My Health Standards and Disease Prevention Practices

Health is my number one priority!

I do not adopt out rats with the following conditions:

• Cryptorchidism

• Malocclusion

• Tumours

• Hormonal aggression

• Entropion

• Poor respiratory health

My rats are clear of the following diseases and pathogens:

• Streptobacillus moniliformis

• Sendai virus

• Sialodacryoadenitis virus

• Rat parvoviruses including KRV

• Lymphocytic choriomeningitis

• Seoul virus

• Hantavirus

• P. carinii

• CAR bacillus

• Rat rotavirus

• Encephalitozoon virus

All residents receive monthly parasite prevention, and every rat receives two doses of preventative treatment prior to going home.

Once a rat leaves my care, the new home assumes responsibility for preventing exposure to illness. I do everything I can to send out healthy, well cared for rats, and I ask adopters to continue that same standard.