Isamu Rats

15/08/2024

Some lovely rats in need looking for new homes. Please help if you can

30/01/2024

Last few bits for sale (pick up at the Bradford show this weekend, no postage available)

Me and Lovecraft rats have a few last bits for sale

2x Alaska (1 now reserved), £25 each (great for short stays, introductions, birthing cages etc)

1x Marchorio Igor 62 (60*36*28 cm) huge door so brilliant for scared rescues (or intros, litters, and hospital cage), black powder coated bars £20

1x Furet Plus base only, free - reserved

Plus for anyone who already keeps or is planning to keep gerbils (or wants a good free range toy)

Gerbil/hamster tank (Skyline Kerry terrarium): £80
75x45x37 cm (L x W x H), with a Borneo tank topper (around 35 cm tall from memory) which fits securely with special clips, and has a large door at the front and one on top. Included is also the original flat topper with huge door, and two custom made tank splitter mesh frames for gerbil intros.

24/12/2023

I’ve been quiet lately but I thought you guys might appreciate this I pulled together a couple years ago.

A Visit from St. Nichorat
Based on “ A vist from St. Nicholas” By Clement Clarke Moore

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were round the cages with care,
In hopes that St. Nichorat soon would be there;

The kittens were nestled all snug in their beds;
While visions of yoggies danced in their heads;
And mamma in her hammock, and I in my nest,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter's rest,

When out in the rat room there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the shelf I flew in a jiff,
Hung on the cage bars and gave a great sniff.

The moon on the floor glanced off new-fallen snow,
Gave a lustre of midday to objects below,
When what to my wondering eyes arrive with a flap,
But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny rein-bats,

With a little old driver so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment he must be St. Nick.
More rapid than hawks his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name:

"Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donner and Blitzen!
To the top of the cage! to the top of the wall!
Now flap away! flap away! flap away all!"

As leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky;
So up to the cagetop the coursers they flew
With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nichorat too—

And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the bars
The prancing and tapping of each little claw.
As I drew in my whiskers, and was turning around,
Down the tunnel St. Nichorat came with a bound.

He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his butt,
And his fur was all tarnished with dust balls and fluff;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a pedler just opening his pack.

His eyes—how they twinkled! his whiskers, how merry!
His cheeks were all fluffy, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the fur on his chin was as white as the snow;

The piece of banana he held tight in his teeth,
And his ears, they encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly
That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly.

He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old rat,
And I laughed when I saw him, with his bright red hat;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his ear
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to fear;

He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his paw aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;

He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a squeak,
And away they all flew with a mighty great leap.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight—
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”

🎄

09/12/2023

As promised here’s the link to buy an awesome rat book. I can totally recommend

📖🐀TODAY IS FINALLY THE DAY!!📖🐀

You can officially buy Pet Rat Care on Amazon!

You guys are amazing- I can’t believe how many of you were there at midnight ordering when it went live! 🥰🥰

Please don't forget to review it on Amazon once you've read it! If you think it's the book that new owners need to read, then we need reviews to make sure owners know that this is the one to go for!

Find it here: https://amzn.eu/d/eBOLv7w

05/12/2023

This is a massively exciting project, having been one of the lucky people to help review this book I can fully recommend it. Zoe has done a brilliant and much needed job I’ll share the link once it’s released this coming weekend!

It’s finally time to share- is here!

I’m so so excited to announce that I have been secretly been working hard on writing a book on rat care! This is something I have wanted to do for a really long time, but it’s taken multiple years to get to where we are now; a comprehensive and real tangible book on all aspects of pet rat care that I can hold in my hands.

I am really proud of this project; its been the biggest article I’ve ever written 😂 and it’s the accumulation of all the knowledge I’ve acquired during my time in the rat world and I can’t believe I am actually at the point of being able to share it with the world! It’s finally real!

Only one week until the book is available to purchase, and over the next couple of weeks I’ll be sharing loads more information, links and sneak peeks, and I’ll be showing you the front cover soon too! Yesterday I was with Ebonie from Bogglesandboops Small Pet Photography who has taken some absolutely beautiful photos of the book including the one you see below - more on that soon too!

03/11/2023

Inspired by Azuline Rattery collecting rat infographics I finally got round to making one on fruit and veg! Both are a really important and valuable part of a rats diet, though need to be fed in moderation with a good balanced diet. Below I’ve listed a rough proportion of different veg to feed, this isn’t a role but a useful guide. The key is feeding a good variety of different types and colours, with dark green leafy veg being the most important. A good starting point is 10-20% of there weekly diet, though increase gradually to avoid an upset stomach with all that extra fibre.

I’ve listed a lot of veg here but in reality there are many more that are safe for them. As a rule if it’s safe for us to eat in that format (eg raw or cooked) it’s safe for them. Avoid stones and pips, and in some cases if the skin is inedible (rather than unpalatable) for us it may be for them.

More detail can be found http://www.isamurats.co.uk/vegetables-and-fruits.html

06/10/2023

Calling all those on the south, or to be fair further afield if you can travel or organise a rat train. Some beautiful rats in need looking for new homes urgently. Please get in touch if you think you can help out!

Looking at them I could swear they were related to ours too, though can’t figure out how.

29/05/2023

Various rat related items for sale ***ALL NOW SOLD***

Items are in used condition including some chew marks and small holes in some hammocks. Fabric stuff has been machine washed, wooden stuff washed with hot water and safe4pet. Further info in comments against each picture

Can bring to the NERS Preston show Saturday 3rd June. Also happy to post at buyer's cost and combine bundles (not including alaskas). Cheapest delivery seems to be about £3.50 for a hammock bundle and £6.70 for up to 10kg.

24/05/2023

If anyone is looking for amazing boys Kabuki have 3 lovely lads looking for the right home. There’s a lot of isamu and Lovecraft in these boys, the mum to the black dumbo is the lovely Fabrat who used to live here and the topaz boys dad is the wonderful Hu who also lived here and fathered me a gorgeous litter before going to live with Holly.

20/05/2023

Happy rescue dog day to all those rescue dogs out there. Let’s make it rescue rat day too and share some photos of your rescued rats!