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Precious Jems Rattery

Precious Jems is a small hobby rattery dedicated to raising quality fancy rats for pets and show in Central Oregon. Temperament and health comes first.
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Dedicated to raising quality fancy rats for pet and show. I raise merle and varigated patterned rats in cinnamon, mink and pearl in a combination of colors and patterns with cinnamon pearl being my main focus at this time. Most of my varigateds are black, but I do get the occasional mink, red eye dilute and other combinations. I also work with standard coat, velveteen coat, standard ear and dumbo

ear. I don't require a long, drawn out application to purchase rats from me, but I do ask some questions to be sure my animals are going to responsible, loving homes. I request those who buy rats from me to please let me know first if you can no longer keep your pet. I guarantee that each rat I sell is healthy when it leaves my hands. I will be happy to share my knowledge and experience to help you keep your rat that way. I won't take your money and disappear. I cannot guarantee that your rat will not develop a upper respiratory infection at any time and I cannot guarantee your rat will not develop cancer. The mycoplasma that causes the respiratory infections exist in all domestic rats. I do my best to breed only rats that show a naturally strong immune system. This means that they have never been sick or, got a mild URI and got over it on their own I do not casually use antiiotics in my rattery. . Cancer is just impossible to breed out. I do guarantee temperament. If a rat you purchase from me develops aggressive behavior, I will take it back and I will replace it. If you have any questions about my rattery, please message me. I am happy to talk about my rats and my breeding program.

06/04/2024

Here’s some cute examples of how “laid back” Paisley’s litter is. They all just roll over on their backs and groom my fingers, while I give them tummy scritches. ❤️❤️

06/04/2024

Okay, here they are! 4 precious, sweet little girls. By far, the snuggliest baby girls I’ve ever had. That’s definitely due to their mamma, who is the most chill, snuggly girl I’ve had in years. They are very outgoing and personable. The only one that shows a bit of lack of confidence is the black variegated. She gets a bit timid when I go to pick her up to bring her out of the cage. Not always, just here and there. Once she’s out and in the bonding bag, she does well. She just needs some daily handling and to bond with her person. She’s really not afraid or shy. Kind like the bashful kid in class. lol
Just PM me if you’d like to add a few of these sweethearts to your family! I’m happy to answer any questions as always.

06/03/2024

Heads up! I have a beautiful litter of girls I will be posting this evening. I haven’t made any posts about them until now, because it was an accidental litter. Long story short, I have an older dwarf boy who has never been able to sire a litter when I’ve tried. He’s been living with some of my pet girls in my bedroom for over a year with no pregnancies. So, I figured he was sterile. Well, when I had brought my new marble girl, Paisley home, I put her in that group. After 6 weeks, I was shocked to see that she was pregnant! My guess is my little dwarf guy must have really hit it off with her and she was small enough? I’m not real sure as I had tried to breed him to dwarf does in the past as well without any luck.
I was horrified at first since she was so young, but am absolutely thrilled with this litter. They are so much like their mom! Very lovey and cuddly. I’ve never had so many kids in one litter that are so comfortable with me, that they lie on their backs and pass out in my hands. I’m trying very hard not to keep more than 4. lol!
I’m looking forward to posting these darlings tonight and finding them perfect people to love them. They really are a treasure. Stay tuned!

06/01/2024

Updated photos of the drop dead gorgeous chocolate and chocolate tonkinese boys. Born April 1st, these beautiful guys are shed out into their lovely adult coats, but are still very young, full of love and playful energy.
I have tried my best to not get attached, but unfortunately, it happened. I have decided to Lee one of the chocolate tonkinese boys. These guys are so much fun. Did I mention, gorgeous? There are 3 chocolate silver (snowflake) and 2 chocolate tonkinese boys who desperately want a person of their own to love. Message me about discounts. I really want to get these guys in loving 🏡
Photos are a bit dark as it was getting kinda late last night when I took them.

05/22/2024

I can’t recommend these bonding bags enough. The best! They are so cozy for the rats and so well made. These cuties got to spend some time with me last night. When they wore out from play time, they went right into the bag and took a nap.
If you don’t have a bonding bag, I urge you to get one of these. They come in 2 sizes. I have the large. Lots of cute patterns to choose from.

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Modeled here by part of a secret litter I haven’t announced yet, but will be soon. ❤️

05/20/2024

To say my mind is blown that all my chocolate boys are still available is an understatement! These boys are so gorgeous and sweet. I had to take new photos today. They turn 7 weeks old tomorrow. They’re halfway through changing into their adult coats and are looking gorgeous. The chocolate boys are turning into silver chocolates like their dad. This line carries snowflake, which is where the silvering is coming from. Some of the tonkinese chocolates will have some silvering as well. Lots of beautiful color variation. All of these boys greatly improved in confidence through this week. They were all much more relaxed and took their photo session in stride. I’m really happy with how they’re turning out.
These beauties are ready to go home with their new families now. Contact me for more information.

05/14/2024

Time has flown! My beautiful litter of chocolates are now 6 weeks old! They will be ready to go this coming weekend. I have 6 beautiful boys hoping for their very own person to love. There are 3 chocolate and 3 chocolate tonkinese. These boys range a bit in personality. Some are mellow and need some time to build confidence. Some are really playful and bold. All are very sweet and curious. I am posting photos of each boy, but I’m going to ask everyone interested, that they pick out their babies at pick up. They are simply too hard to tell apart by photos. lol
If you have any interest or questions, please PM me! This will likely be the only chocolate litter until winter.

05/01/2024

Sneak peak at the chocolate litter! It turns out mom and dad were hiding a secret. They both carry the gene for tonkinese. There are several chocolate tonkinese in this litter. Here is a photo of one of the chocolate boys with his chocolate tonkinese brother. ❤️

04/13/2024

First photos of Kinder’s litter. Taken a few days ago at 10 days old. They’re just adorable little chubs! I’m not sure on colors yet. A few that are definitely chocolate. Others that are lighter in color might be cocoa?

04/11/2024

Introducing the beautiful Miss Paisley. She’s a 9 week old black marble variegated velveteen dumbo. I “stole” her from a wonderful friend of mine when I was visiting. It was love at first sight. Paisley is a sweet, cuddly girl who loves to harass her cage mates. She’s a lot of personality. I’m looking forward to working with marble and seeing what beautiful kids paisley has in the future.

04/06/2024

I’m happy to announce that Kinder had a healthy litter of 8, April 1st! I wanted to wait a bit and make sure the litter was okay before letting everyone know. It’s hard for me to tell what colors I have yet. All I can see is that there’s some dark and some lighter shades. There’s 6 boys and 2 girls. ❤️

Sadly, Senka did not get pregnant. So, I will be pairing Kit Kat, my third chocolate doe, with Draven, my shadow agouti buck after this weekend, when it warms up more.

Stay tuned! Pictures to come when the babes get a bit bigger.

02/29/2024

Excited to announce my next planned litters. I just paired Hershey ( chocolate buck) with Kinder (chocolate doe) and Senka ( agouti shadow doe). If all goes well, these litters will likely be born at the end of March. This will put the litters to be weaned and ready around mid to end of May. There’s a chance that Hershey carries shadow. There is a chance for some other recessives as well, but these beauties are still new to me and I don’t 100% know what all they might be carrying yet. So, I’m going to try to patiently wait for babies to be born and get to a few weeks old. It’s going to feel like a long wait!

02/12/2024

I am always telling new rat owners how good bonding bags/pouches are for turning their new babies into best friends. Well, this is the best design I have seen yet. In fact, I’m ordering one now!

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02/10/2024

Brand new pics of the remaining late November litter and introducing the December litter. Somebody, please take these guys home! I am getting far too attached. ❤️
The December litter were a experiment. I did not pay much attention to them at all. I didn’t touch them until they were 3 weeks. After that, I did talk to them and let them play with my hands occasionally, but I only picked them up once to take pictures. I picked them up for the second time at 7 weeks old and they were amazingly calm and inquisitive. No fear. The third time I handled them, was for these photos. They all wanted to come to me when I set them on the fence rail. They are all very sweet and so calm. I am incredibly impressed. They just melt in my hands.
The older kids from the November litter have been getting regular handling and playtime. The girls have even had a bath, which they did fantastic with. These are such playful, needy youngsters. They absolutely adore people.
Message me for more info. These will be the only available youngsters until May/June.

01/23/2024

Update 1/31/24
The kiddos are turning 9 weeks old this Thursday, February 1st. There are 2 boys and 3 girls still available.
Only those still available are pictured. They’re all doing fantastic. They beg for attention and are making me feel so bad when I can’t stop and love on them as much as they want.
The December litter is now ready to go as well. I will be taking their pictures and posting them in the next day or two. Individuals from the older litter can be paired with individuals from the younger litter. Message me for details!

01/17/2024

Hi everyone. I apologize for disappearing after I said I would be posting photos of the oldest litter. How Long ago was that? Sigh
I got sick, then my oldest rabbit started deteriorating. I spent his last days spoiling him in between round the clock care of my other bunny who had been battling a bad respiratory infection for the last 2 months. Sadly, the day came that I had to make the hard, but kindest decision for my old man. Then, this past Saturday, my wonderful little guy lost his fight. I’m absolutely heart sick. It has taken me some days to adjust to all this time I suddenly have and the emptiness that has come with it. I don’t know what to do with it. Well, yesterday, I finally took pictures of the early December litter. I had to come up with a different back drop for the pictures since we got 18 inches of snow and the last 3 days had a high in the single digits. Myself and the ratties said heck no to doing photos outdoors! I think the photos turned out pretty cute. The kids are officially turning 8 weeks old this Thursday. My how time flies! They are so ready to have their own family. They all love hand wrestling and all come running to meet me when I open up the cage door. They’re nervous for maybe a minute or two when brought to a new environment, but quickly want to get out and explore. They all accept man handling, loud kissing noises and other weird sounds I make to see what they’ll do. It doesn’t phase them much. I have purposely kept interactions to the cage with the occasional outing to another room as I want to see what their true reactions will be to new things. They have all been on one road trip to the place I work where they were a bit nervous at first, but quickly opened up to saying hi to customers walking in. They also enjoyed treats and handled waiting in the car as I did a few quick errands. I have been really happy with their behavior and attitudes. I do have one boy who tends to want to hide and freeze in place when he’s put into new situations. However, he lets me handle him all I want and is relaxed in my hand. One boy tends to want to dart everywhere at first until he calms down. Everyone else is pretty easy going about whatever I introduce to them. I may hang onto the 2 more nervous type boys a bit longer to see how they develop unless one of my regular and well experienced buyers wants to take them on as a study for me. I have three girls. All 3 are super friendly, chill and very playful. I am still trying to decide if I will keep one. It turns out that despite dad being a pearl, only one of these kids is for sure a pearl. The rest of the mink based kids may be silvers instead of pearl. Silver is really new to me. It is a beautiful pattern. It’s pretty simple in that it is when a rat’s coat is evenly mixed with white hairs and whatever other color it’s base color is. In these rats’ case, that is mink. There may be one or 2 cinnamons that are also silver or possibly pearl. I found out after I took photos, how to tell on a baby coat. So, I will try to figure that out. The one pearl boy that I know is pearl is just really obvious. Several of the cinnamons are also Russian blue. If you haven’t seen a Russian cinnamon, they are really beautiful. The velveteen coated kids are not very strongly kinky/wavy, but they have a really nice texture to them. Overall, I’m very pleased with this first litter by Taisce. I will post photos once I get chores done, so very soon!

12/28/2023

Hi everyone! I apologize for not posting photos of the babies! I have not been on Facebook much at all in the last few months. Between my own health, my mom’s and some health issues with some animals, I just haven’t been up to being on social media.
That said, I am going to be getting ready to post pictures of the November litter very soon. They just turned 4 weeks old today and are absolutely beautiful. There are 10 total. Mostly boys. Mink and cinnamon. Most of them are pearls. Some are velveteen and all are dumbos. They are being raised in my bedroom and are getting some attention daily. They are also going on some car rides and meeting other people, which they seem to really enjoy.
The early December litter have just recently opened their eyes. There are 6 in this litter. 3 girls and 3 boys. One Burmese and all the rest are black. All have normal ears and normal coats. They are ridiculously adorable with their fat squishy bodies and wide faces. The Burmese is my very first of that color. She will be staying here. All of the blacks will be available. Mom is being wonderful. I grabbed some quick photos of them. I tried a egg carton to see if I could get them to sit in the individual cups. That was wishful thinking! Lol
Happy holidays. More pics coming soon.

12/07/2023

Nibs and Onyx are excited to announce they are expecting!
The litter will likely be here by the start of next week. I’m so excited for these babies. I have no idea what to expect for colors or coat types with this pairing, so I am imagining all black with normal coats. Maybe some dumbos. Lol
I can tell you that these babies will have puppy dog personalities like their wonderful parents. So, if you are craving a pint size Labrador retriever in ratty clothing, ask me about getting your name on the list for this litter. ❤️

12/01/2023

Kiwi and Taisce are the proud parents of 10 little beans! Born 11/29/23. Can’t wait to see these kiddos grow. ❤️

11/27/2023

Introducing Azlin. Gaelic for dream . Azlin is a Russian Siamese velveteen dumbo. Like his brother, Merlin, Azlin has a really crimpy, soft coat. It also has a beautiful sheen to it. Some are thinking he may be satin, it I am not familiar enough with the satin gene in rats yet to be sure on that. Satin is not a common gene and it can be hard to identify in rats since it doesn’t always present itself as much different than a rat that does not have the gene. I will be watching the offspring of these boys carefully, though I’m not expecting much until I see their grand children .

11/27/2023

Since I am introducing the newbies in the rattery, I should also introduce two of my keepers from last summer’s litters. First, is Merlin. He is a Siamese berkshire velveteen dumbo that I am suspecting also has something else going on, though I am not 100% sure what it is yet. When Merlin and several of his litter mates turned about 6 weeks old, they all lost their hair. Though not entirely naked, they had just the finest fuzz. As their coats grew back, they came in extra wavy and softer than any velveteen coat I’ve had previously. In this photo, Merlin was about 9 to 10 weeks old. His coat was still a bit thin. It has since gotten denser. This isn’t the first time I’ve had velveteens like this, but it’s been many years. The thought I had lost the line, but here it is again. Thank goodness as I love the look and feel of this coat.

11/27/2023

Introducing Taisce ( tash-ka) Gaelic for treasure. “Tash” is a cinnamon pearl. One of the first varieties I worked with when I was a teen. At that time, cinnamon pearl was a fairly new variety. It has been one of my favorites and I’m so happy to have it back in my rattery. Tash is a very sweet, very playful boy that doesn’t have a mean bone in his body. He tries so hard to get every rat he meets to play with him. It’s adorable. Tash was paired with Kiwi, a mink velveteen girl who is a bit shy, but good natured. Kiwi is due tomorrow. Keeping fingers crossed for lots of beautiful pearl babies!

11/27/2023

All of my new varieties are thanks to Christina Cain of Nevermore rattery. When I told her I needed new animals to help me improve temperament in my current lines, she came to my rescue. She also sent me another variety I wasn’t expecting. I didn’t know I’d fall for these darling scruffy little guys. Introducing Harley! My foundation buck is Onyx, a gorgeous black dumbo. The girls are a black eyed Siamese dumbo, named Sia and a black dumbo named Raven. These three are laid back and so sweet. Gorgeous coats with healthy skin. I’m absolutely thrilled with them! Thank you so much Christina! ❤️

11/26/2023

Next new project is called Shadow. AKA melanistic. I am still learning about the genetics of this variety. On black rats, it lightens the color, starting out darkest on the back, then lightening more on the sides and belly. On some rats, it even lightens around the eyes. It does the same to many other colors. It is a recessive gene, so both parents must carry it in order to get shadow offspring. My foundation animals are 2 agouti shadow bucks, an agouti shadow doe and a black shadow doe. Still to be named. They have excellent temperament. I can’t wait to add shadow to my own line of mink and cinnamon.

11/26/2023

I recently announced some new projects coming to my rattery. Here’s the first! Welcome Hershey, Kit Kat, Kinder and Nibs. They are true chocolate. Chocolate is a recessive gene that turns black to a beautiful, even dark brown. Hershey is my foundation buck. He is a deep, dark brown with scattered silver hairs throughout. The three girls… Nibs has a interesting roan patch on her left shoulder. Kinder and Kit Kat can only be identified by their white markings on their bellies.
I am absolutely in love with these guys. Not only are they gorgeous, but they have the most wonderful, Labrador retriever like personalities. Absolute love bugs with no cares in the world . I am excited to work with them!

11/22/2023

Some very exciting new projects to be announced soon. Plus, a new litter is due soon if all goes well. Have a happy Thanksgiving ! A special someone has already begun feasting. ❤️

11/06/2023

A new paper published in the journal Science said that, much like humans, rats might have the ability to imagine themselves navigating through environments other than the ones they face in the present moment.

Researchers at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, who’ve been studying rats for nearly a decade, placed the rodents in a virtual reality arena that allowed them to 'teleport' digital versions of themselves and objects using only their minds.

Researchers implanted electrodes at 128 locations in rats’ brains. When the rats moved from one place to another, the electrodes generated a particular neural pattern. A machine was linked to these electrodes in order to learn each pattern.

Now, on to the teleporting. The treadmill was disconnected, leaving the rats without the ability to use their feet to move in the environment. To get the reward, the rats had to imagine the location in their minds to digitally 'teleport' themselves.

The paper aimed to help scientists restore or enhance human brain function, as well as learn more about amnesia, with its information. Most importantly, the findings revealed how BMI can be used to study the hippocampus. This research could also potentially be incorporated into prosthetics that can be controlled using just the brain.

08/13/2023

Break time is over. Two new litters have arrived! The first, on July 27th and the second, on August 6th. Photos are of the first litter, whose eyes have begun to open. It’s looking like we have 6 boys and 6 girls. Some velveteen and some dumbos. Colors are black, mink and tonkinese. The second litter is too young yet, but I’ll be posting pics of them soon. 17 in that litter!

04/12/2023

Hi everybody. So, I ended up having to go to the doctor yesterday. I was in a lot of intense pain all over my body. I have fibromyalgia, so I thought I was having a severe fibro attack. Come to find out, I had a fever of 102.8, have a ear infection and a infection in my left eye. Kind of shocking for me.
I’m now on antibiotics and am taking meds to keep my fever down. So, I likely
Won’t get around to taking pictures of all the kids for a few more days. They are now 7 weeks and ready to go. If you want to bring some of these cuties home, please contact me so we can set up a day. These babies are so gorgeous! Let me recover from this infection and I will get photos up. I will be around Friday and Sunday as well, so contact me if you’d like to just pick out some kids to take home in person. Thanks for understanding!

04/10/2023

Hi everyone! The big batch of babies are just about ready to go! I apologize that I haven’t gotten pictures of them yet. I came down with a nasty flu bug that just doesn’t want to let go! I am hoping to get out there tomorrow and get pics of everyone and get them posted by Wednesday. If you are hoping for some new buddies, please, stay tuned! Thanks!

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