South Bay Rodent Rescue

22/12/2024

We are tired. 😮‍💨 We are ever so grateful. 🙂‍↕️

Thank you to all of the volunteers who rolled up their sleeves and helped us clean up the hamsters, the entire rodent room, and assisted in emergency intakes today during our Open House event. 🧽🫧

We even received a mass contribution of rat hammocks and hides from a generous donor. Our babies will be enjoying their new digs.

We will be going into Christmas week in great shape and will have more time to rest thanks to all of your help.

Oh and don't those lights look lovely? 😍

20/12/2024

⚠️COURTESY POST⚠️

Pacoima, CA: Who's looking for a pigeon? 🐦

Due to extenuating life circumstances, this homeowner is willing to give up their 32 birds. This is a legit social services need and the homeowner wants them adopted by caring folks. If you're interested, the OP (Lorraine) will be available in the comments to DM. She can assist and moderate to interested pigeon adopters.

Ever wanted a pigeon? Here's your chance.

19/12/2024

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Presenting the final FIVE rats going to their in 2024! That means 21 of our fuzzy residents have left in the last three days! 🥹

Two of our five week-old baby girls are joining Ulysses, a lovely PEW dumbo female who was adopted from us along with her sister, Tofu 🌈🐀, last year. Ulysses immediately took to the littles and everyone has gotten along swimmingly.

We had three young male rats head to Ventura County as a surprise for a young boy who had been wishing for them for a while. The super cool part is that his dad is setting up an entire scenario for it so that it truly becomes a Merry Rat-mas. There's been a ton of prep for this. We're excited to see this unfold.

Next adoption opportunities will start in January. See you in 2025!

18/12/2024

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Tuesday was a huge rattie exodus with FOURTEEN lovelies (12 males, 2 females) heading to their . They've all spent a bit of time here and we're just waiting for the right families to come. Many of these cuties have been here since October. One pair of siblings was born here and just turned five weeks old. One of the rats is getting his second chance at a new home with a new trio of "nephews" in tow. And we are so happy to see all of them leave .

Our adopters have ranged from returning ones to brand new parents. Some came from quite a distance away, and we appreciate you taking the drive to see us. We're glad to have matched you with the right cuties to take home.

We're nearing our holiday break with a couple more adoptions left today before we hang up our clipboards until 2025. We're looking forward to this weekend's Open House and the rest/maintenance time for the next couple weeks.

17/12/2024

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Our long-time friend wanted to add to the and came by for a pair of baby boys yesterday.

The little PEW boy is a son of one of our Morongo Valley mamas and just turned five weeks old this week along with his 11 other siblings.

The little gray dumbo man now sets the record for the shortest time between surrender and adoption in the form of a direct handoff to his new . He was given to us due to accidental misgendering at the pet store and he couldn't stay with a bunch of girl rats . However, his former owners did the amazing thing and drove all the way from Riverside County to give him to us.

We'll let our friend give these boys their official introduction on their IG, but we're happy to have been your official rat supplier for all these years. 😅 Based on the photo updates we've been getting, we know they're in the right place.

17/12/2024

Hi all! We didn't expect to make this announcement, but we're popular this time of year! 🐀🏨

All of the cages we've set aside for boarding are all accounted for. We've had families booking boarding dates as far back as before Thanksgiving. No joke.

We heard that there was a traveling family who had a similar issue to this a couple thousand years ago, but they were able to make it work. 😅

Have a great holiday season, and thank you for your support! Maybe we'll see you on Saturday, 12/21 from 10am-2pm for our Open House?

12/12/2024

Happy Thursday! Back in again as one of our other furry friends is receiving surgery at . (Updates on that later.)

Remember our lovely girl, Pip, who had that massive mammary tumor? Here she is one week post-surgery! She's the happiest rat in the world and greeted Christine with all sorts of bruxing and boggling. The tumor removal relieved all of her pain and she's no longer an angry girl with a penchant for biting. In fact, it's an absolute 180° change from where she was prior to the procedure. We are still very grateful to the generous donor who covered her surgery, and we want to let you know that your gift had a direct impact on her life.

Her sister, Peach, can't wait until she's back with her, but she has to wait one more week so Pip will be fully healed and they can play together again.

We've joked that Peach should be renamed Peepers because look at those eyes 👀. We haven't decided if she's staring straight into your soul or just staring into outer space because there isn't a single thought up there. 🤣

10/12/2024

Get your rat fix during this holiday season!

Also, here's your chance to stock up on food and get your rats preventative mite care! (We'll be offering Ivermectin and Revolution treatments on-site.)

We'll have several long-time volunteers over on Saturday for cage cleaning as well so you can say hello! And if you want to jump in and help, we wouldn't mind. 😏

Please find street parking when you arrive. Haven't visited us before? Please DM us for the address.

One more thing...

MARK YOUR CALENDARS 🗓️🐀 FOR JANUARY 19, 2025

It's the first-ever SoCal Ratfest with our long-time friends at their adoption center in ! We're heading down there as special guests and it's going to be a fantastic time. 🥳🐀❤️

07/12/2024

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We had a few rats leave on a lovely Saturday!

Three notable faces went home with an experienced rat owner. Colgate, our special girl with malocclusion, and her litter sister, Crest (see what we did there) will be joining an existing pair of older ladies. And Richard, one of our neutered guys, gets to hang out with four new "girlfriends!" Yes, buddy, we gifted you a harem for the holidays. 🤣🎄

We also had two pairs of young ladies head to two groups of brand new rat owners. One pair consists of the final adoptable female rats from our Hawthorne Labor Day rescue and the other are two baby girls from one of our Morongo Valley litters. They're squirmy, as little babies are, but they'll calm down once they acclimate to their new surroundings.

06/12/2024

🎄 HOLIDAY CLOSURE ANNOUNCEMENT 🎁

will be shutting down adoptions from 12/18/24-1/1/25 as part of our traditional Winter Break.

We will have adoption appointment slots as our availability allows until 12/17.

The rest of the rescue will remain open during this time, which means cleaning, maintenance, and opportunities to cuddle our animals here! If you have some free time and would like to help us out or get your tiny fuzzy seratonin therapy on, we'd love to have you. And yes, we are always on call for your questions and dilemmas. 🫶🏼🐀

It's that time of year where we get to wind down a little bit and focus on ourselves during this holiday season. We hope that you get an opportunity to do the same.

05/12/2024

ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY! 🥳🐀❤️

Pip the would love to thank the generous donor who covered the cost of her life-changing tumor removal surgery at ! And that tumor was huge. (The 4th photo isn't for the squeamish.)

She is feeling much better now, and it has to be great for her to be able to move her front left paw around freely again.

It's financial gifts like this that allow us to continue providing the best care we can for the animals in our charge. And yes, some of your contributions from our Amazon wishlist from are trickling in as well. Thank you for believing in our mission and for helping us help all the animals!

03/12/2024

is here! 🥳🐀❤️

Make an impact today by contributing toward our mission of rescue, adoption, and education. As one of Southern California's largest small animal rescues focused on rats, we are safe haven for many critters until they find their forever homes. We also provide advice, resources, and supplies for owners.

Thank you for your continued support, and have a great holiday season! 🫶🏼

01/12/2024

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We're thankful to close out Thanksgiving weekend with an adoption!

One of our returning adopters came back to bring home a pair of sisters to add to their current mischief of ladies. These babies are some of the last girls from our Hawthorne Labor Day rescue and will become a pair of "butter rats." You know, the soft and squishy kind? We like that flavor as well. 🧈🐀

We've enjoyed this particular group of rescued rats. In fact, their auntie, Celeste, is one of our permanent residents due to her lovely temperament and happy personality.

We're glad to have such a great selection of rattos and we know they'll have lots of fun in their new !

27/11/2024

We're not planning on cooking anything here for Thanksgiving, but one of our mama rats has been "baking beans" for the last two weeks. 😁

The holiday season is historically slow for adoptions, and we're entering this year with an unprecedented number of babies and young rats. Everyone is enjoying the quiet and being spoiled. We'll be taking care of everyone until they're all ready for their forever homes.

We also have rats from several families staying here for holiday boarding. Many of them are alumni so it's nice to see how many of them have grown. Thank you for entrusting us with your fur children and we hope that you enjoy your time away visiting loved ones and going on cool adventures.

26/11/2024

is almost here!

We hope you keep in mind when considering your end-of-the-year, tax-deductible donations to your favorite nonprofit organization!

We've received quite a few contributions from several generous donors in the last couple weeks and will be posting updates very soon for the specific causes you've donated toward!

Whether it's funding, donations from our Amazon wishlist, or your time helping us on site, every little bit helps! (Links in bio.)

And as always, thank you to the donors who have set up recurring contributions toward our ongoing operations. 🫶🏼🐀

25/11/2024

We couldn't think of a better way to introduce our 1000th‼️post on Instagram with a super cool story!

Meet Ladyfingers the Rat. She's the little gray hoodie with the blaze in the background. The black Berkshire lady is Luna, and she's owned by one of our long-time fosters and supporters.

Ladyfingers was brought in on an emergency surrender this past weekend and came in by herself. We had to figure out what to do with finding her a playmate.

Enter Luna! She's an older rat who recently lost her two cagemates, Lilly and Pinky, who have had some social media fame with us. Her owner happened to be visiting us for supplies as Ladyfingers was brought here, so guess where this lucky rat went!

Needless to say, Luna and Ladyfingers are getting along quite well. We like how these things just work out. We think Ladyfingers sets the record for fastest time between intake paperwork and rehoming... approximately ten minutes. 😊

Congratulations to Ladyfingers! There will be many Harry Potter movie marathons and cuddles in your future.

23/11/2024

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! We’re doing San Diego in January with Wee Companions Small Animal Adoption! 🥳 Celebrating rattos with our friends down south. See you there!

SAVE THE DATE!!! All rat lovers in SCal and beyond!!!
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