Hello, ratfam! Due to the rising costs of feeding so many rats, and more importantly: for my own mental health, I’m having to streamline the amount of lines I’m working with and toward here at Stellar Rattery.
Above all else, I strive to provide to most ethical care I can to the rats I have, and lately it’s been difficult for me to keep up with the care and time that a larger number of rats require and deserve. I need to take time for myself to negate the amount of burnout I’m feeling, as well as overwhelm from having to provide care and enrichment to so many rats, which I feel is outside what I’m capable of providing fully at this time.
So, for my own sanity and the betterment of the rats I keep, I’ve decided to wholly outsource my house line to my protege, Mason at Precious Pups Rattery, and my siamese line to Jen at Bewitched Rattery, while I turn my focus inward to the continuation of my mentors’ marten & silvermane line, and a new line I’ve been graciously given from Diana at Blue Stone Siamese Rattery, hereafter called the Maryland line.
It is a heavy and emotional decision but ultimately for the best. When I’m financially and emotionally in a better position, I will resume those lines and pick-up babies from my protege and my partner to continue the lines here, but right now, it isn’t something I feel capable of continuing or providing to the best of my ability.
Thank you for your kind understanding.