zekni
New Member
Hi guys,
Last week I rescued a rat that my friend had been trying to feed to her snake. Bought him a nice big cage off offerup (57"x27"x22") and went down to a local snake store to get him a buddy. There was a little naked rat in the feeder bin, and when I put my hand down to coax him, a little black rat jumped in my hand and started bruxing. So I took them both.
Not sure how old they are, but I think the naked one is too young to be away from mama. The lady at the store said he was around 5 weeks old and the black one around 6-8 weeks old, the naked one just hadnt been growing. He weighs 32 grams, the black one weighs 77 grams. Is weight enough to be able to tell his age? Today is only day 2, but he doesnt show much interest in the harder food, but is eating soft food. I gave them a little bit of my dog's homemade food of rice, oats, chicken organ meat, pinto beans and veggies. The little black rat prefers the hard/dry food mix.
I realize the little one is probably too young to be away from mom yet, but is he okay as long as he's eating? He seems to be eating well, he's much rounder today than he was yesterday.
Im not sure how old or how much the first rat weighs. He's a good bit larger, and he is still really nervous about being in the big new cage. The two new ones are in the small cage the first rat came in.
http://imgur.com/Bx78cSU
http://imgur.com/SomRERe
http://imgur.com/S062HLE
http://imgur.com/NyYBgEo
http://imgur.com/7NJGAgf
Last week I rescued a rat that my friend had been trying to feed to her snake. Bought him a nice big cage off offerup (57"x27"x22") and went down to a local snake store to get him a buddy. There was a little naked rat in the feeder bin, and when I put my hand down to coax him, a little black rat jumped in my hand and started bruxing. So I took them both.
Not sure how old they are, but I think the naked one is too young to be away from mama. The lady at the store said he was around 5 weeks old and the black one around 6-8 weeks old, the naked one just hadnt been growing. He weighs 32 grams, the black one weighs 77 grams. Is weight enough to be able to tell his age? Today is only day 2, but he doesnt show much interest in the harder food, but is eating soft food. I gave them a little bit of my dog's homemade food of rice, oats, chicken organ meat, pinto beans and veggies. The little black rat prefers the hard/dry food mix.
I realize the little one is probably too young to be away from mom yet, but is he okay as long as he's eating? He seems to be eating well, he's much rounder today than he was yesterday.
Im not sure how old or how much the first rat weighs. He's a good bit larger, and he is still really nervous about being in the big new cage. The two new ones are in the small cage the first rat came in.
http://imgur.com/Bx78cSU
http://imgur.com/SomRERe
http://imgur.com/S062HLE
http://imgur.com/NyYBgEo
http://imgur.com/7NJGAgf