Welcome to Heart of Texas Rats. My name is Sonja and I'm a huge advocate of rats as pets. They are truly amazing creatures and my hope is that though viewing this site, others will began to see and appreciate their unique place in the pet world.

about

Heart of Texas Rats is a small rattery located near Austin, Texas. Many of our litters are fostered in the homes of friends. This is designed to prevent any one person from becoming overwhelmed and assures all rats receive lots of love and social interaction from the day they're born. They are our family pets first and foremost. Our goal is to provide beautiful, healthy, well socialized family pets, so having them in our homes with children and other animals is a crucial part of the program.

History

Heart of Texas Rats first hit the internet in November 2005 as a way for me to share my love of pet rats with my friends and family. It was mostly just a self-indulgent brag site for my own pet rats.

Things began to shift some in 2006. I was in contact with many Texas rat rescues, I had web space to spare so happily offered to help get their available rats on the web for everyone to see.

In 2007, I was offered a wonderful opportunity to work with Bella of Bellaratta's Nest in Florida. With a few quality ratties from her lines, the support of amazing friends and the guidance of both Bella and Marie of Warm Fuzzies here in Texas, Heart of Texas Rats - the rattery - was launched.

Here at Heart of Texas Rats, we breed Russian Blue, Russian Blue Dalmatian and a Russian Blue Dilute casually known as Russian Moon. There are smooth coats, rex coats (wavy hair), top ear and dumbo ear varieties. Our rats are bred to have amazingly sweet personalities and tend to be a bit larger with a thick body and wide head.