Adoption Process
1. Fill out the adoption form, found here. Email it to [email protected]. You may also send it to us via our Facebook page.
*Please look over our Adoption Policy and Payment pages before starting the adoption process.
2. Wait for an email/message to see if you've been approved or if we need to review your application via msgr.
We are allowed to deny anyone we don't feel is fit or we aren't comfortable adopting to. You can expect a response e-mail within 1 week. Things happen, so if you haven't received a response by then, please contact us to verify we have received the application.
3. If you've been approved, look through our Nursery or Available pages. Our Facebook is usually most up to date. We work on a 'first claim' basis, due to our past waiting list not working as planned. If you are an approved adopter, you can choose a rat at anytime, via Facebook or the website. If we do not receive a response/deposit within 48 hours, the rat(s) will be put back up as available.
UPDATE* We are now retrying the "wait list" method and so far so good. So get your applications
in! ...because the sooner I receive it and approve you, the closer you are to the top of the list to pick first.
Once the list has been exhausted, the remaining rats left will then be first come basis to approved adopters
4. We require a 50% deposit to reserve your rats. The deposit is nonrefundable. We accept cash, Zelle, CashApp, Paypal("friend option" ONLY). You may pay in full at this time, or pay the balance in cash at time of pick up. Please bring exact amount, we don't usually have cash on hand for change.
5. Rats will not leave Totes for Realz Rattery until they are at least 5 weeks of age.
6. Rats must be picked up within 7 days of them becoming available for pick up. Please arrive on time. If something occurs that you'll be late, won't be able to show that day, or are no longer interested in the rat(s) you chose, please let us know as soon as possible. If our attempts to contact you are ignored, your rats will go back up for adoption after 24 hours of no contact.
7. You must bring a rat safe carrier. Absolutely NO soft carriers, NO cat carriers(unless ur adopting adults), & NO aquariums. If you need help with choosing a proper carrier, please contact us, otherwise your babies will not be able to leave if you arrive with something unfit. We offer wonderful option for carriers in our "Available Rats & Store" tab. Please, if you want to order one, they must be ordered a week prior to pick up, and all carriers must be paid in full before we make them.
8. When picking up your rats, you will need to sign a contract and show your Driver's License/Identification Card. Please contact me if you'd like to see our contract before considering adopting from us.
*Please look over our Adoption Policy and Payment pages before starting the adoption process.
2. Wait for an email/message to see if you've been approved or if we need to review your application via msgr.
We are allowed to deny anyone we don't feel is fit or we aren't comfortable adopting to. You can expect a response e-mail within 1 week. Things happen, so if you haven't received a response by then, please contact us to verify we have received the application.
3. If you've been approved, look through our Nursery or Available pages. Our Facebook is usually most up to date. We work on a 'first claim' basis, due to our past waiting list not working as planned. If you are an approved adopter, you can choose a rat at anytime, via Facebook or the website. If we do not receive a response/deposit within 48 hours, the rat(s) will be put back up as available.
UPDATE* We are now retrying the "wait list" method and so far so good. So get your applications
in! ...because the sooner I receive it and approve you, the closer you are to the top of the list to pick first.
Once the list has been exhausted, the remaining rats left will then be first come basis to approved adopters
4. We require a 50% deposit to reserve your rats. The deposit is nonrefundable. We accept cash, Zelle, CashApp, Paypal("friend option" ONLY). You may pay in full at this time, or pay the balance in cash at time of pick up. Please bring exact amount, we don't usually have cash on hand for change.
5. Rats will not leave Totes for Realz Rattery until they are at least 5 weeks of age.
6. Rats must be picked up within 7 days of them becoming available for pick up. Please arrive on time. If something occurs that you'll be late, won't be able to show that day, or are no longer interested in the rat(s) you chose, please let us know as soon as possible. If our attempts to contact you are ignored, your rats will go back up for adoption after 24 hours of no contact.
7. You must bring a rat safe carrier. Absolutely NO soft carriers, NO cat carriers(unless ur adopting adults), & NO aquariums. If you need help with choosing a proper carrier, please contact us, otherwise your babies will not be able to leave if you arrive with something unfit. We offer wonderful option for carriers in our "Available Rats & Store" tab. Please, if you want to order one, they must be ordered a week prior to pick up, and all carriers must be paid in full before we make them.
8. When picking up your rats, you will need to sign a contract and show your Driver's License/Identification Card. Please contact me if you'd like to see our contract before considering adopting from us.
*PLEASE NOTE*
Our Facebook page is more up to date than our website, rats are able to be reserved there first. We try keep this website just as up-to-date, but dont always have the free time.