Welcome to the home of Inglenook Rats
located in Leominster, Massachusetts
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Thank you for visiting. My name is Brenna Young, and I breed rats for my own goals of improving the species, and to encourage the positive development of the rat fancy here in the US.
It's my ambition to breed for good-natured, fearless rats of inquisitive, playful personality that are resistant to hereditary diseases and degenerative conditions. I'm a club member of the National Fancy Rat Society, and the American Fancy Rat & Mouse Association. I work primarily with black and Russian blue, in standard ear/coat. |
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I plan each litter with care and keep detailed records of my lines, in order to improve my rats with each generation. Good health and temperament is just the minimum standard of my breeding program, it is from that groundwork that I also select for good type (physical structure), an important and underrated part of breeding robust, healthy animals (for which the standard is written). Coat quality/color becomes a consideration when health, temperament, and type are satisfactory. While I always strive to breed rats which excel as examples of their variety, the color of jacket my rats are wearing has the lowest priority, since ultimately it isn't something that benefits the rats themselves in their ability to be fit, healthy animals.
I breed only to improve upon all of these aspects in my own rats, and to ultimately work toward the standard of excellence as written by the national clubs of which I'm a part of. I do not breed for the purpose of selling or supplying rats to others; rats are only available as pets to approved homes when they aren't necessary to advance my line(s) in these ways.
I breed only to improve upon all of these aspects in my own rats, and to ultimately work toward the standard of excellence as written by the national clubs of which I'm a part of. I do not breed for the purpose of selling or supplying rats to others; rats are only available as pets to approved homes when they aren't necessary to advance my line(s) in these ways.
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I keep my breeding projects small and realistic, so that I can still make steady progress without compromising on my rats' enrichment, diet, or general care. I keep a rat-dedicated savings account so that I can be ready to offer medical care, even in emergencies after business hours. Rats who are suffering beyond help are euthanized when it's the only humane option, but I don't practice the culling of healthy animals.
Please have a look around my website, where you'll find information on my husbandry, breeding ethics, and procedures. |
