, the younger 3 are still exploring their half 😆

Cages are a bit bare at the moment and bottom young girls cage was done a couple days ago and look at the mess they’ve already made the rascals.

Also trying to take photos of all rats for their new record system I am making and doing their bi-monthly worm and mite treatment too.

I’m struggling but proud of what I’ve accomplished so far today and it’s only 10:30am. Not sure if I have it in me to keep going. Trying to not push myself 😮‍💨

06/04/2025

Hi everyone, effective immediately due to declining health, we are temporarily closed to the public for adoptions for both rats and mice. We thank you all for your continued support and hope to be back stronger and better in the future.

An update on our new setup and plan to downsize moving forward:- New shelving - New acrylic mouse cages - New budtrol ra...
06/03/2025

An update on our new setup and plan to downsize moving forward:
- New shelving
- New acrylic mouse cages
- New budtrol rat cages

Stay tuned for the final outcome!

Once this is officially completed our adoption process will hopefully be a lot more smoother and quicker moving forward as I’ll have a particular plan in place.

Less varieties I’ll be focusing on which means less thinking and planning but more time for my favourites and be able spend more time with the fur-babies.

Mice varieties I’m thinking of mainly focusing on moving forward:
- Siamese, Colourpoint Beige, Burmese, Blue Burmese, Bone, Reverse Siamese and Astrex. Maybe straw, fox and tan and pied as side projects.

Rat colours and coats to still be determined but main focus will most likely be Selkirk, Velour and Rex with colour potentially being: mink, argente, black and blue (if this new blue line I’ve got goes well). With potentially some wedges and spotted as side projects.

⚠️ NO LONGER USING STRAW ⚠️ Hi everyone still unwell but I just wanted to post this before I forget: up until recently w...
06/03/2025

⚠️ NO LONGER USING STRAW ⚠️

Hi everyone still unwell but I just wanted to post this before I forget: up until recently we’ve been under the assumption that straw has been acceptable. However, recently upon more research coming across that it can cause issues with mold spores so moving forward we will no longer be using or recommending it to avoid and help prevent any possible respiratory issues.

End of the day it’s personal preference this is mainly IMO and to those in the past we may have recommended it to that we no longer are recommending it.

Instead we will be switching to kaytee or carefresh bedding as nesting materials or shredded paper once bales are hopefully back in stock.

**NOT THIS IS NOT SUITABLE (hay or paper based bedding) for their main substrate ONLY for nesting.**

EDIT: Still trialling and looking at other sources will post and you keep you all updated. 🥰 obviously it will vary mice vs rats as rats are typically more susceptible to respiratory issues than mice.

03/03/2025

Radiant Rodentry will be away for the rest of the week due to illness. Please still feel free to message my page but note that I may not be able to respond in a timely manner. I hope that you can all understand and be patient while I take care of my health. I thank you all for your continued support. Kat xx

25/02/2025

Now Available For Adoption 🐭

Please note: not everyone of these girls will be available as some of these mice will be kept as keepers as we only breed to continue our lines and improve with each generation.

Unsure who this is, you’ve messaged asking for help but if it is who I am thinking. I tried helping you a couple times o...
15/02/2025

Unsure who this is, you’ve messaged asking for help but if it is who I am thinking. I tried helping you a couple times on my personal account in a couple mice groups we were both in along with other long-term members and you blocked us because we had general concerns of you breeding sickly animals and were only trying to help you.

Therefore, please note I am not ignoring you but we have already tried to help you and you’ve blocked us therefore I cannot reply even if i wanted to.

Hi everyone still having issues with messages.If anyone is interested in coming over for adoption tomorrow or sometime n...
15/02/2025

Hi everyone still having issues with messages.

If anyone is interested in coming over for adoption tomorrow or sometime next week please message me what day and time you are available.

Please note: we do require an adoption form and photo of your setup prior to making an appointment.

✨ Available Now ✨
Male Rats: 2 Left (10/11/24) 13 Weeks Old
- (2) Mink

Female Rats: 3 Left (12/12/24) 9 Weeks Old
- (2) Black
- (1) Mink

Male Mice: PM (we be editing later)…
Female Mice: PM (we be editing later)…

Upcoming litters… will edit post later and add photos tomorrow or can send video to antone who PM’s to make it easier. Next mice litters ready in approx. 2 weeks. Baby rats next litters ready in approx. 3 weeks.

**Photos of some of our new cages setup. In progress and things still needing to be done but here’s a sneak peek.**

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Chapleton Road
Cranbourne East, VIC
3977

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