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!

11/26/2025

is almost here!

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. 😉🐀

10/12/2025

Yesterday in with at the Fur-Ever Friends Fall Fest and Pumpkin Patch was lots of fun! It even resulted in a surprise ! 🥳🐀🐀❤️

These two 1.5 year old female rats came to us on surrender from Riverside and got a special transport from to the event to hang out with us until we could take them back to . At least that's what we thought... 🎃

They're super sweet girls with lovely personalities, and one of them gets around on three legs. Of course, that doesn't stop her from doing her thing. They went to a nice family who had recently lost their rats and wanted new friends to take home.

Also, we hung out with and checked out their fun selection of scaly things. Another perk of being next to a reptile rescue? Complimentary live superworms which Joanie (our hairless double rex girl) was completely obsessed over. We're pretty sure she chowed down on at least three of them. 😬🐛

10/08/2025

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We had students from come down to visit us today to acquire new fuzzy teaching assistants for their animal behavior course this semester.

With these seven lovely boys adopted, six young guys and their very adorable father/uncle figure in tow (half of the baby boys are biologically his), an entire cage was cleared on a Tuesday! If you were at Furbaby Love Fest in Gardena this past Sunday, these were the guys who were at our table looking super cute! We had a feeling that they weren't going to last long with us.

We're happy to send these babies to , and we hope that them getting to know these awesome creatures through socialization and training helps foster a new generation of animal caretakers and specialists.

Happy to be your neighborhood !

Bonus material: Our lead volunteer coordinator spotted some 🦝🦝 going to town on the cat food outside during the cleaning shift. 😂 They left kibble all over the ground, so now we have to wait for the possums to come by and clean it all up.

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Lawndale, CA

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+14245719530

Website

http://southbayrodentrescue.org/

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