Adoption
Don't worry. This page will explain the simple step-by-step process of adopting your new best friends.
It's as easy as one-two-three
Adoption Steps
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Fill out the Adoption Application
Fill out the adoption application. Be sure to read the contract and liability waiver.
2
Approval or Denial
Once an application is received, it will be reviewed. If approved, you are unlikely to hear anything back. If denied or if further questions are needed, you will be contacted via your preferred email address.
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Waitlist
Once approved, your name will be placed on a waitlist if there is not any available rats at that time.
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Availability Announcement
An announcement will be made via email and Facebook when rats are made available. Please see list policies below.
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Selection
The waitlist is first come, first served, and it is up to you to contact me as early as you can to ensure you can select your first picks. Images and information of the available rats will be posted.
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Paperwork / Payment
Once selections have been made and finalized, you will receive a PDF copy of the contract and liability waiver that will need to be digitally signed and returned. Please see Pricing for payment policies.
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Pickup
A day and time for pickup will be chosen. Please see the pickup policies below. The standard meeting place is: 2601 Rte 291, Independence, MO 64057.
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All done!
Now you get to go home with your brand new friends! Please make sure to read over Bleuming Tail's care sheets, and the guide on bringing your new pets home.
General Policies
- Be 18 years of age or older
- Fully fill out and submit an application
- Be able to provide proof of existing set-up if required
- Read Bleuming Tail’s care sheets
- Agree to and sign the Adoption Contract and Liability Waiver
- Rats are adopted out no earlier than 8 weeks of age, no exceptions.
- Households with children under 5 years of age aren’t eligible for adoption.
- Animals are not adopted out to multiple-sex homes. (Ex: an adopter already owns intact does. Bucks will not be adopted to this person.)
- All rats are sold on a pet only/no breeding contract unless stated otherwise.
- All contact info given by adopters is kept strictly confidential and is shared with no one.
Waitlist Policies
- The waitlist is a first come, first served list.
- This means your place on the list doesn’t have any bearing on when you can make your selection.
- During the announcement and selection process, all adopters who message Bleuming Tails will be served in the order they messaged. Once all of these adopters have been helped, if there are still available rats, an email will go out to all remaining waitlisted adopters.
- If you wish to 1. Remain on the list or 2. Continue with an adoption, you MUST contact me back.
- If 48 hours pass after the secondary email announcement and I have not received contact from you, your name will be removed from the waitlist.
- You can remove yourself from the waitlist at any time by emailing the rattery at bleumingtailsrattery@gmail.com or Facebook messaging from the rattery’s Facebook page.
Bleuming Tails reserves the right to deny any application for any reason during the application process. This applies to applications that have been previously approved.
Repeat adopters are not given immediate approval, and are approved on a case-by-case basis by Bleuming Tails Rattery.
Pickup Information
Pickup Location
I am located in Independence, MO and do not currently ship or deliver outside the metro KC area. You are responsible for meeting me at the predetermined meeting place and for providing your own carrying device. You must have a carrier.
The standard meeting area is at 2601 Rte 291, Independence, MO 64057.
If you fail to bring an approved carrier, the adoption will be rescheduled or canceled at Bleuming Tail’s discretion.
Approved carriers may include, but are not limited to:
- Properly made bin cage at least 7 inches tall
- Commercial plastic cat carrier
- Commercial plastic rodent or small animal carrier
- Commercial fabric/mesh carrier for SHORT trips
Mileage
If asked to meet at a location that is not the standard meeting place, I do charge an additional 67 cents for every mile round trip, rounded up to the nearest dollar. Miles are based off of Google Maps mileage count from my residence to the meeting place, and the adopter will be informed of the distance and added cost. This fee is non-refundable.
I do not deliver outside the KCMO metro area.
The mileage charge must be paid prior to pickup via PayPal. There is a fifteen (15) minute window after the agreed time at the pickup location. If you have not messaged me to let me know you will be late or to request a different time by fifteen (15) minutes passed the agreed upon time, the meeting will be canceled and will be rescheduled at my discretion.
If tardiness occurs more than twice, the entire adoption will be canceled and any deposit (pet or travel) will not be refunded. Additionally, mileage is charged per trip. If the fifteen minutes have lapsed, and we agree on another time, the mileage fee must be paid again.
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BTR is a closed rattery. This means that I do not allow adopters to enter the rattery and meets the rats in person. I do this for a few reasons:
- By limiting the amount of people that enter the rattery and mess with the rats, I am ensuring that they will stay healthy and disease free.
- The rattery is operated out of my personal home.
- I have other animals besides my rats that live in my home.
I also do not bring multiple rats outside of the rattery for adopters to meet and pick through. This is because the rats who are not chosen would have to go into a 2-4 week quarantine before going back with the others due to potential disease transfer. If you have questions about transmissable diseases in rats, please see the Transmissable Diseases page.