Kelliwic Critters

12/26/2025

We received the most delightful Christmas card yesterday! This is our darling Lego. Original photo and artistic edits (c) John Auer . Thank you!

12/25/2025

When you want to sleep in 'cause it's a holiday, but they drag you out for family photos 'cause it's a holiday.

Happy winter holidays to all!

Kelliwic Cyfnos x Kelliwic Spirograph, 15 days old.

❌️️🚫Not available.🚫❌️

12/21/2025

Oh, boys...!

They enjoyed their new hide (box) a little too much. 😄

12/07/2025

Handsome rattie.

12/06/2025

Kelliwic Fink (Kelliwic Knave x Kelliwic Thyme), our agouti velveteen standard (dwarf carrier) boy, has given us another two dozen little pipsqueaks today. 🥰

Kelliwic Spearmint (Kelliwic Larrikin x Kelliwic Thyme) is a blue agouti silvermane dwarf carrier. She delivered her little ones and had already tidied up her cage when morning checks were done. Spearmint is also a dwarf carrier. This breeding was planned to double up on the wonderful traits of their mother, Thyme.

WOTH Gaeilge (WOTH Umi x WOTH Curaçao) is a Russian blue Berkshire velveteen dwarf carrier from Whiskers of the Heart Rattery. This full outcross breeding compliments both Fink and Gaeilge very well.

Expecting plenty of agouti, and hoping for blue/blue agouti, dwarf, silvermane (Spearmint), double velveteen (Gaeilge). Gaeilge is a dumbo so her litter will all be dumbo carriers. It doesn't seem that Fink is a dumbo carrier, so we may not have any dumbos. Fink's previous litter was with a standard eared doe and there were only five pips, which is a very small sample size.

🚫❌️ Not available. ❌️🚫

Good news! We will be updating our application and anticipate some availability late in Q1 2026 *if all goes well and subject to change*. 💜🤞🏻

11/30/2025

"BLEH, back to work tomorrow!"

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

❌️🚫Not available.🚫❌️

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.

⛔️❌️ Not available. ❌️⛔️

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).

❌️⛔️ Not available. ⛔️❌️

08/09/2025

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

❌️🚫 Not available. 🚫❌️

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!

❌🚫Not available.🚫❌
Photo ©️ John Auer.