Update!

Originally Posted 10-18-2011
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Hello Everyone!

First off, I have about 50 of you on the mailing list now and I am not sure if everyone gets the updates, so please if you would like to stay on the mailing list please reply to this message and I will keep you on, if you no longer wish to get updates no worries.  I will give everyone two weeks to respond because I know we are all busy with our own things :)

Okay, we are changing up the litter plan a tad bit, we are moving Love X Fergus to December and bringing up Moka X Seraph litter to November.  Love is still pretty small so we would like to give her some more time to grow.  I will be giving her some extra protien as well to make sure she's getting enough.

LittersWe have a few planned litters for the next few months to help further the Madison's branch lines and to start the Frankfort branch lines so if you are looking to add some ratties or an additional ratty or two to your home check out what we have coming up :)  

We have two females and two males still available from Athena and Atticus' litter.  They are adorable so please check them out and pass on the word.

Merchandise

Okay so I have the merchandise page, and I have not had any sales there yet, that page is to help support the rattery so we can become self sufficient.  I have had it up for a while and I would love if everyone would be wiling to check it out and see if there are things I should change to make it better and help people want to purchase.  We do have shirts and soon hoodies and I don't want to put money into too many if we are not going to be selling them.  So please let me know what you think your opinions are important to us.

Pricing Changes

It has not happened yet but we are considering having all males that leave the rattery be neutered if they are going to pet only homes.  That secures our lines and helps prevent accidental litters, health problems and allows boys to be adopted with girls :)  If we do this all male adoptions will be 40$ each to cover the neuter and adoption fee.  The females will stay at the pricing we have on the page which is 20$ for the first and 15$ for each additional. 

Breeder Rights

We are working on making our lines stronger and focusing more on our goals now that we have a system going.  We will require any breeders to sign a contract with us stating if you get a rat from LOR we get second pick to ANY litter that rat produces, and the rest of the pups will got to PET homes only until the 3rd generation and then you can sell/swap with other breeders from that generation and on.  If the terms of the contract we will have up are violated we will cut all ties with your rattery.  We have the right to turn down any rattery we wish when they are looking for breeders, we will have some requirements and we can discuss for each rattery as the time comes.

Pet Adoptions 

I will become more strict about having our adopters keep in touch with us, we will start requiring updates, I don't mean you have to email me every day with a new picture, but we do need to know if you have ANY problems health or other wise with your rats, we need to know temperament changes, health issues, and deaths.  We will require an update every 6 months where you can just let us know how they are doing and maybe attach some pictures.  We would love to see some of the past rats of LOR and how they have grown.

Okay I think this is all for now, thank you for your continued support and we appreciate the donations we have received they have helped us with food and bedding when money is tight.  Can't wait to hear back from you :)  Please also feel free to give us your options about our page, our merging, pricing, policies, anything that we should be aware of and maybe what you'd like to see on the site that always helps us when we know what you are looking for and whats eye grabbing :)

Stacy J
Love of Rat's Rattery & Rescue
www.fortheloveofrats.weebly.com
Madison, Indiana (47250)
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