The Georgia Rat Rescue

06/13/2024

We extend our heartfelt thanks to the Cordray family ✨🤎 for graciously taking in some of our special needs and long-term residents over the weekend. Chocolate & Vanilla, The Aviary Girls, and several of our science lab boys now have a wonderful home, ensuring their future well-being and full happy lives. This support allows us to continue accepting urgent cases and keep our doors open to new surrenders. New arrivals will be posted tomorrow, email us at [email protected] if you're interested in adopting. We have some incredibly sweet boys and girls who will be looking for their forever homes soon!

06/03/2024

Thank you for helping us spread the word! 🖤✨Several of our boys cases are on their way to new homes!

However, we still have over half of our pets still looking for their new families. We are particularly looking for those with rat ownership experience and who may have already established colonies for some of our cases like Feta & Rat Rat below. Most of our rescues just need gentle handling when being taken out of their cages, but they become wonderful cuddlers and playful companions once out. Finding homes for these long-term residents allows us to take in more urgent cases without delay. As a no-kill organization, our goal is to ensure all our furry friends find the perfect home. These special rats would make excellent companions for other rats and often thrive faster in an established, confident and social colony.

Our adoption fees are half off and offer free caging with a supplies care package for those who have been with us more than 30 days or any of our special needs cases, please inquire about which cases qualify. Thank you for all of the recent support and love, keep sharing and talking about these guys! We would love to see all of them into their forever homes this month!

🐾📧 Please send all Adoption inquiries to [email protected]

06/02/2024

Final Sale/Giveaway on Rat Supplies‼️

We are offering a final clearance on various paper-based bedding and cage accessories from our storage space. Included below are pictures of the available items, which are a mix of new and gently used products. All items are sold "as is." We also have a few cat carriers available, which works great for transporting adults rats safely.

This is the last opportunity to acquire these supplies. These are free to a good home with a suggested donation going 💯% towards our veterinary bill for this month.

Pick-ups in Stone Mountain, GA 30087

06/01/2024

We Need Your Help‼️ Due to an overpopulation crisis in our state, our rat adoption rates have plummeted to near zero this year. Meanwhile, we’ve seen an exponential increase in surrender requests from reptile expos, breeders, and missed-sexed litters sourced rats. We urgently need your help to spread the word about our amazing rats currently up for adoption right now. We can't continue to accept new surrenders unless we find homes for our current foster rats. As soon as one of our cases finds a home, we can open our homes to the next one in need. We are also looking for fosters to join our team, we cannot continue our mission without you. 

Please consider adopting one of our incredible GRR foster rats. Every rat deserves a loving home, and we have some truly wonderful fur babies waiting to meet you. Currently we have an awesome bunch of all ages, looks and singles to pairs of more that would be excellent for any kind of home or level of owner. And if you can’t adopt right now, please share this post and case highlight posts with your friends, family, and on your feeds. Help us find forever homes for all of our current foster rats this month!

Thank you for all your help and support! ❤️🐾

06/01/2024

Can’t believe these boys are still with us! 🐾 Feta & Rat Rat are handsome chunks who have come along way in their journey and have started really opening up, showing us their big personalities! They’re avid explorers who enjoy playtime, dig boxes, obstacle courses and are highly food motivated so would be good training potentials. They are learning bonding pouch techniques now. These two bonded boys are only about a year old, they would be good for confident beginners on up and active families.

Adoption fees are half off for this month only! These boys are being fostered in Alpharetta, GA ❤️🏡 If interested, send us an email at [email protected] or visit http://www.garatrescue.weebly.com

05/31/2024

All you need in life is a rat’s loaf 🐭❤️ going to keep posting about these two boys until they find a home! Sunshine and Pepper would love to snuggle up to you and give you some love!

05/29/2024

MEET SUNSHINE & PEPPER! ☀️🌶️

“These two handsome sweethearts have very affectionate and gentle demeanors. They love giving kisses and spreading thier joy, they are just happy good boys! Easy to hold and pick up, they enjoy lots of playtime and cuddles. Pepper, the albino is probably one of our sweetest big chunky boys with a great personality that we’ve had in a long time, his best buddy Sunshine (champagne hooded) is a lot of fun, playful and curious too. They’re just big goofs! They’re easy keepers, we think they would be great for any kind of home/level of experience and families with kids.”

This case is being fostered in Marietta, GA 🏡💜 If interested in adopting, please complete our adoption application at https://garatrescue.weebly.com/adoptnow.html
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05/27/2024

THANK YOU for supporting the GA Rat Rescue at our recent event! We are thrilled to announce that we have just three cages left (pictured here—note the wider ferret bar spacing) good for adults and big boys along with some cage/play pen accessories like wheels, toys, ropes, etc and paper pellet bedding available for free to a good home, though donations are appreciated. We will keep you updated on our next event. In the meantime, we have many wonderful fur babies ready for adoption now! 🍑🏡

Go to our PetFinder listings at https://www.petfinder.com/member/us/ga/norcross/the-georgia-rat-rescue-ga502/ or email us at [email protected]

05/23/2024

CAGE SALE UPDATES❣️ We only have a few cages left, below are the ones that are available still. we also have several rat use items such as wheels, water bottles, litter boxes, bedding, toys, etc. all available for donations going towards our vet fund. Special thank you to Possumbilities for coming out and grabbing a bunch of them. Always glad to help fellow rescues! 💜🙏 please note: PICK UP IN STONE MOUNTAIN 30087!!!

05/21/2024

A few of the available cages that we’re rehoming! ✨🏡 Please note that the images provided are stock photos representing the cages as they would appear new. We are offering used cages only, with the exception of a few rat starter kits.

05/21/2024

CAGES AVAILABLE‼️ As our storage space is at capacity, we're offering our excess cages for rehoming before they are sent to recycling by the end of the month. They're available on a first-come, first-served basis for a suggested donation towards our veterinary fund. A detailed listing will be posted shortly. Cages range from large ferret manor cages to smaller collapsible cages for one to two rats, most are in great condition. DM us or Email at [email protected] if interested or need more information - pick up in the Stone Mountain area on the Lilburn/Tucker side

05/16/2024

Meet Dottie and Rose!💋🌹 We don't often get in such sweet young little ladies here at the GRR, both girls have very friendly demeanors with fun playful personalities and a natural curiosity. They are active and enjoy human company. Given their sociable nature, they would suit owners at any level of experience with rats and are well-suited as potnetial cage mates. Additionally, we recommend them for households with children. They are approximately 3-4 months and are bonded so must be adopted as a pair. They've been with us way too long for how cute and sweet they are, someone come scoop these girls up!!

This case is being fostered in Dalton, GA 🏡🐾 If interested in adopting, please complete our adoption application at https://garatrescue.weebly.com/adoptnow.html

05/15/2024

Meet Button & Thumbtack! ⭐️📌 Button is an absolute sweetheart and has amazing socialization already, he is a big people-person rat who loves attention, pets and just being around people as much as possible really. Thumbtack is more independenant and reserved, we are still working with him on being picked up but so far he does well with interactions and handling within a bonding pouch. For now we recommend this case to very confident beginners to experienced owners and homes with no young kids. We estimate these boys are about a year old. Despite being from two different sources, these boys have lived together for awhile now and share a deep bond so must be adopted together, they are ready to go to their new forever home now!

*** DISCOUNTED ADOPTION FEE *** the adoption fee for this case is 50% off this month only! This case is being fostered in Decatur, GA. If interested in adopting, please complete our adoption application at https://garatrescue.weebly.com/adoptnow.html
As always help us out by sharing, liking and following us! Tell your friends and family about these lovely boys 💕💕💕
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05/13/2024

Meet Ralph & Paul! 🐾💫 these are two very sweet gentle boys, they are happy playful pair who enjoy both quiet pets during cuddle time to fun frolicking on the couch. While Ralph is a natural brave leader, Paul follows closely behind and both enjoy treats and fresh fruit snacks. They would be great for any level of owner and kind of home, including those with young kids. We estimate they’re about a year old. These two boys are bonded and must be adopted together.

This case is being fostered in Decatur, GA 🏡📧 If interested in adopting, please complete our adoption application at https://garatrescue.weebly.com/adoptnow.html 💕 As always, if you can’t adopt right now, help us spread the word and get these boys into their forever home! Please share, like, follow and tell your friends and family about us!!
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05/12/2024

Meet Pepper & Sunshine ☀️🌶️ These two gentlemen are absolute SWEETHEARTS and would make excellent companions for owners of any experience level and households, including those with young children. They have very affectionate and gentle demeanors, fond of sharing kisses and spreading warmth as sweethearts. They are easy to hold and pick up, love out play time and lots of cuddles. They do share a strong bond and must be placed together. Both are under a year old. More individual info coming as we get to know them better!

This case is being fostered in Marietta, GA. If interested in adopting, please complete our adoption application at https://garatrescue.weebly.com/adoptnow

05/09/2024

Meet Feta & Rat Rat! 🍄🌿 These handsome boys have gentle dispositions and enjoy soft petting with quiet moments of cuddling. They seem to have a fairly calm and relaxed demeanor, making them low-maintenance companions for confident beginners on up. Feta is slightly more comfortable with handling and being picked up compared to Rat Rat, though both are steadily acclimating and used to this as they become more settled. These boys are smart, they are highly motaviated to food-based training aids in fostering interaction and engagement. These boys share a deep bond and must be adopted together as a pair, they are ready to go to their new forever home now!!

This case is being fostered in Alpharetta, GA 🏡🐾 If interested in adopting, please complete our adoption application at https://garatrescue.weebly.com/adoptnow.html
And as always, if you can't adopt right now, please help us spread the word by liking, sharing and of course, mentioning us to friends & family to help them find a forever home!

04/15/2024

The Georgia Rat Rescue is currently bustling with activity as we welcome new arrivals to our family. Our PetFinder listings have been updated to feature several delightful trios, pairs and more, alongside our charming chocolate boys that are still with us, all eagerly awaiting their forever homes. Check out our listings of ratties available for adoption today!! GO TO: https://garatrescue.weebly.com/available.html

Get started by sending us an email at [email protected]
Comment below any questions and as always, If you are unable to adopt, please help us by sharing as much as you can
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Here are our currently available or soon to be available rats. Please note that we may have new cases and other rats in custody that may not be listed on our PetFinder listing, do not let that stop...

03/16/2024

MEET OUR CHOCOLATE SUNDAES - Hersh, Cad & Willie!

A delightful trio of sweet, sociable male rats eagerly seeking their forever home! Hersh is the gentle leader, with a dark rich chocolately-colored coat and a penchant for cuddles. Cad is the playful mischief-maker, always ready for an adventure and sporting a sleek brown fur. Willie, with his cute round pink ears, big button eyes and affectionate nature, completes the trio with his endearing charm. These inseparable buddies are sure to bring joy and companionship to any loving family lucky enough to adopt them and be good for beginner on up. These bonded brothers must go as a trio - Available now! Don't miss your chance to welcome this adorable trio into your heart and home!

🍀 SHAMROCKED🍀
Adoption Special for this trio: $20 (50% off, normally $40)

This case is being fostered in Decatur, GA, If interested in adopting, please complete our adoption application at https://garatrescue.weebly.com/adoptnow.html

Georgia Based Domestic Pet Rat Rescue

03/05/2024

Meet the Ciggy! 🍄🤎 He came to us when their owner was no longer allowed to accommodate them in their college dorm hall

Ciggy is simply an amazing heart rat! He came from a very loving interactive home and just LOVES people. He demands all the attention he can get all the time and is a very fun, outgoing, bold and social young boy who will come right to you, will climb on you, enjoys his shoulder rides, loves ear scrittches and would be perfect for any rat owner and any kind of home. He does not particuaily like lving with other rats so he will be placed as a solo adoption.

This case is being fostered in Marietta, GA, He won't be with us long so if interested in adopting, please complete our adoption application at https://garatrescue.weebly.com/adoptnow.html

03/04/2024

All creatures deserve a loving home!🖤🐾 Every once in a while we welcome in new batch of rats of the same or similar variety (the outside physical look & the inner related genetics that make a rat look the way it does). We've had the Hoodie Invasion, the PEW Avalanche and this month we have our Black Beauty bombardment! We are celebrating the beauty and specialness of these stunning sleek jet black beauties that are often overlooked when it comes to being adopted and often the last to find a home. Also they are just as cute and loveable as any other vairety of rat and not at all unlucky. These stunning rattos deserve a place in your home just as much as any other rat does so pelase consider adopting from one of our many black rat cases today!!!

🔜 Check out these color classics and all our Available Rats at:
https://garatrescue.weebly.com/available.html
Send adoption applciation directly to us at [email protected] And if you can't adopt, help us show the love and spread the word please like/share/follow this post and our page, every little bit helps adn thank YOU!

03/01/2024

Meet the our Chocolate Sundaes: Ferrero, Hershey, Truffle, Chip, Cadbury & Willy!🤎🍨 This sweetheart band of brothers comes to us from an oops litter intake.

These sleek and stunning boys may look similar but they all have their own unique personalities and different cute white belly markings. They're all very curious though and live for free roam time, occasionally they'll use their wheel but are often at their door waiting to come out for some attention They would be good for any kind of home and beginner on up level of ownership experience. They are related bonded brothers and while we're still determining specific depper connections, this group must be adopted out in pairs minimally. We will periodize anyone who will adopt all 6 to keep the family together.

🍀 SHAMROCKED🍀
Adoption Special: $20 (50% off, normally $40)

This case is being fostered in Decatur, GA, If interested in adopting, please complete our adoption application at https://garatrescue.weebly.com/adoptnow.html

02/27/2024

Marching into March!✨🍀 Embracing the arrival of spring and the fresh energy of spring here at the GRR as we welcome our new cases and new fosters! And to celebrate, we're running a Shamrock Adoption Special here at the Georgia Rat Rescue! Find animals with the shamrock logo by their names (or noted on their PetFinder Listing) for special low adoption fees from Monday, February 26th through St. Patty's Day on Sunday, March 17th.

🔜 Check out our Adoptable Rats here: https://garatrescue.weebly.com/available.html
Submit your adoption application now!!

Rescue, love, care and repeat ~~~ As always, please like/love it, follow us and share this post so we can continue to help the small and needy

Here are our currently available or soon to be available rats. Please note that we may have new cases and other rats in custody that may not be listed on our PetFinder listing, do not let that stop...

02/17/2024

As the seasons change, you’ll may start to notice some new sights and sounds coming from your rats ranging from sneezing, grunting, ‘coughing’, clicking or crunchy chest sounds, wheezing, red nasal/eye discharge, labored breathing, lower activity levels and weight loss. These signs are symptoms of a possible Upper Respiratory Infections, or URIs. These infections can also be caused from poor/dusty/scented bedding, dirty cages & living environments, poorly ventilated cages (aquarium, tank, plastic bin etc), from smells in the home (candles, smoke, etc) or fleece bedding that’s been washed in fragrant soaps.

Unfortunately UTIs are very common in pet rats and flareups can happen when there’s an immune system response, allowing for mycoplasma, a bacteria that nearly all rats carry in the lungs, to take over and cause an active infection in the respiratory system. When caught early, these URIs are treatable with proper medications from your vet including Baytril (Orbax/enrofloxacin), Vibermycin (doxycycline), Amoxicillin, prednisone or dexamethasone. Treatment will often be for 14 to 20 days but can be longer depending on the severity, immune system level response, age/general overall health condition of the rat, additional contingents/viruses/bacterias present and any prior built ups of antibiotic resistance.

Often nebulizing can be a very effective direct way to treat UTIs, a step by step guide on how to make the nebulizing chamber and implement such a treatment, what medications and solutions to use plus a vast database and resource of medical information for rats anyone can use and understand can be found at ➿ RatGuide.com

02/08/2024

February is Love the Misunderstood Month! 💞💘

We'll focus our attention on our SENIORS, special needs, PEWs (albinos) and boys who always are the last to be considered and usually our the longest foster residents. Senior rats are amazingly sweet, require less exercise and can bring comfort to your home as they encourage you to relax and slow down. Albinos or PEWs are beautiful, stunning and very cute and while have weaker eyesight, they don't require special care and make just a s good of companions as any other rat. Special needs or Angel rat are the most overlooked but are the most rewarding, the benefits of adopting a rat with a disability include providing them with a loving home that gives them exactly what they need. And while females can to be smaller, more active, and playful, males are often larger, more mellow, and snuggly. They are great with children, they can live in harmony in male pairs or groups and often a better fit for a family's particular lifestyle and home environment.

We are all looking for love and companionship this month, We hope you'll consider adopting one of these misunderstood mischiefs into your family! We discount pet adoption fees for these special groups of adoptees and will provided all the needed supplies, caging and instruction to help with any specialized needs or care.

👉📩 Inquire today! Send email to [email protected] and put SPECIAL ADOPTION in the subject line of your email to us to show your interest. And if you agree, please help us spread the word and share, follow, like, and thank you!!

02/07/2024

Meet the Sammy & Nemo! These boys came to us when their owner was not able to continue their care after being originally abandoned into their care.

These two sweethearts came form a very loving home who spent a lot of time with them. Sammy is a big lover and cuddler, he enjoys shoulder riders, cuddling in pickets and hoodies and comes up and say hi to everyone. he's a definite people centered happy boy with a great even temperament and a gorgeous warm peachy coat color. nemo is a stunning silvermane boy with an adorable panda face, He's slightly smaller and a little more playful and rumbustious bold personality. He loves people though and to hand wrestle, chase strings, run around and explore everything around him. These two are bonded and must be placed together, they would be good for any kind of home, great with kids of all ages and an experience level of beginner on up.

This case is being fostered in Alpharetta, GA 🤎🐾 If interested in adopting, please complete our adoption application at https://garatrescue.weebly.com/adoptnow.html

01/30/2024

Meet the Ciggy & Cubert! These boys came to us when their owner was no longer allowed to accommodate them in their college dorm hall.

These brothers came from a very loving and interactive home. The hooded boy LOVES humans, comes right to you and will climb on you, loves ear scrittches and would be perfect for any rat owner. Both are sweet and gentle but still young brothers, so they play fight a lot! ;) The albino is pretty timid but will come out of his shell with the right family. Definitely a ying and Yang duo. They love fresh treats, rice puffs and exploring DIY cardboard play mazes. The two are very bonded and must go together into their new home.

This case is being fostered in Marietta, GA 🤎🐾 If interested in adopting, please complete our adoption application at https://garatrescue.weebly.com/adoptnow.html

01/17/2024

Today we're showcasing our residents who have been with us the longest🌿🥦Meet the Salad Boys: Crouton, Honey Mustard "Honey" & Blue Cheese "Blue"

Some Notes From the Foster: These boys are so very sweet besides not enjoying being picked up, they're not mouthy or bity at all. They would be great for confident beginners on up. Who ever gets them would be super lucky to have these guys, they are just so stinkin cute! These boys are so ready to find their forever home!

Adoption fees are discounted for our longest term residents. This case is being fostered in Decatur, GA ❤️🏡 If interested in adopting, go to https://garatrescue.weebly.com/adoptnow.html

12/25/2023

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12/14/2023

We want to thank everyone who donated so far this month to support The Georgia Rat Rescue!🐀❤️ We have been able take in several critical cases that very much needed our help and to pay our veterinary bill down to zero. We could not do this without yall and are so grateful for your generosity & support!

If you still want to send some love, we're highlighting our sanctuary rats during the remainder of this month! Our Angel Program is a refuge for rats that have been abused, neglected, or abandoned that are then kept with us for life. These rats are unadoptable due to various conditions that can't be over come.

To support the little Angels in this program, you can send a one-time donation of $20 (or any amount you are comfortable with) via PayPal (www.linktr.ee/garatrescue). Every little bit helps! If you’re not able to donate, sharing this post or even just telling people how amazing rats are! 💞🐭

12/12/2023

The Georgia Rat Rescue is looking for your cage donations! We take just about any type/size but must be in good workable condition with no rust or broken parts. Local drop off to Stone Mountain otherwise pick ups may be arranged and Thank you! Also please help us spread the word, love and share this post! Send us a DM or email to [email protected]