Interstellar Rattery

25/02/2025

Hi friends - another rattery update 💗

We’ve been having some awful luck with our planned pairings, and every single one of them has failed due to various reasons.

It’s emotionally exhausting going from getting excited to getting disappointed, so much so that I am taking another break from breeding.

I’ve got Josie & Frodo paired at the moment, but I won’t be updating here until babies are born and are alive.

I’m getting some new girls from Prose & Paws Rattery and Ratbags Rattery this year, so hopefully we’ll have more luck with our future litters.

As always, I’ll keep you all updated if/when we have some baby rattos born

Until then, we’re closed & will not be checking in on the page that much.

22/01/2025

STILL no babies 😤😤😤

But im doing a bit of declutterring of some rat goodies and have some stuff I’ll be selling.

I’m more than happy to courier anything, but for welly peeps you can either pick up from me in Grenada Village, or I can bring into the CBD during the week 👌🏻

I’ll add the prices on each pic. I might a have some Sputniks available too, so I’ll update the post if I do add them

09/01/2025

Edit - these lovely men have found their forever home 🥰🥰

We have a lovely pair of boys available 💕

Francois & Fernando are boys from our F litter, and came back to us after their owner was unable to keep them.

Francois is a cinnamon Irish & Fernando is a fluffy mink hood.

They are both super outgoing, especially Fernando. They love to chill outside of the cage, get pats and any kind of food available! You can often find them waiting at the cage door for cuddles or snackies.

The boys were born 18 May 2023, so they’re older gentleman. Because of their age, they’re not super receptive to making new friends, and are very difficult to intro with new rats. For that reason they must go to a home where they’re the only rats or to a home where the owner is experienced with incredibly difficult intros.

The boys are NOT aggressive and live harmoniously with each other, but are unpredictable and grumpy with intros.

These boys are only available to a home in Wellington this time round 💗

If you’re interested, please message us.

31/12/2024

And that’s a wrap! As I say goodbye to 2024, I thought it’d be a bit cute (and probs a little extra) to do a wrap up of the year!

Been a wild one - 3 amazing litters, 3 amazing new additions, 4 boys headed off to breeders to be a part of their ratteries, a few failed pairings, so many rat deaths and an extra long break from breeding.

2025 should hopefully be a good one & we will have some litters again soon.

Thanks to those who’ve followed the page & a big thanks to the awesome people who have adopted our rats and offered them amazing homes 💗

See you all in 2025 😎

22/12/2024

Bon Voyage to Fendi & Gregory! ✈️

These handsome men are off to live in Christchurch with Ratbags Rattery & Prose & Paws Rattery 💗

I can’t wait to see them settle into their new home & to have some amazing babies 😍

19/12/2024

My pride and joy collection! Never know when I’ll need something in a specific colour 😆

This is 12 years of collecting (not boarding lol!) rat things, so that makes it all a bit more sensible right?! 🤭🤭

Look at this beautiful hoard of rat stuff at Interstellar Rattery! What's the best thing you've got for your rats?

15/12/2024

Sadly Irises litter didn’t go to plan. She ended up birthing a single boy who passed away.

She is still looking round-ish, so I am hopeful that she still might be pregnant (as rats can delay implantation!). If not, she’ll be back with Eros 💕

We have Edie & Echo paired at the moment, but she’s a sassy lady and the boys can’t keep up with her 😂

We will also be pairing Gracie & Frodo this week, and hopefully we get some babies 🙏🏻

I’ve got a chunk of time off work for Dec & Jan, so I’m looking forward to doing some more updates, especially ones where we have some babies!

15/11/2024

Bon Voyage to Frankie & Glaceon 🚐🚐

They headed off to Auckland to join Misty's Mischief Rattery and White Rose Rattery.

They’ll be fab additions to the fluffy line & markings lines in Auckland 💗

01/10/2024

These lovely ladies are available for adoption at Dragonfly Rattery 💗

They’re based In Auckland, so for my Auckland followers who are interested in adopting them, please reach out to Dragonfly rattery directly

ADOPTION TIME!!

Another two sisters from the same litter both also beautiful darlings looking for their forever home.

More information available upon request, please email [email protected]

01/10/2024

Hey all!

Got some questions about adoption packs, and I’d love to get your thoughts & opinions.

Would you rather have a flat hammock or a snuggle sack (bonding pouch)?

Do you think it’d add value to have items like:
* Water bottles
* Hammock hooks
* Litter trays
Kind of like a starter kit for new rat owners or existing owners who want more goodies.

When the next litters are here, I want to do some fun changes to my adoption packs 💗

10/08/2024

Since I had the DSLR out to take photos of the newbies, I thought I should take some fancy pics of my keepers from my last 3 litters.

Better late than never 😅😅

I’ll be updating my website to include the new photos & my planned pairings.

10/08/2024

A very belated welcome post for these 3 ladies who joined us from White Rose Rattery and Winnie's Rattery.

Meet Gracie (black vari), Josie (cinnamon self) and Edie (agouti hood) 💗

Gracie & Edie come from our line - their mums are from out D & E litters. So it’s super exciting and special to have them join our Rattery.

Despite Josie’s humble markings, she has lots of exciting genes in her lines so it’s going to be exciting to see what pops up 💗

Ill be pairing these lovely ladies this year, so keep an eye out

03/08/2024

Ember is officially a grandma 👵🏻

Her daughter Galadriel joined Ratbags Rattery a few months back, and has just had her babies 💗💗

Follow their page for baby updates, especially for those in the South Island!

13 beautiful little babies! Galadriel is a very protective Mama, all are well fed and warm. We cant wait to see them all grow!

01/08/2024

Some very exciting changes for us at the register! We’ve formalised our society and are working towards being even better than before!

Give our page a follow & check out the giveaway too 💗

Exciting news! The Registered Rat Breeders have done a big revamp of our website and expanded and improved our club. We’re now an official incorporated society - The NZ Fancy Rat Society - and, while we’re still home to the registered breeders, we have expanded membership to include pet rat owners and everyone interested in rats. We’ll be sharing lots over the next few months, including breeder intros, tips and tricks, health and feeding info, how to’s, and competitions.

If you’d like to join the NZFRS membership is free, signing up is super simple, and we promise to send very few annoying emails. Check out our shiny new website for more info!

On the first of every month we’ll be running a competition. This month’s competition is for all new members - sign up and you’re in to win! Scruffians’ potential future stud Tiberius will pick a name at random and the winner will get a prize pack including a ‘rare’ green sputnik, a cozy winter snuggle sack and hammock set, and some natural willow twig chews.

Www.NZFRS.co.nz

03/06/2024

Long time so see!

We’ve got some lovely rats available for adoption:

Hestia & Juniper. They’re both PEW, but have different personalities. Juniper is such a sweetheart and Hestia is ultra confident.

These girls must be picked up from us in Wellington, no per transport this time sorry.

28/04/2024

All our babies have found their forever homes, so we will be having a wee break until July ish.

During this time, we won’t have any babies available.

If we do end up having some rats available, as always I will post here 😊

Keep an eye out on the page, as we’ve got some really exciting litters happening in July-September period! 💗

19/04/2024

Rattery update -

I’ve been a bit AWOL recently, due to my mental health. Because of this, I’ll be taking a big step back from rat breeding, which includes cancelling all my plans to work on the fluffy coat.

Breeding the fluffy coat is really difficult when you’re the only breeder in Wellington who is breeding for them. You end up needing to keep a lot of rats to keep the lines going, which is a lot. Especially when you’re also working on another line.

I will also be taking a wee break from breeding, probably until around July ish. But maybe more, just have to see how things go.

I’ll keep the page going & update my website with the planned pairings 💗

14/04/2024

And lastly my smallest litter - Jimmy & Juniper 💗

They’re both staying with me