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  • ABOUT US
    • Who We Are
    • Foster Program
    • Community Rat Care Program
    • Education
  • Foster / Support Us
    • Foster Application
    • Volunteer
    • Volunteer Application
    • Donate
    • Fundraisers
    • Educate
  • ADOPT
    • Meet The Rats!
    • Adoption Application
    • Partnered Adoption Application
  • LEARNING
    • Community Resources
    • Enrichment
  • STORE
    • Mystery Boxes >
      • Brux Box
      • Boggle Box
      • Gnaw Box
    • SETUP >
      • Cages
      • Hammocks
      • Cozy Foam Buckets
      • Hand-Braided Ropes
      • Hand-Crafted Pear Perches
      • Hand-Crafted Ledges
    • ENRICHMENT >
      • Dig Box
      • Bonding Scarves
      • Hanging Forage Toy
    • FOOD / TREATS >
      • Mischief Chips
      • Pear Twig Bundle
      • Snack Bag
    • MERCH >
      • "Be Ratical" Shirt
      • "Be Ratical" Tote
    • Gift Card
    • ALL ITEMS

Who We Are

About Us

Rainbow Rat Refuge is a domestic rat rescue  based out of Nogojiwanong/Peterborough, Ontario. Our rescue is a registered non-profit organization that opened in the summer of 2021. We are small-scale, volunteer-run, and foster-based. We are based out of Nogojiwanong/Peterborough, with our Foster Families located within a 1.5hr radius. 

Our mission is to better the lives of rats and those who love them through preventative efforts such as educational initiatives, rehabilitation and adoption, community and crisis response, and foster-based sanctuary. We strive to reduce barriers to animal companionship and enable people who've been underresourced to begin and/or continue caring for rats.

We provide refuge to domestic rats in need, with most of our intakes currently coming from other overwhelmed rescues and shelters throughout Ontario and Quebec. We rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome through our Foster Program. Rats who are less adoptable may become permanent residents and live out their lives in the comfort of their Foster Family’s company. 

We work to provide ongoing support for our Foster and Adoptive Families to help make the connections lasting ones. Collaboration with other rescues and shelters, and the sharing of knowledge with and from the wider community is a vital part of our preventative efforts. It is our hope that this work will become obsolete in the future.

Let's work together to make this happen! Reach out with any questions or concerns and check out our website to see how you can support us. Please also interact with us social media - and share! 

To learn more about our Foster Program, Community Rat Care Program, and Educational Initiatives, please check out those dedicated website pages!​

Our History

Rainbow Rat Newsletter
  • Year 1 in Review
Fiscal Year 1 Financial Statements
  • Financial Overview
  • Income and Expense Report

Our Policies

Intake Policy
​Euthanasia Policy

Donate

E-transfer: rainbowratrefuge@gmail.com

Paypal: @rainbowratrefuge

see our "how you can help" page for more ideas
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Contact Us

E-mail: Rainbowratrefuge@gmail.com

​Call or text: 705-808-0121

Our Small Business Supporters

Rat-tastic, regular FRIENDS!
​beaches animal hospital, dale vet, fox hollow pet boutique, pebble fleece goodies, bridgenorth paulmacs, plant goals ptbo, the wooden rat

RAT-APPROVED advocate!
mischief stitches, no furries delight, litterbuns, 4 Paws plus pets, bowmanville vet clinic, confections weky weky, all creatures great and small cobourg, ratrame, silver bean cafe, ratiincanti, ohthemischief, runningdogsto, the cell shop, ptbo, global pet foods, detezi, honeybee lane creations, jade hair salon

ARTIST COLLABORATORS
Morning (digital portrait commissions), Astrid (phone backgrounds), Keira (colouring pages), laurie (paintings for sale), marnie (paintings for sale)





  • HOME
  • ABOUT US
    • Who We Are
    • Foster Program
    • Community Rat Care Program
    • Education
  • Foster / Support Us
    • Foster Application
    • Volunteer
    • Volunteer Application
    • Donate
    • Fundraisers
    • Educate
  • ADOPT
    • Meet The Rats!
    • Adoption Application
    • Partnered Adoption Application
  • LEARNING
    • Community Resources
    • Enrichment
  • STORE
    • Mystery Boxes >
      • Brux Box
      • Boggle Box
      • Gnaw Box
    • SETUP >
      • Cages
      • Hammocks
      • Cozy Foam Buckets
      • Hand-Braided Ropes
      • Hand-Crafted Pear Perches
      • Hand-Crafted Ledges
    • ENRICHMENT >
      • Dig Box
      • Bonding Scarves
      • Hanging Forage Toy
    • FOOD / TREATS >
      • Mischief Chips
      • Pear Twig Bundle
      • Snack Bag
    • MERCH >
      • "Be Ratical" Shirt
      • "Be Ratical" Tote
    • Gift Card
    • ALL ITEMS