About Fun Family Rodentry
FFCR is located in beautiful Southern California's East San Diego County. I started my rattery in early 2009, with the GOAL to create friendlier and healthier rats. Also to breed beautiful rats in all my favorite varieties. My rodents will ALWAYS be my pets first and foremost. FFCR currently consists of 4 happy, healthy rats & many happy, healthy mice.
I AM NOW BEING MORE PRIVATE WITH MY RODENTRY. I BREED TO IMPROVE THE FANCY, I DO NOT WANT TO BE IN THE POLITICS OF THE RODENT BREEDING WORLD. I WILL NOT BUY INTO SLANDER. I LOVE MY RATS AND WORK FIRST TO PLEASE THEM, THEN SECOND TO PLEASE PEOPLE. I CAN PROVIDE YOU A FRIENDLY, HEALTHY AND HAPPY RAT. IF YOU CHOOSE TO BELIEVE SLANDER, SO BE IT. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT CHOOSE FOR THEMSELVES, THANKYOU.
On the matter, I do provide my rats with more than the required amount of space per rat. I do have hammocks(that I take the time to hand make), igloos, wheels, beds(that I take the time to hand make), tunnels and toys in my cages(pictures previously posted were in a transitional period of my rattery and did not demonstrate this). My rodents are spoiled and loved.
I AM NOW BEING MORE PRIVATE WITH MY RODENTRY. I BREED TO IMPROVE THE FANCY, I DO NOT WANT TO BE IN THE POLITICS OF THE RODENT BREEDING WORLD. I WILL NOT BUY INTO SLANDER. I LOVE MY RATS AND WORK FIRST TO PLEASE THEM, THEN SECOND TO PLEASE PEOPLE. I CAN PROVIDE YOU A FRIENDLY, HEALTHY AND HAPPY RAT. IF YOU CHOOSE TO BELIEVE SLANDER, SO BE IT. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT CHOOSE FOR THEMSELVES, THANKYOU.
On the matter, I do provide my rats with more than the required amount of space per rat. I do have hammocks(that I take the time to hand make), igloos, wheels, beds(that I take the time to hand make), tunnels and toys in my cages(pictures previously posted were in a transitional period of my rattery and did not demonstrate this). My rodents are spoiled and loved.
About The Breeder
Hello. My name is Shuron. I am 20 years old. I Love animals and have had almost every kind of animal there is. I have had rats since I was 5 and mice for about 2 years now. I am a new mother of a beautiful 1 year old baby girl. I am engaged to a wonderful man. He would support me in anything I would like to do. I Have been riding horses for 12 years now. I recently had to part with both of my horses though. I am going to go into an ROP program to become a veterinary assistant. Working in any other field that did not have to do with animals would be hell for me. I live in Southern California and have all my life. I moved to East San Diego County about 6 years ago. Well, that is me in a nut shell. I hope you enjoy my site and if you want to know anything more about me, just send me an email.
About The Rodentry
Rattery section on the Rodentry:
I am now down sizing due to the fact that the economy hit my family hard causing unemployment issues making it hard to pay for food, bedding, toys and medical treatment for all the animals I had. I will be keeping one breeding pair(pets first but they can also be used for breeding if I choose) that will produce merle. I will also be keeping one Silver doe that I may breed once. I also have a pet only male that has neurological issues but my merle male is ok with that. They are still great friends. I may do a few other things once things get better on the homefront. Check back for updates!
Mousery Section of the Rodentry:
I currently have a decent variety of standard self and marked mice. I want to produce more blue, dove and blue agouti in the near future. I am working very hard on expanding and improving coat types such as angora and satin. I also am excited to work with my upcoming merle, tricolor and brindle lines. My goal for Brindle is to eliminate banded and broken, darken and define the brindleing and improve size/type. I am also getting in some neat varieties of coat types including rex, satin and fuzzy hairless.
I am now down sizing due to the fact that the economy hit my family hard causing unemployment issues making it hard to pay for food, bedding, toys and medical treatment for all the animals I had. I will be keeping one breeding pair(pets first but they can also be used for breeding if I choose) that will produce merle. I will also be keeping one Silver doe that I may breed once. I also have a pet only male that has neurological issues but my merle male is ok with that. They are still great friends. I may do a few other things once things get better on the homefront. Check back for updates!
Mousery Section of the Rodentry:
I currently have a decent variety of standard self and marked mice. I want to produce more blue, dove and blue agouti in the near future. I am working very hard on expanding and improving coat types such as angora and satin. I also am excited to work with my upcoming merle, tricolor and brindle lines. My goal for Brindle is to eliminate banded and broken, darken and define the brindleing and improve size/type. I am also getting in some neat varieties of coat types including rex, satin and fuzzy hairless.
Inside the Rodentry
I use a variety of different cages for both rats and mice. Wire cages are a general rule for my rats but I have a few different types. Right now I ave one big male cage that has 3 very big levels, a wheel, a big igloo, a hammock, wood chews, tunnels and beds. I also have one female cage that has 3 levels as well and a hanging wheel, igloo, play ladders, wood chew toys, tunnels and hammocks. I also have a single level wire cage for breeding, quarantine, pregnancy and nursing purposes. My rats get play time out side of their cages and their "play pen" is pretty much me entire house =]. My mice are kept in a few different kinds of cages as well. I have a lot of Lab cages that usually house one single male or a single male being bred or a pregnant or nursing mommy. I have a bigger lab cage that bigger mice litters and mommies go into once the babies start to move around. I have 3 10 gallon "colony" tanks. They each hold no more than 10 mice. They are equipped with a wooden 2 story jungle jym/house, tunnels and a wheel. I also have home made cages(courtesy of Dru) that I sometimes house mice in if the lab cages are too small. Those are only temporary housing for my juvenile males or females that are up for adoption. I use Rice Hull bedding. It is oil and aroma free and has about the same amount of dust aspen does. And the rats can dig in it and love it! =] I feed Harlan Tecklad Lab blocks as well as fresh(or frozen on hot days) fruits and veggies and ratty treats. If it get TOO hot and the fans are not keeping them cool enough I put frozen gerber jars filled with ice in the cages for the rodents to suggle up with and cool off. Every mouse that is in a lab cage gets 10-20 mins in the mouse "play pen" daily. I would love to give them more time but I want everyone to have some time in it and I cant put the males in together... The play pen will be pictured below as well as my "temporary" set up. This is how my rodentry is set up for now but it is currently under construction and will always have improvements being done. =] During the day, if it is too hot, I keep the rodentry closed up and keep fans going in there all the time. In the evening when its not too hot and not too cold I open up both doors and let the rodents get fresh air and natural light. The picctures below were taken during this time. I hope you enjoyed your little trip Inside the Rodentry! If you have any further questions feel free to contact me =]
Recent changes:
I recently bought a hamster cage in place of one of my 10 gallon tanks of female mice. They love all the tunnels and nests and wheel. I plan to upgrade all cages. I plan make/get a breeding rack for mice but make it more "pet" than "breeder" setting. I plan to get more hamster cages for groups of mice because they seem to like them. I also plan to get 4 REALLY big rat cages, I may make them or have them custom made, for my males and females and extra cages. Other upgrades that are in the works are upgrading my rattery air conditioner and heater. I also would like to build a rat playground so they dont always play in my room. That gets hard to keep clean =] And having a sanctioned "stuff" shelving unit for my empty/extra cages, food, toys, meds etc. would be nice too. I am sure there is more that I would like to do but I have not though of it yet.
DUE TO HARASSING EMAILS AND PEOPLE SAYING THINGS ABOUT MY RATTERY, I WILL NOT BE POSTING PICTURES OF MY RATTERY ANY LONGER. I TAKE GREAT CARE OF MY RATS AND ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME, KNOWS THIS. IF YOU NEED PROOF, LOOK AT MY RATS.
Recent changes:
I recently bought a hamster cage in place of one of my 10 gallon tanks of female mice. They love all the tunnels and nests and wheel. I plan to upgrade all cages. I plan make/get a breeding rack for mice but make it more "pet" than "breeder" setting. I plan to get more hamster cages for groups of mice because they seem to like them. I also plan to get 4 REALLY big rat cages, I may make them or have them custom made, for my males and females and extra cages. Other upgrades that are in the works are upgrading my rattery air conditioner and heater. I also would like to build a rat playground so they dont always play in my room. That gets hard to keep clean =] And having a sanctioned "stuff" shelving unit for my empty/extra cages, food, toys, meds etc. would be nice too. I am sure there is more that I would like to do but I have not though of it yet.
DUE TO HARASSING EMAILS AND PEOPLE SAYING THINGS ABOUT MY RATTERY, I WILL NOT BE POSTING PICTURES OF MY RATTERY ANY LONGER. I TAKE GREAT CARE OF MY RATS AND ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME, KNOWS THIS. IF YOU NEED PROOF, LOOK AT MY RATS.
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