What does fine art and rats have in common?
You can take either (or both!) into your homes and hearts while lending a helping hand to OPRR at the same time!
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Author: Kaitlynne-Rae
Rosemary & Thyme
Rosemary (agouti) and Thyme (black) have found their forever home together!
These two girls are members of the group of rats and babies we took in from the SPCA. They are originally from a pet store that dumped 66 rats (including some pregnant adults) on the SPCA - who is simply not equipped to handle that many rats. We stepped in, taking 29 of the rats - including these two loves.
They have been adopted into a wonderful home where they will have older siblings to play and grow with! Were ...
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SPCA Rescue Group
Over this last weekend a pet store went out of business. The pet store had rats - mostly as feeders, but also sold them as pets. When they closed their doors they had 66 rats - including many who were very, very young. The rats were all together - males and females. The store owner took all these rats and dumped them at the SPCA in Outaouais. They contacted us as they are not equipped to deal with the sheer quantity of small animals. As a result, we have taken in 29 rats - many of which are extr...
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Marshmellow & Zarena
Marshmellow & Zarena came to us as a group of five girls surrendered when their human parent was caught off guard when she purchased 3 rats from a pet store - and all wound up being pregnant. They're well socialized, gorgeous girls who were adopted within four days of coming to the rescue and are already settled into their new, fantastic, home.
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Grace & Carrie, Clementine & Miuki
Grace & Carrie were part of a surrender from Petawawa resulting from an oops litter. Clementine & Miuki were members of the group surrendered by the breeder from Mascouche who had been reported and had to get rid of this animals. After being introduced, these four girls became inseparable - and completely adorable. They have very distinct personalities: Carrie, the agouti, is energetic and adventurous; Grace, the light tan capped, is friendly, but more reserved; Miuki, named for the brush like s...
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Harriet & Selma
Harriet and Selma were rescued from a situation where they were used to produce more rats in Masouche, Quebec. Both girls were timid and scared of hands. However, with the time and love their foster mom has invested in them, both girls slowly but surely came out of their shells. Harriet and Selma are curious and friendly and are quickly learning that humans are quite awesome. They are a tightly bonded pair and have been adopted together into a wonderful young home that will be able to give them ...
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Archer & Cyril
These two lovely black and white boys were surrendered to us because of a very unfortunate financial situation meant that their human guardians could not afford to keep them anymore. They were truly well loved by their past mom after they were given to her by a family who had lost interest. These darlings have found a new forever home where they will be showered with just as much love and attention as their past parents lavished them with. One boy is still a little shy of hands, but the other is...
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Leonard
Leonard was surrendered with his rat pal, Sheldon, as senior ratizens when their human friend lost interest. Sheldon has since passed away from an illness that was left untreated at that time. As such, our fine older gentleman Leonard is looking for a retirement home where he can soak up some love, eat lots of yummy food, and enjoy the rest of his days. Could you provide a place of comfort for this lovely guy?
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Benji & Theo
These two boys came to us from the Mascouche Surrender, from a breeder who had been reported and was getting rid of his animals. Both are lovely, active boys who now have a wonderful home with Pixie, their spayed friend from the same surrender and Phlox!
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Lola
Lola is a darling blue hooded who came to us as part of the Mascouche Surrender. She is remarkably outgoing and oh so loving - she loves just curling up against your side and chilling. She went to spend some time hanging out with a foster mom but then stole the foster mom's heart as if it were a cheerio and ran away with it. Suffice to say, she's staying put and soaking up all the love and affection possible. She's with two other rescued girls and can be caught snuggling away her days.
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Pixie
Pixie came to us as part of the Mascouche Breeder Surrender and was pregnant. She is a beautiful black and white hooded. As we already had two mommy rats who were far along, we had Pixie spayed in order to keep our numbers manageable and ensure that everyone was able to find an amazing home. She was originally frightened by human hands but came so far in a few months. She was adopted into an amazing home where she now has 3 boys to keep in line and snuggle with!
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Stella & Bijou
These lovely ladies are from one of the two resulting litters from the Mascouche Breeder. They lived the first six weeks of their lives at the rescue and are extremely playful and cuddly.
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Blip & Felix
Felix, the adorable black standard boy is from one of the two resulting litters from the Mascouche Breeder. He has just reached six weeks old as of Sept 14, and is now ready to find his forever home. He has lived his entire life at the rescue and is therefore extremely well socialized and friendly. Blip, the small light Himalayan boy, is from a small group of babies who were just surrendered after their human guardian found homes for the rest of his siblings. He is slightly younger than Radar, b...
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Dixie & Anna
These two girls came to us from a breeder in Mascouche who had been reported and was getting rid of his animals. Both came pregnant and very unsure about humans, hands, and everything else. In the past month Anna has been spayed; Dixie has given birth to a litter of 6, which she is currently nursing; and both girls have learned that humans can bring love, warmth, and of course treats. Dixie will need to stay at the rescue until her babies have been fully weaned so that they get the best start at...
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Glebe PetValu Fundraiser = A Huge Success
We just wanted to take a moment and thank everyone who made it out to our fundraiser this weekend at PetValu in the Glebe. It was so fantastic to meet so many rat lovers - both old friends and new - and to see so many lovely ratties!
The event was a huge success and raised just under $500! This will go a long way towards caring for the animals in our care - it's enough to cover a surgery, and then some.
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Ben & Rupert
Rupert was found running around outside and was rescued initially by Lisa. Unfortunately, one of her boys is a bit of a bully and did not accept Rupert. Ben is a tiny albino boy who was dumped along with his sister at a pet store just outside of Alexandria and was rescued by a woman named Adele right before the pet store owner was going to feed him to a snake. She realized very quickly that rats need a friend. She asked us for help. We took him in because we knew Rupert and he would be similar i...
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Icarus & Samos
These two boys are from the the two resulting litters from the Mascouche Breeder. They've just reached six weeks old as of Sept 14, and are now ready to find forever homes. They have lived their entire lives at the rescue and are therefore extremely well socialized and friendly. Icarus is the black boy - who is aptly named for the wings between his legs - he has a little bit of webbing on his back legs - and personality: he likes to explore and venture off. Samos is the tan boy and is never too ...
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Radar & Oscar
Radar, the black boy is from one of the two resulting litters from the Mascouche Breeder. He spent his first six weeks of life at the rescue before finding his forever home. He is extremely well socialized and friendly. Oscar, the tan boy, is from a small group of babies who were just surrendered after their human guardian found homes for the rest of his siblings. He is slightly younger than Radar, but the two get along extremely well.
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Minuit
This lovely lady is from one of the two resulting litters from the Mascouche Breeder. She lived the first six weeks of her life at the rescue and was extremely playful and cuddly. A gorgeous black and white dumbo, we're so happy she has found a loving forever home that can give her tons of love and cuddles. She will be joining a lovely rat named Bisous who recently lost a cage mate. We're so excited that this adoption ended in happy endings for not one, but two rats!
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Cassy & Jezzabell
These two darlings came to us from a horrible breeding situation in Mascouche, but you wouldn't know it. Cassy is a firecracker of energy and loves exploring, but will come back for a cuddle to make sure you're still there. Jezzabell is a little shy, but once she feels safe will settle down on your chest for cuddles and love. Both girls are an estimated 4 month old as of August 2014. These two gorgeous girls were adopted and are off to their new home in Kingston with Ashley! We're super thrilled...
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Caleese
This little darling came to us from an intake pound called Auberg Zen in Laval QC. They give them 30 days at the pound. If they are not picked up by an adopter or another shelter, they are euthanized... She is so friendly, energetic, and brave! She loves exploring and getting into mischief - as well as visiting all the other rats in the rescue. She is also here to stay - she's managed to wriggle her cute little face deep into Rachel's heart, so has been given her forever home permanently with Ra...
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Shenzi, Banzai & Ed
These three snuggly boys are 3 of the babies from the Mouscouche breeder rescue litters. They're precocious and adorable and we are so ecstatic that they found a new, loving, home together. We can't wait to see pictures of them growing up!
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Wilma
Wilma was a sweet old girl who was part of the Mascouche breeder surrender. She was aged and came to the rescue with a large tumour and a respiratory infection. Despite rounds of antibiotics (she was too ill to undergo surgery to have the tumour removed), she eventually passed away and joined so many other friends across the rainbow bridge. We are happy, however, that in her last weeks of life she was able to know so much love and care.
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Cleo
Cleo was one of 6 rats we were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to rescue from a Gatineau pound who was not properly set up to care for rats. She has since blossomed into one of the alpha rats at her adoptive mom Karen's home and is soaking in all the love and attention a rat could ask for along with her two other cage mates.
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