Mainely Rat Rescue (MRR) is an organization incorporated as a non-profit in the State of Maine. MRR was founded in 2007 by four women who saw a need to save unwanted and often misunderstood, pet rats. Having worked and or volunteered for animal shelters and other rescues, they had been using their available resources individually and were re-homing abandoned pocket pets. They decided to rally together, combining resources and sharing contacts, and are now the proud founders of Mainely Rat Rescue.

Mainely Rat Rescue’s mission is to rehabilitate and find homes for surrendered or abandoned rats, as well as spreading awareness, education and support for this often misunderstood animal. While in foster care rats will be socialized with people and other rats, giving them the skills they need to make great companions. Proper food, housing and health care are provided to all rats until they find their forever home.

Future plans for MRR include becoming 501c3 in 2008 and one day expanding the rescue to include other small mammals, as well as having a shelter to house animals until they find their forever homes.

Mainely Rat Rescue is an all volunteer organization and does not receive funding from the state or any government agencies. MRR relies solely on donations and the revenue generated from our online store to support the animals in our care. All donations are greatly appreciated.

 

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E-Mail Problems: We have been experiencing some issues with email. If your emails to us are bouncing back or if you do not hear back from us within 24 hours, please copy and paste the error message along with your original email and send it to us at mrr.information@gmail dot com
Thank you for your patience and continued support and we apologize for any inconvenience.

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Announcements:

Please help!

In order to help the rats in our care get to their foster and forever homes, MRR members use their own money for gas and tolls. With gas prices as high as they are, a lot of our members and the transport teams are finding it difficult to justify to their families the amount of gas they are using to transport our rats. If you are looking to donate something other than money, please consider gas cards as a contribution.

Join us for Mainely Rat Rescue’s biggest fund raising event since our inception! Our hopes are to raise enough funds for our 501c3 application, some accounting software we will need, and to pay off some recent large vet bills. Anything left over will, of course, be put towards the everyday costs of running a rescue.

Click HERE for more information! We have a wide variety of prizes available, ranging from hammocks, to magnets, jewelry, and one lucky winner will win a brand new rat cage!

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It is time for our PRECIOUS PINK EYED RAT-A-PALOOZA for the month of August! In order to promote these less colorful, often overlooked very special rats, the adoption fees will be waived for all pink eyed rats in MRR’s care. (Though we always appreciate donations!) They need their forever homes, too. This includes Himalayans, PEWs, and champagnes, Dumbos, rexes, babies, adults, spayed and neutered ratties. If a pink eyed rat comes as part of a pair or group, the adoption fee will be waived for all of them! Be on the lookout for the pink eyed rat awareness ribbon to indicate who is eligible. Also, for more insight on pink eyed rats, read our newest rescue story below!

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CLICK HERE to view more news, updates, and upcoming events!

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Community Bulletin Board:

*NEW* Rat Themed Children’s Party *Wicked cute!*

*NEW* Artist’s Corner *Contribute!*

8/24/08 *NEW* Ratutorials Web Comic *Laugh!*

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Rescue Stories from our Readers

August 3rd 2008
By Emily of Florence, South Carolina

I knew fate was calling my name when I saw the posting about Josephine and her babies. My attention was captured when I saw that her babies were born on World Rat Day (April 4^th). So I clicked on the topic and was surprised by what I read…

CLICK HERE to read the rest of this story, as well as those from past months!

 

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We need stories! Please tell us about your rescue/adopted ratties. Even if not from MRR, we still want to hear about them and so do our readers. We will use one story per week, bi-weekly or per month depending on how many entries we receive. If chosen, your story will be featured right here on our front page for all to read. Your rescue ratty could be a star! All stories must be non-fiction and those we choose to use will get a free gift from MRR. Please include your name, address and phone number when submitting your stories, that info will be kept private. We will also need a photo to accompany your story, after all, we want the whole world to see how rewarding adopting and rescuing can be!

Please send all submissions to kim@mainelyratrescue.org

“Tonka” adopted January 2008

Read our previous Featured Stories HERE!