Does this look like pregnancy or megacolon?

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Hey guys, on Saturday I noticed that my girl Clover had a bit of a chubby tummy. I’ve been monitoring her pretty regularly and her stomach isn’t super squishy, but not rock solid either. She’s been eating, drinking, pooping, etc just fine. We got her almost 2 weeks ago and apparently the breeder didn’t separate the sexes, and he said she was at least 5 weeks old. I’m really worried that she might be pregnant or even worse, have megacolon. I took some pictures in the album below, all help would be so appreciated.

http://imgur.com/a/PBezOzE
 
It does not look like megacolon to me, plus if she is eating and pooping normally, then unlikely to be megacolon http://ratguide.com/health/digestive/megacolon.php
Hopefully she is just a chubby baby ….. babies do get chubby and that is what she looks like to me at this point

You have had her for 14 days?
You can weigh her every day at the same time and write down her weight in order to track it
Don't push or press on her tummy
and continue to keep an eye on her http://ratguide.com/breeding/pregnancy/determining_pregnancy.php
At her age, a pregnant baby girl would likely have a small litter and might not look pregnant the way an older rat with a large litter would look.

What is her cage like (pics?)
Does she live with other rats?
 
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SQ said:
It does not look like megacolon to me, plus if she is eating and pooping normally, then unleikely to be megacolon http://ratguide.com/health/digestive/megacolon.php
Hopefully she is just a chubby baby ….. babies do get chubby and that is what she looks like to me at this point

You have had her for 14 days?
You can weigh her every day at the same time and write down her weight in order to track it
Don't push or press on her tummy
and continue to keep an eye on her http://ratguide.com/breeding/pregnancy/determining_pregnancy.php
At her age, a pregnant baby girl would likely have a small litter and might not look pregnant the way an older rat with a large litter would look.

What is her cage like (pics?)
Does she live with other rats?
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http://imgur.com/a/wkAHfOB

The smaller cage is a makeshift maternity cage, full of paper bedding and ripped up paper towels. The bigger cage is my rat’s permanent cage; she lives with 3 other girls.
 
Being a black self (no white markings) makes it extremely unlikely it's megacolon. She does look way too young to be fertile 2 weeks ago too, but just in case...do you have a scale? Can you weigh her daily at the same time? This can help determine pregnancy. My guess is she's a growing baby who is eating too much at a sitting. Does she "deflate" at all between meals?
 
lilspaz68 said:
Being a black self (no white markings) makes it extremely unlikely it's megacolon. She does look way too young to be fertile 2 weeks ago too, but just in case...do you have a scale? Can you weigh her daily at the same time? This can help determine pregnancy. My guess is she's a growing baby who is eating too much at a sitting. Does she "deflate" at all between meals?
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She’s been looking the same, if not bigger, whenever I check on her. Would a basic kitchen scale work?
 
Hopefully she is just having a growth spurt and is looking a little chunky! She looks too young to me to be pregnant but I guess you never know!
Yes, a kitchen scale will work... try to weigh her at the same time everyday and record the weight.
 

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