Sunny Birch Rattery

Hi everyone! Thank you so much for your patience these last few months.

For the moment, I’m taking a breeding pause. I may have a few litters in the future in order to keep my lines going, but until normal operation picks up it will be slow. If you’re a previous client, I encourage you to join my page ‘Friends of Sunny Birch Rattery’ so you have first access to breeding updates.

Although I will not be breeding as much, I still encourage my clients to find and support ETHICAL, HONEST breeders. Yes, this often means you will have to wait. Two breeders I currently recommend are:

Becca May with Fur Friends Rattery
Amber Lutz with Royal Rodents

Unfortunately, I do not recommend any of the other MD breeders at this time.

If you have any questions about what is considered ethical and/or how to screen breeders please shoot me a message.

Although I have responded to messages on my personal dms as well as phone, I ask that for now you please only try to reach me through my business page or email.

Thank you very much for your continued support!!

Hi everyone.

This is not official, but I am considering closing my rattery permenantly.

While I took some time off to think about things, I was bombarded with several upsetting and anxiety inducing messages. Although I appreciate my wonderful clients keeping me in the loop and updated, I think I’m reaching my emotional limit. Raising animals with such short life spans is very challenging, and while I must deal with the passing of members of my beloved mischief, I also feel each and every loss that my clients go through. Please don’t feel guilty for keeping me updated about your SBR ratties, I love hearing them! Just sometimes the frequency of bad news regarding short-lived animals can be overwhelming.

Thank you for patience while I figure things out. The past three years with all my wonderful clients and furbabies has been amazing, and I hate to let things go after a few difficult months. I’m hoping for some some improved clarity over the next couple of weeks and am looking forward to hopefully reconnecting with you all.

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