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Dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and rehoming of domestic pet rats and other small animals in the greater San Francisco bay area of Northern California (San Jose to Sacramento).


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Choose the Adoption Option!



Rattie Ratz always has domestic pet rats available for adoption. We have THREE adoption fairs EACH month!

The SECOND SATURDAY at Pet Food Express in Dublin.
The THIRD SATURDAY at For Other Living Things in Sunnyvale.
The THIRD SUNDAY at The SPCA in Sacramento.

In addition to these fairs, our volunteer foster homes also arrange private adoptions by appointment only. If you do not find a suitable companion rattie through our organization, we encourage you to check out your local shelter to see what needy rats they have available. A comprehensive list of other rescues and shelters in the greater bay area can be found at: The Social Rat

Upcoming Adoption Events

Our Adoptable Animals


Opt to Adopt and make plans to see some of our available animals! We don't have enough volunteer resources to photograph each and every animal but we hope some of these photos will encourage you to open your heart and home to an animal in need!

View some of our adoptable animal by visiting us at one of our upcoming adoption events!!

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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world, indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
-Margaret Mead

Due to our current obligations to the animals already in our care, we only take in private surrenders on a case by case basis. If you have pet rats that you need to surrender, please contact your nearest foster location and explain your situaion. We will do what we can to help. We do work with a lot of the local shelters and can arrange to evaluate animals surrendered to them. Please visit our adoptable animals at Petfinder and view our upcomming adoption events on our calendar!


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Rattie Ratz is a California state and federally recognized nonprofit, 501(c)(3) animal rescue organization. Our state corporate ID number is C2367413 and our federal tax ID is #94-3400283.