Keeping in mind that this registry is still relatively new (online November 2002), we are researching pedigrees in an attempt to verify accuracy of information and to ensure there is as much information available as possible for the rats included in the database. This is quite a task since it is the first registry of its kind for rats and the first registry with a Research Department working specifically on tracing these lines and checking for accuracy. Records have always been kept by individual ratteries. Those records are often lost forever when a breeder quits breeding or passes on.

Our ongoing research will also be to update and maintain records that are already in NARR. For example, many breeders, especially those no longer breeding, can lose track of registered rats or simply forget to update records with something as simple as a date of death or pertinent health information. If you have any information for any of the rats in the database, or anything else you think to be helpful, such as how to locate the breeders who have quit breeding, please email us at info at ratregistry dot org.

Thank you!