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Velvet Veil Menagerie 🖤🔮 Crafting chaos in the heart of DFW with a multitude of scales & tails 🔮🖤

Hey everyone! As you may have noticed, we havent really been posting. While we have a minute to spare, we wanted to upda...
08/08/2024

Hey everyone! As you may have noticed, we havent really been posting. While we have a minute to spare, we wanted to update you all on what's been happening with us recently. We just welcomed a new little one into our family on July 18th, after an emergency C-section, and unfortunately bothe of us and baby had covid.🍼
Due to the exhaustion that came along with this, and the fact we only had a month left in our lease, we made the decision to move closer to family and are now settling into our new home in the DFW, Texas area.

As we try to adjust to our new life and surroundings, and catch up on some much needed sleep, we’re taking a temporary break from breeding. We hope to be back soon but its hard to give an estimated date on when. Ideally when baby is sleeping through the night and we are able to start the day refreshed again.

When we return, we'll be diving back into mice as well as our main passion: rats! 🐀

Thank you all for your understanding and support during this time. Be sure to follow us for news on when we’re back in action!

See you soon! 💕

🌟Hey y'all!🌟We were really hoping to reopen for adoptions in August/September, but we've run into some temperament issue...
22/05/2024

🌟Hey y'all!🌟

We were really hoping to reopen for adoptions in August/September, but we've run into some temperament issues with our new lines. Restarting with new mice definitely comes with a set of challenges, and we’re dedicated to making sure our animals have the best temperaments.
Even the BEST breeders can occasionally have something that pops up and with our exact goals it's not always easy to start with "problem-free stock." No one should ever make the assumption the animals they got for breeding will be perfect, because then you miss things.

The biggest issue we are seeing right now is skittishness, the mice don't like to be held, they run when you try to pick them up or jump out of your hands when holding them. And this just isn't something that works for us.

We don’t believe mice are just "display animals" as many would like to lead others to believe – they should be able to be easily handled and enjoyed, and the mice themselves should enjoy the handling. Before we had to restart, our mice were just like our rats – always happy to see you and eager to interact. Some would even follow us around if we set them on the ground and a few did tricks.

We want to reach that level of friendliness again, but it's not our only goal. We do have our END goal but that specific temperament is not the only option. Our goal is to have mice that are calm, easy to handle, and happy in any home and you can have mice like that, that arent necessarily running up your arms. This will take some time, but we're committed to making it happen.

In the meantime, we’ll keep our page active with updates on our litters, our holdbacks, and behind-the-scenes videos on how we’re working on temperaments. We’ll also share tips on safe habitats, enrichment, common myths, mouse behavior, and more. If we get a big enough following perhaps we will start posting weekly Q&A posts about our practices or anything else that comes up that we may not have touched on yet.

Thank you for your patience and support as we work towards providing you with the best mice possible. Stay tuned for more updates!

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💜 Update on the beans from the last post! We've got 4 adorable pups from that litter!💕 They've all opened their eyes and...
09/05/2024

💜 Update on the beans from the last post! We've got 4 adorable pups from that litter!💕 They've all opened their eyes and are just tooooo cute with their curly fur! Mom's a rex, dad's an angora, so they're all going to be carrying the angora gene, hopefully setting us up for some texel in the next generation. 🤞🌿

⭐️Fresh beans!⭐️This litter was born sometime early morning on Thursday April 25th and are already showing a LOT of pigm...
26/04/2024

⭐️Fresh beans!⭐️
This litter was born sometime early morning on Thursday April 25th and are already showing a LOT of pigment! 🖤
Can't wait to see how they grow 👀

💜The babies patterns are really starting to show through now! Lots and lots of pretty pieds! 💜
07/04/2024

💜The babies patterns are really starting to show through now! Lots and lots of pretty pieds! 💜

05/04/2024

⭐️Hey everyone!⭐️

We're thrilled to share that all three of our mama mice have given birth! It's a big family affair as one had 7 babies, another had 5, and the third had 6. And because they're sisters, they're happily snuggling up together in one cozy nest. 😊

The first two litters arrived on 4/3, and today, on 4/5, we welcomed the newest additions! While we can't wait to see what colors they'll be, we're already starting to see some patterns in the older babies. 💜

Keep an eye out for more updates as we watch these little cuties grow! 🐾

💜Excited to announce we have beans!💜This pretty girl is taking her turn nursing the pups while the other mama was nibbli...
03/04/2024

💜Excited to announce we have beans!💜

This pretty girl is taking her turn nursing the pups while the other mama was nibbling on food. We have 3 does together, all 3 are sisters so they are wonderful at taking turns. So far only two of the sisters have had their pups, waiting on one more!

(Edited photo, she is not quite this dark lol, refer to previous post for true colour)⭐️I absolutely LOVE when markings ...
01/04/2024

(Edited photo, she is not quite this dark lol, refer to previous post for true colour)

⭐️I absolutely LOVE when markings make little hearts 🤍🤍🤍

⭐️Velvet Veil Menagerie is thrilled to announce that we have not one, not two, but THREE expecting does!⭐️🐭These girls ...
01/04/2024

⭐️Velvet Veil Menagerie is thrilled to announce that we have not one, not two, but THREE expecting does!⭐️

🐭These girls are due any day now, and we couldn't be more excited! Stay tuned for updates as we eagerly await the arrival of these litters!💕

💜Its unlikely that there will be any availability from these litters, but we are excited to share their growth! We are hoping to select a few great tempered pups to hold back and add to the next generation! 🐁

🐁✨ While our rats take a break, Our mouse breeding is in full swing, promising lots adorable pups later this year that w...
22/02/2024

🐁✨ While our rats take a break, Our mouse breeding is in full swing, promising lots adorable pups later this year that will undoubtedly steal your (and our) hearts! 🤞💕

🖤Enjoy some photos of past litters while we wait for new pups!🌙

✨️🖤In 2017, our rat breeding journey began, a roller coaster of emotions as we made mistakes, learned from them, and gre...
22/02/2024

✨️🖤In 2017, our rat breeding journey began, a roller coaster of emotions as we made mistakes, learned from them, and grew. Fast forward to mid-2023, and our rat companions have embarked on a temporary hiatus while we move and go through some life changes that just dont allow for the time we'd like to put into these animals🖤✨

🔮🌙The goal is to reintroduce these lovable creatures into our breeding projects come late 2024/early 2025! 🌙🔮

((Disclaimer: paper bedding is NOT safe for rats. The rats in the photos were only temporary on a small layer of paper bedding for a few minutes after having just gotten them off a transport.))

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⭐️Hey everyone!⭐️ We're thrilled to share that all three of our mama mice have given birth! It's a big family affair as one had 7 babies, another had 5, and the third had 6. And because they're sisters, they're happily snuggling up together in one cozy nest. 😊 The first two litters arrived on 4/3, and today, on 4/5, we welcomed the newest additions! While we can't wait to see what colors they'll be, we're already starting to see some patterns in the older babies. 💜 Keep an eye out for more updates as we watch these little cuties grow! 🐾

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