South Bay Rodent Rescue

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South Bay Rodent Rescue

501(c)(3) rescue helping domestic rats & mice in LA/OC/Ventura/surrounding areas since 2019!

09/21/2025

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This is the one time this year that we can use this song so we're gonna do it. 🤣

We had six of the 15 Van Nuys babies leave on their first day of availability! In addition, two of our girls from the Bellflower dumping incident as well as one boy from our recent oops litter acquisition from Gardena found their way out of SBRR. We had three new adopters and one returning adopter that helped us get these babies to new places.

It has been a doozy of a Sunday and we're hanging in there. Just remember, spreading kindness costs absolutely nothing. We need more of that because it's cloudy outside, both figuratively and literally.

09/16/2025

We're doing a thing this Saturday, 9/20 from 10am-3pm. Wanna help us clean up the rescue and get it ready for the final stretch of the year? We'll provide snacks and drinks.

Are you a student looking for service hours? We can sign off on those, you know. Just saying.

DM us for more info. If you already know how to reach is, DM us anyway for a headcount.

09/09/2025

We're letting the [r]at out of the bag. One of our fuzzies is a YouTube star. 🥹

A few months ago, we were asked by a producer if we could provide a rat for a few scenes being filmed inside of a local comic book store. One of Christine's personal rescue rats, Kiore, was selected among several potential candidates because of her shaggy looking Rex coat and perky personality. And she totally slayed her role, with a little coaching from Christine and bribery with treats.

Kiore makes her acting debut in in Episode 2, "Ratz City," where she finds herself as a surprise guest in the back room of the store. She does have a stunt double in one of the scenes as she's not much of a runner, but it worked out just fine.

Special thanks to and for letting us be a part of this hilarious web series and for the lovely donation to our rescue.

Watch this awesome series today! Great writing, great acting, and it's so relatable.

Fun fact: Kiore means "rat" in the Maori language. So the production team literally chose a rat named "Rat."

09/08/2025

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We had eight rats leave today to go to their , and six of them were Mama Agnes' lovely children!

Three baby boys went to a returning adopter to join their existing mischief of older dudes. We hear that they'll be named after dwarves from the Tolkien-verse, and their cuteness fits the bill.

Another returning adopter took three lady rats to also bring some young energy to a group of older girls. Their s***k reminds us of their mother, and they will have lots of fun in their new place.

Last, but not least, we had a previously returned SBRR alum and a young counterpart go off to a new adopter who will be adding them to their mischief of girls. We're grateful that they're giving an older girl a new place to live while making sure she didn't leave our facility by herself.

And one more time, an encore for those ears. 😳

09/06/2025

✅ Snacks for mom.
✅ Beverage bar for kids.

That awkward moment when you have so many children that you have to feed them in shifts. 😅

You can do it, Mama.

09/04/2025

We have action-packed -BER months both at the rescue and off-site! Sign up for a volunteer slot today!

We're back at LA and OC for more rat visits in conjunction with the Fall/Halloween season. 🐀🎃

We kick things off with in Pasadena to round out September. We're making our debut at in Orange County and appearing at Fur Baby Love Fest in Gardena hosted by for a second year. And yes, we didn't forget El Dorado Nature Center at .

We're also doing some cleanup here at HQ and would love some extra hands. Join us on Saturday, 9/20. There will be snacks and drinks provided.

Help us and hang around cute animals! Reserve your time today.

09/03/2025

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The beginning of the school year is off to an interesting start...

Notably, the very sweet Mama Agnes from completed her mama duties this week! She and two of her daughters followed her to their right here in the South Bay! Their new owner had helped us foster some ratties, and we know they'll be in very good hands.

Two young ladies are going to a young first-time rat owner! They're a handful, but with the right kind of socialization training and attention, they'll grow up to be very lovely companions.

Also, two little babies, whose mama was part of the Bellflower dumping rescue back in late June, found their way home this past weekend as well. Their very distinct split color face pattern gives them a very unique charm.

By the way, we have lots of off-site events happening very soon! Stay tuned.

08/30/2025

Whatever this little one is dreaming about, we hope it's lovely. 🐀💭💤 I

This baby and its 14 other siblings turn two weeks old tomorrow, so eyes will be opening soon.

08/25/2025

Happy first week of existence for the 15‼️pups from our latest in-house mama. We're loving the color selection here.

08/24/2025

That face you make when you know school starts tomorrow...

Mama Agnes is so over it. These kids graduate from milk dependency next week.

08/23/2025

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We sent five ratties to their today!

Three lovely baby dudes went to a first-time rat family down the street! To say that these boys are just lovely is an absolute understatement. They're from an oops litter, but their previous family made sure that they were handleable before they came to us. Also, we made sure they stayed together as a trio. Their mother and remaining sister is still with us along with 14 other siblings in a new litter born last Sunday. We have no idea where mom put them all. 😳 Also, their dad was neutered on Wednesday and is currently recovering at the original owners' house as part of a pet retention plan we've set up. Once mama is done raising the other kids, she and her oldest daughter will return to the family as well.

One of our previously adopted ladies, a 1.75 yr. old Himalayan, came back to us recently. She was re-adopted along with one of the older daughters that came from the Bellflower dumping rescue back at the end of June. They will be joining other girl rats in a nice large cage.

Lastly, two girls that were adopted back in October 2022 (that's not a typo) were returned to us because their owner is heading to college across the country. They were born in June 2022 and weren't expected to live that long. But not to worry, they'll be in permanent sanctuary with one of our long-time fosters who know a thing or two about ADA rat compliant cages and spoiling older ratties.

For extra credit, we have three girls hanging out with the same fosters in "rattie boot camp" to improve their social skills with humans. School's starting for many hoomans so we're going to send the ratties for a few extra lessons.

08/19/2025

We have a fun term for pregnant mama ratties here at .

They are referred to as "value packs." 🐀🫘

This lovely lady popped on Sunday afternoon and we are still boggled as to how many she had baking in there.

For those who guessed less than double digits for kiddos, you automatically lost. 🤣 We think there's at least a dozen in there. We're probably wrong and there has to be more...

That makes three mama rats giving birth here in four weeks. We're out the ears in babies. 🎂

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Lawndale, CA

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+14245719530

Website

http://southbayrodentrescue.org/

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