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Thank you for visiting CSBeck Rodentry! We breed rats and mice primarily as pets, but also with the goal of producing show quality animals. Our primary concern in breeding our animals is of course temperament and health! Our rodentry is located in Allentown, PA and we occasionally have mice and rats available. The site will updated to the best of our ability with available animals, but do not be afraid to fill out our adoption application even if you don't see something you are looking for available! You can also contact us with a more basic e-mail on our page. If we do not have anything available that you are looking for, we may be able to direct you to someone who does.
If you are looking for information on rodent care or genetics please visit our links page or feel free to contact us! We hope to have our own information pages in the future, but we have not had a chance to do so as of yet.
Mousery Beginnings and Goals
I began with mice in 2005 intending to breed them as feeders, though I did also like them. I quickly fell in love with them and decided to switch gears and began to look for more information on humane breeding and care and decided to breed primarily as pets (I did, and do, still love and keep reptiles, snakes included, though I do NOT breed to supply them with food). I have been breeding mice ever since, with a couple short term hiatuses between then and now.
We are now proud to be members of the East Coast Mouse Association and working with lines from some other wonderful breeders. Fairly recently, we decided that our main goals are to produce show typed mice in recessive red sex linked brindle (in satin and standard coats), black eyed silver (in texel and satin coats), and black/odd eyed hairless (true hr/hr hairless). We have introduced dominant manx to these lines as well. These projects will produce other colors and coat types, as well as varied overall type, especially as we are still in the starting stages of developing them and are working with mixed lineage.
At this time the mice we are working with are producing a wide range of colors and markings. Agouti, cinnamon, chocolate, blue, yellow, red, splashed, pied, tricolor, sex-linked brindle, various c-dilutes, pink eyed dilutes and just about every coat type combination is currently being produced by the mice we are working with. The recessive red sex-linked brindle line will eventually produce primarily recessive reds in self and sex-linked brindle...the black eyed silver line will eventually primarily produce chinchillated blues, black eyed silvers, and pink eyed whites (black eyed silver is genetically d/d c^ch/c, so a true breeding line of black eyed silver is not genetically possible).
Rattery Beginnings and Goals
I became interested in having rats not long after starting out with mice, but did not have the space for them. I attended a year of veterinary school in Kansas in 2006/2007 (grades were good...but I loathed school too much to return) during which time I attempted to attain a few dwarf rats, but with their limited availability at the time I did not have the finances or time to be able to do so. I was married in 2008 and we bought a house that November which gave us enough space for me to finally get started with rats in Spring of '09. We bred our first litter in Fall '09 and are deeply in love with our ratties!
We are not currently members of any rat organizations as there is not currently an organization that we feel we would benefit from joining; should one arise in our area that we feel would be beneficial to join, we will certainly do so! Being a newer rattery, we are still in the very beginning stages of developing our lines, but we do have goals! Currently, we are producing primarily pet type animals, though we do hope to eventually produce show typed rats and are working on improving the type of our animals.
We are working towards a line of black eyed Russian blue point siamese manx and a line that will produce pew, and marked (berkshire, capped, and related markings) mixed blues in dwarf, harley and manx. We will be working primarily towards top eared rats, but dumbo will be produced occasionally. All lines will produce mostly tailed rats since manx is not a simple recessive.
General Rodentry Information
We strive to provide the best conditions possible for our animals to keep them as healthy and happy as possible! All of the mice of CSBeck Rodentry are supplied with saucer wheels. Saucer wheels are much safer than conventional wheels as they provide a solid surface and do not force the animals to arch their backs upwards. Our rats are given hammocks and cat toys. Paper towel tubes, toilet paper tubes, and other pieces of cardboard are given to everyone for chewing and enrichment. Alfalfa pellets are used as the main bedding for all of our animals, with paper towels as nesting material (which also doubles as an enrichment item). All of our animals recieve the same base diet, which usually contains Harlan Teklad 2018 lab blocks and corn, wheat, and soy free natural dog food. They also recieve treats.
We love our rodents, and hope to share that love with others through the animals we produce; thank you for reading and please feel free to browse the rest of the site! If you have any questions, feel free to contact us!
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