Bourne Rattery

05/09/2026

Just 3 of the 7 kittens from Pyes litter. 10 days old and washing their little faces🥰 their eyes are definitely getting ready to see the world ❤️

02/09/2026

Both litters are growing up so nicely and the mommas are doing so well. I'm always so proud at how they adapt ❤️

On a more serious note, during my homing process please know that I can't accept applications from people who don't have there rat cages already set up. This is due to not knowing for sure what cage and environment my rats will end up in.

30/08/2026

We had our 2nd gen of Chinchillas born on the 28/08/2026. Gorgeous Bourne Fliss and Halcyon Squirrel welcomed 9 beans ❤️

Also an update on Bounre Pyes litter. They're growing really nicely and are definitely some chunky babies✨️💗

26/08/2026

Little update:

We had our 3rd Generation of Silkens born yesterday. This was a litter from Bourne Pye (Cinnamon Silken doe) x Relish Bombom (Cinnamon Rex buck) ❤️ Momma Pye is doing a great job 💓

18/08/2026

For respective homes and current homes. Here's a list of my peronsal recommendations for rat supplies:

RattieAngels - Hammocks
Ratrations.co.uk - Toys, Food and Supplements
Cosybedsandburrows - Hammocks
Hayley's Hammocks - Hammocks
Ratatat Toys & Things - Toys and Hammocks
Ratcessories - Food and Toys
The Rat Warehouse - Food, Toys and Hammocks

These are all small businesses that I have personally used myself and would highly recommend. Go spoil your ratties and rattos 🩷

05/08/2026

Always love ratRations delivery day❤️

23/07/2026

I'll be pairing up my lines some time in August❤️ So applications will be open from now. Some of my does for rat tax🥰

07/07/2026

Happy 1st Birthday to our first ever litter!! 💓 What a year of chaos they've caused! 😂

01/07/2026

This is one of the struggles with breeding.

Recently in rat groups I've been seeing some comments about how breeders gatekeep their rats and that it's unfair or out of order and is stopping people getting them, so really I just want to make this very clear to people reading this page and potentially homing my rats - YES, I absolutely will gatekeep my rats.

I am not a pet store, my rats are my babies and I put a lot of time and energy into them as they are living, breathing souls. That energy extends to homing the kittens I have available sometimes. I'm the only person that can advocate for my rats and I will do my best to make sure they're going to homes that will provide them a great life. That means that I'm looking for new homes that offer great care which includes understanding my concern about using an appropriate substrate, providing a good food mix (I absolutely won't home my kittens out for them to be fed a nugget diet) and a good size living space alongside keeping me updated about their health. This doesn't mean I expect everyone to keep exactly how I keep, but to provide a decent setting that the new owners can maintain (both physically and financially) while providing an engaging and safe home for the rats.

It's my duty of care to the rats I'm homing out and it's nothing personal against those looking for rats. The take away is simple, if you don't like my suggestions and I feel like I'm pushing for someone to see something my the rats point of view too much, this is fine, I'm just not the breeder for you. And that's ok. My only concern is for my rats because once they leave me I have to trust where they end up. At the end of the day I don't owe anyone kittens but I do owe the rats I help bring into this world a safe space for the rest of their life. I hope people understand this.

Pic of me with my best boy, grub-tail Gary.

21/06/2026

I thought I'd just do an update on the rattery.

We're currently in the process of moving house and we're relocating. Its an exciting yet nervous and stressful time. We will be moving to Derbyshire so kitten collections will be from there moving forward.

Our current rats that will hopefully be bred from are 5 months old and I don't currently have any solid plans on when I'll be able to do my next gens unfortunately. We have a lot of stuff to sort behind the scenes first before we can think of litters. I do know that my Chin line will be the next pairing though so every cloud.

For these reasons I may not have chance to message people back in regards to kittens❤️

I'm always available for current pet homes of Bourne Rats to help with anything 💓