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!

12/06/2025

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Wanted to give a shout-out to one of our recent adopters who sent over a few items from our Amazon wishlist during !

Also, here are a few photos of their rattie babies, Peanut and Butters. We're so happy that they're happy with you. 🥹

If you'd like to donate from the wishlist (or get a few ideas for your own cage setups), link is in the bio.

12/02/2025

🐀 It's Giving Tuesday: Support Your Favorite 501(c)(3) Domestic Rat Rescue! 🎁

Domestic rats are amazing and deserve the best life. We've made it our mission to make sure that happens.

Today, on Giving Tuesday, you can be a hero for the tiny residents of South Bay Rodent Rescue ( )!

SBRR is 100% volunteer-run, which means every single dollar, treat, and accessory you donate goes directly to saving lives.

Where Your Donations Go...

* 🏥 Surgeries & Emergencies: For critical, life-saving vet care.
* 🧼 Supplies: Keeping their habitats clean, safe, and enrichment-filled.
* 🍎 Food/Treats: Making sure every little belly is full!
* 🌎 Outreach: Educating the public about these amazing animals.

3 Ways to Support SBRR RIGHT NOW:
* 💰 Make a Cash Donation: Set up a one-time, weekly, or monthly gift to our general fund. Every little bit counts! (Link in Bio! https://donorbox.org/sbrr-general-donation-fund)

* 🛒 Check Out Our Amazon Wishlist: Donate much-needed physical supplies, from water bottles to toys!

* 💖 Share This Post: Tag a friend who loves rats or animals in general!

Thank you for giving the gift of a second chance to a rescued rat! Let's make this the best Giving Tuesday yet!

11/26/2025

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

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

Our link on Donorbox makes it easy to make a one-time contribution or set up recurring ones automatically!

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

11/24/2025

These lovely six month-old girls went to a returning adopter this weekend whose remaining rat (also adopted from us) needed new friends because she was lonely. These ladies will be spoiled while they spend their first Thanksgiving with a new cagemate.

Their people-friendly temperament and curious personalities made it clear that they weren't going to be with us very long. We just had to find the right matchup.

11/18/2025

On a random aside (it's rat related) that involves some art.

One of SBRR's founders, Christine, is a long-time ice hockey goalie and has been playing the sport for over 30 years. Some of her achievements include multiple tournament championships holding every goaltending record in wins, saves, shutouts, and games played for the University of Southern California Women's Ice Hockey team.

Earlier this year, she teamed up with for a complete redesign of her goalie pads to reflect a life transition, her personal identity, and to honor her work as an animal rescuer.

As a result, the "rat guardian" pads were born. Inspired by the pad designs of several retired NHL goalies and several of Christine's personal design ideas, this work was painstakingly cut and stitched to bring out the pop and to withstand all the shots.

Even after all these years, she's still playing in games all over Southern California in between getting adoptable animals out the door. See you on the ice!

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11/17/2025

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Soooo...those five sisters that went home this past week? They also had two brothers, and those boys were picked up today after spending a week here acclimating with their three new cagemates as they were boarded at while their hoomans were out of town.

We have found that this system of introductions works with babies as everyone hangs out in a neutral cage. It also helped that the three boarded rats were neutered and very gentle to begin with, which made the transition very straightforward.

They're now going to live just up the street from us and will probably come back to visit in a future boarding appointment. We're excited to see them grow up and get spoiled!

11/15/2025

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Five sisters. Two families. New .

The first two went to a young first-time rat owner who waited patiently until we had something compatible for them. We look forward to watching them grow up with you!

We sent the other three sisters to two students of the at Moorpark College who will "co-parent" them as part of their animal behavior class and then continue to enjoy them after their course is over. The girls have already completed their first lesson and found the hoodie. ❤️

The color and variety spread is amazing on these babies! A random pile of blacks, grays, and Rex coats. Yes, all the same mama rattie. 😳 (Shhh there might be more where those came from. Maybe.)

Thank you, everyone, for your patience as we continue matching up compatible rats with potential adopters.

Also, have you checked out our founder Christine's birthday fundraiser? Link in the bio.

11/08/2025

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A little bit of a on these friends leaving , so here's their sendoff!

Mr. Stitch and his three baby nephews completed their service with us at and found their new family in Redondo Beach! They're all going to a home with experienced rat owners and will continue to be spoiled. They got a lot of practice hanging out with all those children and their grabby hands in October!

We also have another of two ladies, Ollie and Banana, who were sent out on a trial basis with one of our current SBRR rat owners to see if they'd get along with a couple older girls. We'd like to remind everyone that, with us, failure is always an option...in this context. 😅

11/01/2025

Happy Halloween! 🎃🐀

A little throwback to that time when we had an actual Remy inside at the supermarket checking out the available groceries.

Be safe and have fun, everyone! We'll see you in tomorrow and Sunday from 10am-2pm for our final weekend of 2025!

10/30/2025

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We had a few "treats" among the tricks in the past week. Here's who ended up going home with new families.

We had one lone lady join an older female who lost her cagemate recently. It's always fun to see new energy bring excitement to a habitat again.

Speaking of new energy, we're happy to announce a featuring two lovely ladies, Sandy and Pebble, also happened this week. They were brought home on a trial basis to see if they'd get along with an existing pair of girls, and it worked! So it looks like we're not getting them back for wonderful reasons. We also received some fun photos from their new owners.

We appreciate the flexibility and patience of our several fosters who are helping us out with socializing the rats who need a little bit more time to get ready for their next families.

We are going through our adoption inquiries and checking if we have rats that match potential adopters' criteria. Thank you for your patience as we round out a very eventful October.

10/27/2025

We've been a community partner with since 2021, but we've never had this happen before...

Four lovely boy rats came with us from HQ while bringing joy and their friendly energy to the many children and parents who visit the awesome learning and enrichment facility. They ended up getting inside the building and leaving with their new family yesterday afternoon!

We had these energetic, 9 week-old boys and their 1 year-old "Grunkle," Peanut, join an animal-loving family who will be experiencing the amazingness of domestic rats for the very first time. From last we checked, they're settling in their new digs and their new hoomans are very excited to play with them once they pass their initial home settling time. 🥳🐀🐀🐀🐀❤️

Come by on Saturday 11/1 and Sunday 11/2 for our final weekend here in 2025. You might run into Christine waddling around in an inflatable rat costume and photo bombing family photos.

Disclaimer: We're not doing on-site adoptions at the Cube. However, things just worked out where the family was able to visit them here to check them out and then get supplies and prepare their rescue-approved cage prior to their pickup. 😉🐀

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Lawndale, CA

Telephone

+14245719530

Website

http://southbayrodentrescue.org/

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