I wonder if you could clarify what you mean by this on your website:
"The first indication of a good animal shelter is mandatory neutering of all animals. This includes both males and females, mixed breed as well as pedigree animals. No responsible shelter will adopt animals without making provisions for their neutering. Ideally all animals leaving a shelter should be neutered prior to entering their new homes"
It sounds self explanatory, suggesting that you mean even dwarf hamsters etc should be neutered? But I'm not sure that is what you mean. Would be useful for this to be clearer as in effect it's saying that rescues that don't spay all rats/mice/gerbils etc are irresponsible and no good?
Miranda Luck wrote:I know dogs and cats have formal adoption processes but sometimes rats (and other little guys) have a less organised approach to their rehoming.
Most specific rat rescues (& other rodent rescues) do have a formal adoption process, but some bigger organisations that have dogs/cats as well as small furries sometimes place more importance on the bigger animals - so it is they that have a less organised approach.
This makes a lot of shelters hard to review, as they may be great with dogs but know nothing about rats etc.