A Rat's Tail

24/09/2024

And that's a wrap!

We would like to thank everyone who came to visit us at the 2024 Auckland Pet Expo. We met so many amazing people and organisations, and most importantly shared the love of rats! It was fantastic to teach the public about health and husbandry of rats, as well as how to ethically obtain rats.

After speaking to so many awesome people, we will be making some major changes at A Rat's Tail moving forward, with some awesome plans up our sleeves! Keep an eye on this page as we make these changes going forward.

We would also like to thank all of the volunteers that helped us throughout the time, from setting up and packing down, to all those who were there to share the love with people. We would also like to thank the following organisations (sorry we can't tag some for some reason):
Pet Doctors: For having staff to teach the world about rats and their health care. Also having some awesome activities!
Dragonfly Fostering & Rescue For all the support throughout the planning of the expo

21/09/2024

**Pet Expo Sale**

Sorry if messages aren't replied to as we are very busy at the Pet Expo!
However it's day two and we have show specials today!
$30 and over purchases get a free summer snuggle sacks!
Current customers get 10% off at everything at expo!
Hanging enrichment items are buy 2, get 1 free (of equal value or less).
We hope to see you today for some rat pats!

17/09/2024

Hello mischief makers!
Just another update - I am now out of hospital and onto a slow recovery path ❤️ I'm very limited by what I do at the moment, but all orders are now up to date.

In other news - It's the Auckland Pet & Animal Expo's this weekend at the ASB showgrounds! We will be at both 22 with the ratties and loads of fun things to do 😊 The store will also not be shipping until next week as we are preparing all the stock for this weekend, alongside some new items that haven't been released online yet!
We will be accepting cash, bank transfer and we are able to do manual card transactions this year (like you would on the website).

Hope to see you guys all there!

31/08/2024

Hello friends,

I thought I would give you an update since I haven't posted much on this page this year, and have had a large amount of people asking where I have disappeared to. I've had ongoing and complicated health problems this year (with me actually writing this while hospitalized at the moment!), which has made me not post as much on social media as I should. I'm sorry if it's led to a lack of communication, but I've been going between functioning and sick in bed a lot these days.

I've pulled back on my breeding a bit, and have had many failed pairings this year. I will continue to breed on a smaller scale, so that is why you haven't seen anything going on.

My main focus this year has been to improve myself and knowledge surrounding rats, husbandry and their health. I continue to learn more and more through my journey on the way to being a vet nurse, as well as working in an exotics clinic. I felt like I've learnt so much about unseen problems - Things such as urinary issues, internal tumours, neurological issues, that breeders don't see on a regular basis or even take into consideration!

I do have some exciting news though - Fingers crossed I'm better by then but I will be at the Auckland Pet Expo this year alongside some other businesses and organisations at a stall called Rats At The Expo! I will be updating some more info and teasers closer to the time (and once I'm out of hospital).

And just to end on a positive note - here is a picture of Remi, Raccoon and Rocket from a litter born last month. They were the only three to survive as Oreo wasn't a fantastic mother at the start.

05/04/2024

Just a reminder that today is our last day off for 10% off cage accessories and enrichment items!
www.aratstail.co.nz/shop

04/04/2024

Another thing to add to World Day Rat! Our gorgeous boys got to be featured on an Animates video about how cool rats are. Check out Thor, Jaegar, Freddo and Pepsi in the limelight ❤️

04/04/2024

Happy World Rat Day to everyone!
We've just updated our available products - Some things like our ledges and crochet hammocks are now back in stock!
To celebrate world rat day, we've done 10% off our full range of enrichment items and cage accessories (which include our snuggle scarves as well)
www.aratstail.co.nz/shop

30/03/2024

And here is some baby spam from this morning! This is my absolute favourite stage with them. They are too cute right now - Going to be so hard to choose the ones staying here ❤️

30/03/2024

Here is some pictures before the bubs opened their eyes...

18/03/2024

The beans are doing so well at 4 days old - Their coats are coming in and I'm so happy with these little beans ❤️

16/03/2024

Babies are now three days old and doing so well! Their costs are really starting to come through - Looks like we have some Variberk within this litter! Can't wait to see how it progresses.

14/03/2024

Little Dahlia's bubs are now two days old, and are looking really fantastic with full bellies and their fur starting to show through!

13/03/2024

... And we have some exciting news! Dahlia gave birth this morning (13 March 2024) to seven healthy babies ♥️ It looks like we have four boys and three girls. It looks like we have five babies with black eyes, and the remaining are either ruby or pink! We will keep everyone updated with how they go 😊

25/02/2024

And all of the Auckland based adoptions are done and dusted!

We had 32 rats all go to Auckland based homes in the past week, and we just have a couple more waiting to go on pet transport next month. I can't believe that within 24 hours, they had all secured lovely new homes ❤️

It was a mission sorting out all the adoption packs alongside work and my study that started this week, but I'm glad they could all head over to a new home with something nice.

Even with all the rats that went up for adoption, I know that some of you missed out unfortunately. But don't worry, I have two girls being paired at the moment, and will be back on track with the breeding plans on my website, so there should be plenty more heading your way soon ❤️🐀

17/02/2024

I thought I would post all the pictures of the cute rats that we had up for adoption this week - All of these cuties all had homes pending within 24 hours! If you are still waiting to hear on a response from the expression of interest list, it may be that unfortunately there were not enough rats to go around this time, but I will send an email through if a home falls through!

13/02/2024

A Rat's Tail Has Some Rats For Adoption! -

We are contacting you as you have put your name down on a waitlist for A Rat's Tail Rattery. We currently have the following available:

27/11/2023

Sorry for the short notice, but we are moving!

Our mischief is currently helping us pack to head to our new location. This means that our online store is now closed temporarily, and we will be re-opening online on the 3rd of December 2023 (with hopefully some upgrades and new surprises!) Our boarding slots will also open back up in December, with more information coming on that soon.

The mischief will also be getting a huge upgrade to a new dedicated rat room, which I can't wait to show you all once it's set up! This will allow for more relaxed visits for people to meet the rats before adoptions :)

Hopefully, after the move, I will be expanding the website as well (It's my goal for 2024!) to have an all-inclusive NZ Rat Guide for people to find any and all peer-reviewed (by some lovely exotic vets at my work) information!

10/11/2023

Another bit of an educational post!

Little Edgar got a wound on himself, and overnight between discovering the wound and his vet appointment, the silly boy decided to self mutilate himself.

Dr Taryn at Pet Doctors St Lukes was absolutely amazing - She cleaned up the area and gave him some medication, and he's currently in hospital to assure the skin area is all healed up.

Unfortunately, he was NOT happy to wear a cone, so the next best option was for him to wear a body suit made from vet wrap! Little Edgar is so sweet, but funny to see, and gets his daily outfit change and vet check to see how he is healing.

Check out the last picture for a meme someone made of him 😂