J&J's Willamette Valley Rodentry

Short Bio:
We have been breeding rats for 17+ years now and we started showing rats a year or two before the COVID pandemic. Our main goals here are health and good genetic temperment.
Our rats are part of our family and we care about each and every one of them and we do our best to make sure that our babies go to homes where they will be loved and well cared for.

Offering:
Meet and greet!
Per show policies, only pre-arranged adoptions of registered/quarantined rats are allowed.

Media Links:
Facebook

Montavilla Mischief

Short Bio:
Montavilla Mischief is a Portland based Rattery with an affiliated Pet Supply store in the Montavilla neighborhood where we sell our handmade goods and foraging mix. Our focus is on nutrition and ethology.

Offering:
Hammocks, bonding pouches, toys, treats, and art.

Media Links:
Rattery Website | Pet Supply Website | Facebook | Instagram

Oregon Small Animal Resources

Short Bio:
Oregon Small Animal Resources is a community driven nonprofit dedicated to supporting small animals and the people who care for them.

Media Links:
Website | Facebook | Instagram

Little Critter Crew

Short Bio:
501(c)3 rescue & sanctuary established in 2020.
Specializing in furry & quilled pocket pets. Serving all of Oregon!

•Rescue
•Rehabilitate
•Advocate
•Educate
•Provide Sanctuary & Find Forever Homes!

Media Links:
Website | Facebook | Instagram

Miss Alyssa Read

Short Bio:
I am an illustrator and comic artist from Vancouver, WA.

Offering:
Art prints.

Media Links:
Website | Bluesky

The Bean Baguette

Short Bio:
Illustrator, cartoonist, and friend to the rats.

Offering:
Art prints, needle felted rats, stickers, zines, and original art.

Media Links:
Website | Facebook | Instagram | Bluesky

Indra Hunter Art

Short Bio:
Indra Hunter is a fantasy artist/nerd, event orgnizer, and lover of ratties. Her current heart rat is Warlock!

Offering:
Rat book marks, illustrations, zines.
I make whimsical and humorous art with traditional mediums, No AI.

Additional: I attend last year and had such magical time making custom rat bookmarks for folks!

Media Links:
Instagram

Citrine Mouse

Short Bio:
Welcome to the Citrine Mouse! Here you'll find cute and realistic plushies of rats, guinea pigs, and mice. There are holiday ornaments available as well. I also make custom plushies.

Offering:
Plushies, keychains, stickers.

Media Links:
Website | Facebook | Tumblr

Fuzzy Slug Studios

Short Bio:
Natalie Metzger is a Pacific Northwest-based illustrator and designer. She’s the creator of the webcomics Tidal Farce and Over-Encumbered, the illustrator of You Can Do Anything, Magic Skeleton! by Chuck Wendig, Miniatures and A Very Scalzi Christmas by John Scalzi, and has provided illustration and design for several tabletop games. Her illustration work focuses on the weird and fantastic fueled by a love of storytelling, humor, and the bizarre natural world. When not creating curious creatures, she can be found in the garden herding slug hordes or admiring the skulls of prehistoric beasts.

Offering:
Art, prints, stickers, buttons.

Media Links:
Website

Rattie Ratz Rescue

Short Bio:
Rattie Ratz Rescue was established in 1998 and has grown into one of the largest federally recognized non-profit (501(c)(3)) rescue organizations in the country dedicated exclusively to domestic pet rats. Rattie Ratz operates a network of foster homes and accepts rats from shelters and the general public as space becomes available within our network. We are dedicated to responsible pet guardianship, a lifelong commitment to companion animals, and a respect for all animal life. Improving the lives of pet rats and their guardians is the primary focus of our rescue efforts. We currently have programs for private surrender, shelter rescue, medical/behavioral rehabilitation, sanctuary, and adoption.

We are solely supported by individual goodwill donations, adoption donations, and special events. The organization is governed by a volunteer board of directors, which oversees an annual operating budget. Rattie Ratz generally maintains between 50-100 rats looking for new homes. If you are interested in adopting please contact info@rattieratz.org.

Offering:
We have had several generous donors give us boxes and boxes of rat-themed items for us to sell on a donation basis to benefit the rescue. Stationary, plushies, and lots of unique and vintage items. (See pictures below)

Media Links:
Website | Facebook | Instagram

Ratty Creations

Short Bio:
Ratty Creations is a professional artist and graphic designer specializing in original creations and pop culture art. Her work spans the gambit from fine art prints to full body pillows and acrylic charms. If you love rats, she's your girl.

Offering:
Prints, wall scrolls, mousepads, tote bags, keychains, stickers, and more.

Media Links:
Link Tree | Etsy

Rat Way Sanctuary

Short Bio:
We are a team of four highly dedicated humans with many years of experience and a passion for helping rats who need a little extra care and support. We specialize in providing advanced care for the most vulnerable animals: seniors, rats with acute or chronic medical needs, and the behaviorally challenged. We aim to provide a safety net for these animals and give them a permanent home, where all their needs will be met. Our goal is to relieve some of the burden on the rescues in the PNW, allowing them to free up resources and focus on what they do best–matching pets with their perfect forever homes.

Offering:
Stickers, cage accessories, bonding scarves, and rat paintings.

Media Links:
Website | Facebook | Instagram

Head 2 Tails Rattery

Short Bio:
Hello! We are a family of hobbiests that started our Rattery in 2021. We breed amazing pet rats and mice! We also have a lot of variety of handmade hammocks, starter kits and toys!

Offering:
Hammocks, rattie starter kits, toys, lava ledges etc!

Media Links:
Website | Facebook | TikTok

Bunnies-N-More

Short Bio:
Bunnies-N-More specializes with exotic animal care. We do pet sitting, mobile nail trimming, and educational presentations at schools and birthday parties. Bunnies-N-More serves Portland, OR and surrounding areas.

Media Links:
Website | Facebook | Instagram

Ella Louie Art

Short Bio:
I am a artist who fell in love with block printing two years ago, I've had 9 pet rats which influences my artwork. 98% of what I make is completely by hand and a complete passion project.

Offering:
I make rat block prints, stickers, plushies, ceramics, zines, ect.

Media Links:
Instagram

Little Dumpling Arts

Short Bio:
Little Dumpling Arts is a local custom embroidery, textile and laser craft business. we focus on making functional art, and leans heavily into nerdom, spookiness and inclusivity.

Offering:
Custom embroidered patches, garments, boot wings, handmade bags and wallets, and intricate hand painted wooden earrings and pins.

Media Links:
Website | Facebook | Instagram

Impfernal

Short Bio::
Impfernal is a small business which specializes in spooky fanart, with a love for demons, creepypasta, and scary movies. You'll also find plenty of cute to offset the creep with My Little Pony, The Owl House, and other cartoons, games, and anime!

Offering:
I sell fanart and original works in the forms of acrylic keychains, acrylic pins, enamel pins, buttons, small and large prints, magnets, and stickers. I also make and sell the occasional handmade item such as decoden mirrors, clay sculptures, felt creations, and more. Original pieces such as acrylic or posca paintings on canvas or paper, painted canvas magnets, and marker illustrations are something I also like to include. Custom works such as same-day buttons and commissions are also offered.

Media Links:
Etsy | Linktree | Instagram

Berry Can't Craft

Short Bio:
Berry Can't Craft is a small craft business based out of PDX that focused on bumper stickers, kandi , and handmade plushies!

Offering:
I specialize in bumper stickers, charms, and crochet plushies! For this event specifically, I would make a bunch of rats and critters to 'adopt' and works but it my more animal/critter related stickers.

Media Links:
Instagram

Mothman Crochet

Short Bio:
Crochet critters handmade by me, a queer artist from Hubbard. I love making cute display pieces for your home and as gifts. I especially adore making the less loved creatures such as bugs, rodents, and reptiles.

Offering:
Crochet critters, mostly different rats or other rodents, made from worsted weight yarn. So more display pieces than plushies.

Media Links:
Instagram | Etsy

Diantimony Designs

Short Bio:
Diane Ramic is a PDX-based illustrator with a love of science fiction and fantasy, whose work is inspired by the deep past when envisioning creatures of the future and beyond.

Offering:
Framed original artwork, art prints, stickers, pinback buttons, handmade woodburned pins, coloring books, pet portraits. My booth will probably be half rat-themed, half other subjects.

Media Links:
Tumblr | Bluesky | Instagram

Garden Dragons

Short Bio:
I make clay rats (and the occasional dragon!) who enjoy nature, mushrooms, books, and dice.

Offering:
Clay figurines.

Media Links:
Instagram

Puffball Creative & Friends

Short Bio:
Monica and Sera, two local fiber artists, are teaming up with some creative, rat-loving kids to celebrate all things rats. You can find a variety of art, fiber art, zines, and cardboard rat enrichment items.

Offering:
Rat themed fiber arts: crocheted rat bags, needle felting kits, and rat art. Also, kid-authored zines and rat enrichment creations.

Media Links:
Website | Instagram

Mellifera Arts

Short Bio:
Mellifera Arts is home to the darkly enchanting art of Melissa Alford. All works are hand drawn with traditional media.

Offering:
I sell art prints, stickers, enamel pins, apparel, and jewelry all featuring my artwork.

Media Links:
Instagram

Variegata Exotic Plants & DragonLadyCreations

Short Bio:
Variegata and DragonLadyCreations are teaming up at Ratapalooza with creative goods for rats and the people who love them. We will have rat safe houseplants, 3D printed toys and accessories, articulated rat fidgets, rat themed art, and enrichment items designed with safety in mind. DragonLadyCreations also brings handmade plushies and sewn rat beds, hammocks, and accessories, all made with care.

Offering:
3D printed rat toys, puzzles, accessories, fidgets, handmade plushies, rat hammocks, beds, pouches, and Rat-related art.

Media Links:
Website | Facebook