Welcome to Valiance Rats

Website last updated on 27th June 2010. Pick Me! did not birth her litter, the planned litters page has been updated with our new plans.

If you are looking for pet rats please read our homing policy.

Valiance Rats was born out of a pure and simple love of rats. Everything about them captivates us and all we have ever wanted to do is enjoy, love and support these darling wee beasties!

We firmly believe that helping rats as a pet species requires breeding towards improved health and temperament and helping to support those bred irresponsibly. This is why we are heavily involved in both the breeding aspect of rats and rescuing those in need too.

Our breeding aims are high, we are hoping to breed rats with excellent temperaments, that live long healthy lives and are also beautiful to look at.

The temperament we will be aiming for is a glorious cheekiness with a gentle naughty streak. Rats that actively seek human company and revel in attention. We want rats that race to see you and entertain you with their clowning.

We are hoping to push the boundaries of 'about two years', which is the pet rats current expected lifespan. This is a complicated thing to select for in a breeding line and involves a multi-pronged strategy. For more details read our breeding information.

We expect to see the varieties agouti, black, american cinnamon, american mink, russian blue agouti, russian blue, dove agouti and dove, some with the essex marking, in our litters. We will have dumbo kittens available fairly frequently but there is no chance rex kittens, therefore we recommend that if you specifically want rex rats that you contact a rex breeder, we can point you in the direction of them if you require. For details and pictures of these varieties please see our varieties page.

If you are looking to rehome a rescue rat please see our rescues and fosters page.

Valiance is not a stud name, but a registered NFRS prefix that we use to identify our rattery and the rats we breed.

Perhaps our aims are idealistic, but if we aim for heaven maybe we'll hit a star.