Cptjack526
Well-Known Member
So I'm coming to you guys with the hope that you will all be understanding. I have always had a lot of pride in the way I care for my animals and I love them all very much. I try my hardest to spoil them and provide them with medical care whenever needed. My daughter Noka and I cleaned out and decorated our two critter nations Sunday night. We finished very late at night. On a whim I told Noka that maybe we should put all our girls on the top half only just for the night so our two newest boys (6 wks and 7 wks) could have the bottom part so they could play and have more space. She agreed so we moved the boys and went to sleep. Very early the next morning, my 10 year old daughter took four girl rats to play with. When she was done playing with them she put them away on the bottom half not knowing that there were two little boys on the bottom. By the time we realized this, the boy and girl rats were together for about 15 to 20 minutes!!!!! Two of the rats were in heat and a third was in heat the night before. PLEASE tell me it was not enough time for any of the rats to get pregnant!! My daughter feels horrible Are there any immediate signs that I can look for? I have heard something about a mucus plug. Would that be visible? I feel horrible that I let this happen. We now have rules in place to prevent this from ever happening again but I'm not sure if it's too late. Please advise.