Maggie, Marian, Mildred, and Maude

Maggie, Marian, and Mildred:

The three does arrived in our care from a breeder. Unfortunately, the girl's parents both passed away prematurely. The cause of death was a potentially inheritable heart defect. The breeder didn't believe it would be fair to rehome potentially unhealthy rats and decided to seek sanctuary for the pups - we took three does.

We agreed with the breeder, it wasn't suitable to rehome rats who may have inherited a potentially deadly heart defect. Maggie, Mildred, and Marian were bonded to our mischief of does and neutered bucked.

You can follow us on social media: Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

To learn more about us, visit our website

You can donate to us via our Paypal, Amazon Wishlist, Patreon, GoFundMe and Hay Experts Wishlist

For any other enquiries, please email bacchusresidents@outlook.com

Maude:

Sadly, the reputable breeder had a second issue arise with one of the pups in a litter.

Maude was born with unilateral microphthalmia and coloboma.

• Microphthalmia: Microphthalmia is a Greek word that describes a developmental disorder where the eye is abnormally small and has malformations such as coloboma.
• Coloboma: Coloboma is a Greek word that describes missing tissue from in or around the eye. Coloboma will typically affect structures such as the retina, choroid, optic disk, or the iris.
• Unilateral: Affecting or relating to one side of an organ or other body structure.

Fortunately, Maude's malformed eye doesn't affect her quality of life. Usually, that would mean she has a minor health issue which wouldn't stop her from being rehomed. 

One of the most interesting things about Colobomas and Microphthalmias is how broad these abnormalities can stretch. They're commonly associated with many bodily anomalies, and some can be gravely serious. 

Causes for the malformations are usually inherited but can have environmental and pathological factors.

They all live happily as permanent residents!