FAQ | onceuponamischief

How my adoption process works.

If you have any further questions, check out the FAQ below or contact me!

I will no longer be keeping a waitlist!

I am breeding far less than I was in the past and because of that it may be a long wait between litters and dwarfs generally have smaller litters. I dont want people waiting for so long, most move on by then or ghost me. Now my rats will be first come via facebook.

Are you impatient? This may not be for you!

I can not stress this enough. I do not just have stock of available rats. I do not have shelves of products. I am not a store with stock. I am a responsible breeder and so I breed with a purpose and goals, not to just breed endlessly or make sales.

Every single litter has been carefully planned to better my lines and work towards a goal. Selling is not my first goal at all.

Generally, most of the time when you contact me you may be waiting 3-6 months or more. Breeding is not instantaneous or for those that are not patient. One person may be getting a rat next week, someone else may be waiting a year.

It takes time, I generally do not breed a female until they reach 5-6 months old.
Once paired it might be right away or take weeks if I'm unlucky before she gets pregnant
The pregnancy is about 3 weeks!
That's already around a month just from pairing
I don't sell until 8-10+ weeks. That's is around 2.5 months.
So about 3.5 months if all goes well from when I paired.

While I generally have litters paired every month or two, some are still new lines not yet available and as always we are dealing with living animals, and mother nature had a mind of its own! I can't know how many babies I will get or of what sex.

You will be waiting 3-6+ months generally, depending on how picky you are on variety.

I am not a pet store. I am not some backyard breeder who is just mass breeding for $$$.

I hope that those coming to me are doing so because they want a wonderful amazing well-bred animal. That requires work and time!

My Adoption process:

When babies are available to reserve (usually at 6-8 weeks+) I will announce it via Facebook and my website and then they will be able to reserve as first come. Whoever messages me first with their picks, gets them. Everyone chooses off photos.