Sent at 1:30am Monday September 01,2003


> Jane's post this morning about getting PEWs and
> calling them all by the same name, and then the
> thread
> that followed was very uncanny timing....
>
> I didn't want to mention anything earlier because
> there were a few ups and downs and I didn't want to
> jinx it.
>
> Today I went to Regina and brought home 5 babies
> from
> Shades of Blue Rattery owned and operated by
> Nathalie
> Boudreau. I bruxed and eye-boggled at all the
> gorgous
> rats, but alas I could not take them all. One boy
> was
> already reserved for me, a blue veriberk, the others
> I
> got to choose for myself, and oddly enough, I kept
> picking out babies that were not already reserved.
>
> The circumstances by which I was able to obtain
> these
> babies are best left to Nathalie's explanation (it's
> a
> longish story), but suffice it to say that the rats
> that TD and I are not taking will all be shipped to
> the USA tomorrow to pet homes and breeders' homes.
>
> Nathalie is a breeder who specializes in Pearl
> Merles,
> a 2 year breeding endeaver, having taken over from
> Ryan Wunch from Leader Saskatchewan. Some of you may
> remember my big boy HGR Jordi bought from Ryan?
> Nathalie's Pearl Merles come from Jordi's lines. He
> was the first generation of Pearl Merles bred in
> this
> province. In 2 years Nathalie has vastly improved
> the
> merled coat. A move to a small apartment does not
> allow Nathalie room to continue her breeding program
> and so these beautiful Pearl Merles and others are
> going to breeders in the USA.
>
> The babies I brought home are ages 3 weeks to 5
> weeks
> old. I would like to say that bringing home babies
> as
> young as 3 weeks old is not a good idea unless you
> have experience. I've had rats since 1997 and I've
> raised 5 litters of rats since that time. I feel
> that
> I have the facilities and the know-how to raise this
> rats right, and like I said, special circumstances.
>
> I'm still waiting for Nathalie to send me the
> pedigrees but to the best of my ability this is who
> I
> have:
>
> ............Oh boy am I wiped. Time to go to bed.
> I'll
> finish this tomorrow.


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Sandra Beasley and the Spaz Rats
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
RC(0.1) 20m24f26+r B- C+ D++ F+ N+ S! O4c1d1f OC(ali)a++
RIP: Willow, Belle, Tar-ra, her Babies, Starr, Marjorie, Chey, Carri, Cori,
Sage, Jazmyn, Curry, N'aani, S'oli, Nog, Baeli, E'lain, Taratoo, S'lar, C'iyou,
Diva, B'bet, K'eanu, S'gel, Jordi, Bhryn, T'tianna
Website: http://spazrats.tripod.com
E-group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/holistarat
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