Welcoming two new babies.

Well, I figured since I have such a huge cage I could add two more rat babies to my home. So everyone meet Mowgli and Shere Khan, who will be joining Baloo and Bagheera by the end of the day

Congrats they are cuties! I'm not sure how old your other ratties are but if they are older (and bigger) then you need to wait until these little guys are 8-10 weeks before introducing them for their own safety.

Baloo and Bagheera are 7-9 weeks old. These guys are 5 weeks I believe. Baloo and Bagheera are female and Mowgli and Shere Khan are males so they won't be put together anyhow. I'll be keeping my girls in the top half of my DFN and the boys at the bottom.

Adorable babies

I hope you have a good rat vet and are planning on getting them spayed and/or neutered when they are a bit older.
Spaying has many health benefits for girls - one of which is reducing the risk of mammary tumour from over 85% down to 3%-4% if spayed by 4 months old
Neutering also has health benefits but not as many as spaying
and once fixed, they will be able to live together as one happy group
(although you have to wait a few weeks after neuters to make sure all the sperm are dead if the girls are not spayed)

Having two intact sexes in the same home is an accident waiting to happen
because rats are very smart and very motivated when girls are in heat (every 3 to 4 days)
and people are not perfect 100% of the time

I have heard of boys in cages in the basement getting to girls in heat in cages in a 3rd storey bedroom
Average litter size is 12 to 14 babies and rats can have as many as 25 or 26 babies in a litter
and that would be a lot to deal with

all the best with your sweet ratties

I have boys and girls and all the boys are neutered. I like having a mixed colony and they like it too!
I hope you have mesh on your DFN 'cuz girls can definitely get through the bars and go visiting!
Your baby boys are just adorable!

Adorable...congRATS!!!!

Hathi

Mowgli



Got better picture of my boy since they're home now. Such little charmers they are.

They are so cute!! Just like potato chips, can't have just one.

Those sweet little faces. They are truly adorable. Great pics!

Smooch-able!