Kelliwic Critters

11/30/2025

"BLEH, back to work tomorrow!"

Kelliwic Cyfnos x Kelliwic Hope
♂️ DOB 11/03/2025

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11/28/2025

Thanksgiving leftovers after approximately 2 1/2 hours. The one on the left is the work of a colony of a dozen standard sized girls; the one on the right was a pair of dwarfs. (Their "bonies" have been returned to them.)

11/16/2025

We adore our ratties, but there's a side of rat ownership the adorable photos and videos don't show you. Will the joy rats bring to you outweigh the challenges? Consider carefully before bringing home your first rats, or any other pet. 💜

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11/10/2025

Kelliwic Hope is being the best-est momma to her little pips. 💜 Our wonderful dwarf boy Kelliwic Cyfnos is the sire. Fingers crossed that Hope is a dwarf carrier and that some of these little ones are dwarf.

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11/06/2025

How are you all doing? Mentioning the rattery in a rat group was a reminder that we're overdue for updates!

We're working towards reopening availability next year! 🤞🏻

In the more immediate future, we may have more availability of retirees. The auto-reply in Messenger will be updated *when we have available retirees*. Note to get ahead of this question: Retirees are not "giveaways" for zero slices of cheese. Please do not ask. Application will be required.

Pictured below is a future hopeful:

Kelliwic Punk x WOTH Folly (Whiskers of the Heart)

Russian blue velveteen, American Blue carrier, dwarf carrier (possible dwarf).

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08/09/2025

HHP Yankee, one of our senior citizen dwarf males, getting his workout this morning.

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08/03/2025

Kelliwic Thyme
(SRDR Singe x JVWR Tansy)
Dwarf, Russian blue agouti, velveteen coat.

Thyme is one of our "grand dames." She is practically perfect in every way: she's kind with other rats and very social with humans. She was an excellent mother to the three litters she produced for us before her retirement, and bounced back well from motherhood each time. Here's hoping for the same wonderful qualities in her daughters and granddaughters!

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Photo ©️ John Auer.

07/26/2025

Kelliwic Spirograph
(WOTH Spruce x Kelliwic Koosh)

This little gal is a Russian blue silvermane velveteen. Silvermane rats are born any color, but the tips of the hairs are translucent, which becomes more obvious over time and creates a beautiful silvery appearance, plus gives an incredible silky feel to the coat. In most cases, the area around the eyes and whisker beds stay a bit darker, creating a classic silvermane mask. The effect of silvermane is most dramatic on darker colors, so it's not quite as obvious on this blue girl as it would be on a black rat. In addition to being a silvermane, she has another special coat type: velveteen is what makes her whiskers curled at the ends, and makes the coat wavy and more plush than a standard coat.

Spirograph may also be a carrier of the dwarf gene (both parents are carriers), so if she passes all stages of evaluation, she may be able to contribute to our dwarf lines when she's old enough. Fingers crossed!🤞

Pictured at five weeks old.

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Photo ©️ John Auer.

07/19/2025

Kelliwic Lego
(Kelliwic Delinquent x Kelliwic ShrinkyDink)

Lego is a beautiful American Blue girl and a dwarf carrier. She is linebred to our wonderful girl Toy (featured in a Feb 2025 post). Fingers crossed she will contribute wonderful things to our "Toys" line of ladies. 🤞 Thanks to Jan for the name suggestion!

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Photo ©️ John Auer.

07/12/2025

Kelliwic Neferure
(Kelliwic Dinero x Kelliwic Hatshepsut)

Dwarf carrier. Neferure is from our female line of Egyptian princesses and goddesses. Her namesake was the daughter of Hatshepsut (18th Dynasty).

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Photo ©️ John Auer.

07/06/2025

Hey, look at us! We qualified for the "Meta Verified" badge here on Facebook! HUGE thank you to our followers - YOU helped us qualify! 💜

Time for an update on rattery progress. Our goals remain the same: We are still working towards a rattery population that will be majority (about 66%-75%) dwarf, with the rest standard sized dwarf carriers. As we've mentioned in previous posts, during this time, we do not expect to have pets available. We do occasionally work with other breeders and note that we still consider ourselves a work in progress.

We have a few favorite varieties, which we'll be more focused on in the long-term:

American blue
Russian blue
Russian agouti
Black eyed silver marten (agouti marten)
Cinnamon
Black eyed Siamese and BE RB Siamese
Any of the above (except Siamese) + silvermane (AKA d’argent)
Any of the above + velveteen
Any of the above + dwarf
Any of the above with standard (“top”) ears

We plan our pairings based on temperament, health, and excellent maternal skills, and therefore, we do not limit our choices to only those which can produce the above varieties, nor are they only varieties we have. The above list is just what you can expect to see more of going forward.

In honor of our new Meta Verified status, please enjoy the “Scarborough Fair” girls. In this gorgeous photo, © John Auer, are four girls from our “herbs” line: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme (daughters and granddaughters of JWVR Tansy). More of John’s fantastic photos from this session will be posted soon. Thank you, John for the amazing photos, and Regina for your help wrangling the ratties!

04/28/2025

Thistle was a wonderful rat. 🩷 She was an amazing mother to her litter, and was retired to a fantastic home with two of her rattie friends. In her retirement, she visited school, and was a great ambassador for fancy rats. This is what AI imagined she would look like as a human.