Garden of Tails, Alexandria, IN (2025)

04/22/2025

RIP GOT Asta 🥺💔 3/13/23-4/20/25

I'd like to get back into posting when ratties pass. I haven't for a while for personal reasons and have just mourned and celebrated their lives privately.

My sweet old man Asta passed this Easter Sunday. He was such a docile and squishy boy! Ever since he was little, he always just flopped in my hands when I scooped him up. He loved to explore and snuggle during free roam time, and was always excited for snacks and food 💚

He sired four litters for me, one of which being my current litter with GOT Fizz. I'm so happy to have gotten one last litter and hope to produce more affectionate and sweet babies like him in the future generations 🥰

You will be missed, Asta!

04/14/2025

Enjoy some quick pictures of the current babies I took when I returned from my trip last night! 🥰 I missed these cute faces sooo much!

Official, individual pictures will be taken and posted later this week 💚

03/24/2025

GOT Fizz x GOT Asta Offspring!

**Not an Availability Post**
**Minimal to No Public Availability**

These little ones were also born 3/18. Miss Fizz had 7 babies with 4 males and 3 females. This is her first litter, and she's been doing great! No maternal aggression, which I was a bit nervous about since this is a project line. Due to it being a project line. There likely won't be any public availability. If there is, it'll be very minimal and likely will only ever be the females, at least until I'm able to get the line more solid.

All males will be retained. The middle female may be available as I suspect she's dwarf. While I do want dwarf for this line, I do not want to breed dwarf females.

03/24/2025

GOT Toga x GOT Arc Offspring!

**Not an Availability Post**

These little ones were born 3/18, so they're almost a week old. Toga and Arc are both first time parents. She had 8 little ones with 6 males and 2 females. Toga has been doing a wonderful job with me being around her and the little ones. No signs of maternal aggression at all!

Sadly, one of her boys did have to cross the rainbow bridge. I think mamma may have over groomed him, but he had a head injury that wasn't something he could safely heal from 🥺💔 The other babies are all very healthy and plump though!

I plan on keeping one male and one female from this litter. I'm leaning toward Russian blue for both of my keepers, but we'll see which are the best candidates as they age!

03/24/2025

GOT Cinnamon Roll x GOT Bagel Offspring!

**Not an Availability Post**

These little cuties have such a wide variety of colors! As perfect as they all are, I likely won't end up keeping any from this group as planned. I was hoping for a standard coated agouti and cinnamon boy, but the only agouti and cinnamon are Rexes. I'll be pairing three more females from this line for my next round of litters, so I imagine (hope) I'll get the boys I need! 🥰 I may keep the female, but might also just wait for a fawn Rex girl from my summer litters. Time will tell!

• Male 4: Unmarked Agouti with standard ears and a Rex coat
• Male 5: Agouti Berkshire with dumbo ears and a Rex coat
• Male 6: Black variegated with a head spot, standard ears, and a standard coat
• Male 7: Cinnamon Berkshire with standard ears and a Rex coat
• Male 8: Russian cinnamon self with standard ears and a standard coat
• Male 9: Russian cinnamon Berkshire with dumbo ears and a Rex coat
• Male 10: Amber self with standard ears and a standard coat
• Male 11: Amber self with standard ears and a standard coat
• Male 12: Amber variegated with a head spot, standard ears, and a standard coat

• Female 3: Fawn Berkshire with standard ears and a Rex coat

03/24/2025

GOT Mt. Lady x GOT Magna Offspring!

**Not an Availability Post**

I love how stocky and full this line always looks! They have such great conformation, which makes for extra cute ratties 😍

Super excited to pair my keepers later this year, likely in the fall!

My keeper boy is a bit more shy than I prefer, but he's mostly just being kept as a back-up for the line. Everyone else is very outgoing! 💚

• Male 1: Black patched with standard ears and a standard coat
• Male 2: Black variegated down-under (DU) with a head spot, standard ears, and a standard coat
• Male 3: Russian blue Berkshire DU with a recessive wedge blaze, standard ears, and a standard coat

• Female 1: Mink variegated with standard ears and a standard coat
• Female 2: Russian blue variegated with a head spot, standard ears, and a standard coat

03/05/2025

Mix and match retired ladies 👀 for new 🏡s!

Can go as two separate pairs, or all stay together!

Details about personalities below. Feel free to message for an application! 💚

Sol was born 12/5/23. Sol also had just one litter for me, and was another wonderful mamma. She is very energetic, loves to check out new things, and will give frequent kisses! During free roam time, she's usually running all about, wanting to check everything out.

Dione was born 7/21/23. She had one litter for me and was a fantastic mamma! She gives kisses and is more laid back but does love to climb and explore! When opening the cage, I often have to watch her closely since she likes to try to climb up and around to help herself to free roaming time 😆 Dione is easy to handle and is treat motivated.

Spruce was born 9/15/23. She had one litter for me as well, and was such a sweet mamma. She has grown more reserved as she's aged, but she is still a sweetie and gives kisses on occasion. During free roam time, she will explore for a bit then usually find a cozy spot to nap in. She does have balding patches on her rump, which is a normal thing some Rexes go through. She does well with being handled, but it isn't her favorite thing anymore. She's grown to be more of an independent lady with age.

Sarcoline was born 11/13/23. She was never bred here and has just stayed on as a pet only lady. I'm working to condense my numbers though, so I'd love for her to have a spoiled pet home who can give more attention and snuggles 💚 Sarcoline is such a laid back and easy to handle lady. She just melts in my hands when I hold her! She occasionally gives kisses, and enjoys exploring and snuggling during free roam time.

03/05/2025

Flan and Pazu are 👀 for a new 🏡!

Details on personalities below. Feel free to message me for an application! 💚

These boys have never been bred. Flan was born 12/11/23, so he is a little over 1 year old. I had planned to breed him, but he has a bit of genetic obesity 😅 He's not too too big, but I do have to monitor his treats and food a bit more. He's very laid back and super tolerant! Sometimes, he's not a fan of being picked up, but will just flop against you like "fine fine, I'll cuddle here" haha! I often pick him up to squish and smooch his rolls 🤭

Pazu was born 3/9/24, so he's just about to celebrate his first birthday! He was brought back to me last year because a member of his family ended up being extremely allergic to the rats. The boy he was returned with (Zuko), I decided to keep here at the rattery to pair in the future, but Pazu isn't needed for my program. He's a very sweet and easy to handle boy. He gives frequent kisses and enjoys exploring. He is also very treat and food motivated! Both of these boys have done well being introduced with others too. Both have had clean bills of health, other than Flan being a bit chunky.

03/03/2025

GOT Cinnamon Roll x GOT Bagel Offspring!

**Not an Availability Post**

We'll have no shortage of males this round of ratties 🤣 I've not had odds like this before that I can remember. Sweet Cinnamon Roll had 10 babies, with 9 males and just 1 female. I triple checked sexes to be sure, and sure enough, just one little lady, haha! Mamma has been absolutely wonderful with me around her babies. When I was messing with her and them in the nest, she just kept grooming and kissing my fingers 🥰 She's an ideal mamma!

I did forget to get updated pictures of their parents, so I will be doing that today after work and adding them to the post.

We have lots of red and pink eyes, so I'm expecting most of these babies to be fawn, amber, and cinnamon. The dark eyed babies will be either agouti, black, or Russian blue agouti.

I'm hoping to get an agouti male from the dark eye boys. This will sadly be Bagel's last litter. I had hoped to continue breeding him, but these last two weeks he's had some on and off congestion. I'm guessing due to the up and down weather we've been having, but any ratties that have sensitivities like that get retired. He may be posted along with some of my other boys looking for retirement homes, but I've not fully decided yet.

03/03/2025

GOT Mt. Lady x GOT Magna Offspring!

**Not an Availability Post**

These little cuties are just perfection! 😍 They're oh so sweet and just too darn cute! They've all been so easy to handle, very friendly and outgoing 💚

I do wish we could have had a bit bigger of a litter so I could share the love, but the two boys not staying will be going with a good friend and long time adopter. Hopefully, I'll have more from this line in the fall!

I didn't realize I hadn't taken a picture of female 1's backside, so she is missing a picture panel. She's got very light variegated markings on her back though 💚

• Male 1: Black patched with standard ears and a standard coat
• Male 2: Black variegated down-under (DU) with a head spot, standard ears, and a standard coat
• Male 3: Russian blue Berkshire DU with a recessive wedge blaze, standard ears, and a standard coat

• Female 1: Mink variegated with standard ears and a standard coat
• Female 2: Russian blue variegated with a head spot, standard ears, and a standard coat

02/23/2025

GOT Mt. Lady x GOT Magna Offspring!

**Not an Availability Post**

I could just ooh and ahh over these babies all day long! They're cuter than they know! 😍 So so happy to have this litter, and very excited to see how they develop as they age! Mamma is doing a wonderful job with them 💚 Sometimes she seems a little nervous with me around the nest, but thankfully she's not shown signs of maternal aggression. She still does well with me messing with her and the little ones.

Two of the boys are for sure down under (top/back pattern is reflected on their belly). The first boy with just the little eye/ear color patch may also be DU with his cute little belly spot. Neither of the females appear DU, but the first female may be. She just has minimal markings, so it likely won't be visible if she is DU. I'm so obsessed with her little eye patch marking 😍

Both ladies will be staying as well as the far right male 💚

02/20/2025

Got busy and forgot to make the post on here for these boys yesterday. These two are 👀 for a 🏡.

More information and a brief description of each can be found on my website below.

Feel free to PM me for an application! 💚

https://gardenoftails.weebly.com/rats-up-for-adoption.html

02/19/2025

GOT Comet x GOT Deimos Offspring!

**Not an Availability Post**

This litter has really filled out nicely! I'm excited to see how big my keepers ladies end up getting since the females for this line have been a bit on the smaller side. This generation has been decently plump (in a healthy way), so hopefully that's a good sign for some larger females🤞

I plan to pair most of my keepers ladies in the late summer/early fall, so they still have plenty of time to fill out!

The available ladies from this litter have been reserved by another past adopter, so I will not have any young females available to the public from this round. The dwarf male will be posted with the other boys though!

• Male 8: Dwarf black Berkshire with a head spot, dumbo ears, and a standard coat

• Female 7: Mink Berkshire with a head spot, dumbo ears, and a standard coat
• Female 8: Black capped with dumbo ears and a standard coat
• GOT Venus: Black capped with dumbo ears and a standard coat
• GOT Startdust: Pearl capped with dumbo ears and a standard coat
• Female 11: Pearl Berkshire with dumbo ears and a standard coat

02/19/2025

GOT Eris x GOT Hermes Offspring!

**Not an Availability Post**

These two bundles of energy will be going with a repeat adopter this weekend, along with one of my young adult dwarf ladies 💚 I will so miss their antics and high energy personalities, but I know they'll bring so much joy to their new family 🥰

• Female 5: Dwarf black Berkshire with a head spot, dumbo ears, and a standard coat
• Female 6: Dwarf mink capped with dumbo ears and a standard coat

02/19/2025

GOT Jirou x GOT Niko Offspring!

**Not an Availability Post**

The boys from this litter will be posted on my website later today for reservations. I do not have anyone waiting on males at the moment, so feel free to message me for more information and an application!

Male 6 does have some minor respiratory sensitivities, but otherwise is healthy! All three do well with handling. Male 5 spooks at louder noises, but recovers quickly.

Both ladies will be staying here to further the line! 💚 They're very outgoing, so I'm excited for them to be paired once they're old enough as well!

• Male 5: Agouti Irish with standard ears and a Rex coat
• Male 6: Agouti Irish with dumbo ears and a standard coat
• Male 7: Black Irish with standard ears and a standard coat

• GOT Cha Haein: Agouti Irish with dumbo ears and a standard coat
• GOT Lee Joohee: Black Irish with standard ears and a standard coat

02/19/2025

GOT Brioche x GOT Bagel Offspring!

**Not an Availability Post**

These are mt keepers from this litter, all with their assigned names 🥰 I'm very excited to pair these ratties once they're old enough! They're all just so so sweet and outgoing 💚

Their three brothers had already gotten adopted out, so they are not pictured.

• GOT Glaze: fawn Berkshire with standard ears and a standard coat

• GOT Danish: Agouti Berkshire with a recessive lighting blaze, dumbo ears, and a standard coat
• GOT Strudel: Russian blue Agouti Berkshire with a head spot, dumbo ears, and a Rex coat

02/13/2025

GOT Mt. Lady x GOT Magna Offspring!

**Not an Availability Post**

The first litter for my next round was born this past Saturday, 2/8. Only 5 little ones, with 3 males and 2 females. Very excited for both of these first time parents! I had tried pairing Mt. Lady with one of my other males, but she didn't take each time. He's successfully had litters before, so I was worried she may be infertile. I decided to try her with Magna instead, and she took!

Magna is one of my current heart ratties, so I'm not at all upset about the change in pairing 🥰 He's such a sweet squish and loves all the attention (and treats 😆). Mt. Lady is a little more reserved at times with being handled, but otherwise is very social and gives kisses 💚 She's my last breedable female for the line, so both her daughters will definitely be staying (unless either end up dwarf). I also plan to keep the male on the far right if all goes well.

Mamma is doing a great with them as well as with me handling her little ones. If she continues to do well raising them, I'll likely repeat this pairing again in the late summer/early fall to hopefully get a few more females for the line so I don't lose my original down-unders (reflected top pattern on their bellies).

01/31/2025

GOT Comet x GOT Deimos Offspring!

**Not an Availability Post**

These little guys have been super outgoing and very affectionate as they've aged 🥰 They have had some eye gunk, which has now completely cleared up since these pictures were taken (early last week). It's something that's happened with the previous two generations as well. I'm not sure what the cause is, but they thankfully do grow out of it. I've closely checked their eyes to ensure there aren't ingrown lashes, microphthalmia (small eye), or opening their eyes too soon. If the next generation does the same, then I will be attempting to outcross with another line to see if that may help remedy the issue.

The mink female in this litter also has been experiencing some minor head tilting. It isn't constant, but due to not knowing the cause (likely neurological) I will not be keeping her as planned. With her cousin (from Eris and Hermes) also having a head tilt, I am leaning more toward a neurological issue that is popping up. One of my friends and fellow breeders had noticed head tilts with some of her dumbos in one of her lines. From my understanding, some are just more prone to neuro issues. If I notice more popping up, that will be another reason to attempt an outcross to hopefully fix, or at least lessen, that issue as well. Thankfully, it does not impact their quality of life, but it is not a trait that I want continuing in case it does develop into a bigger issue in future generations.

All that being said, these little ones are so so sweet, and I am looking forward to continuing with this line. They have produced some of my favorite ratties, with their dad being one of them 🥰 Comet is also quickly becoming a favorite lady of mine. She's such a kissy, sweet lady 💚

But oooh, how the rodent gods love to vex me! The one male from this litter, is of course, dwarf, which I don't need at all 🤣 I have his uncle who he looks exactly like and is also dwarf. Not a single one of his sisters are dwarf, so it's just my luck that the genetic dice decided to roll that way. Oooh well, haha! He may end up staying still as a back-up, but we shall see.

• Male 8: Dwarf black Berkshire with a head spot, dumbo ears, and a standard coat

• Female 7: Mink Berkshire with a head spot, dumbo ears, and a standard coat
• Female 8: Black capped with dumbo ears and a standard coat
• Female 9: Black capped with dumbo ears and a standard coat
• Female 10: Pearl capped with dumbo ears and a standard coat
• Female 11: Pearl or mink Siamese (?) Berkshire with dumbo ears and a standard coat (I'm not 100% sure on her color as she's suuuuper light. She doesn't have any noticeable points, but she could also be a very light color for her "base", and Siamese on "top", which fades the color even more. She'll likely end up looking all white unless her color develops more as she ages.)

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