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Here's last night's pic of Valeriya's babies :) I realized last night as I was scrubbing cages and moving rats around that I am in need of another cage that has about a 1/4" spacing between the bars so babies can't get out...so that means I'll be on the search for a new cage, even if it if is...

I definitely don't want anymore babies at this point, so five weeks it is. I love the little cuties, but they certainly weren't something I had planned on. I've got cages ready to separate the sexes and when they're big enough I'll do intros with the adults, and go from there. My eventual goal...

Valeriya's babies have a fine sheen of fur now and they are so soft! They look like they'll have darker fur than Izabella's babies - I can't wait to see! Here are some videos! Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Izabella and her babies will be moving to a bigger cage tomorrow because the babies have...

And today Izabella's sister Valeriya had her bubs. Ten of the little eepers. This brings the rattie population in my place up to 24...oh man.

The babies are two weeks old today! And most of the eyes have opened :) Time for a picture dump of all the cuteness.

The pet store I got the pregnant girls from may have finally learned a few things - they finally separated the sexes so that there shouldn't be any more pregnant rats being sold! I told them to not put the females out for sale until they could be sure that none were pregnant because not...

New pic! The babies are all so soft and adorable...I almost wish they could stay at this age, but I'm sure their mom would not like that too much LOL

Another update! I hope nobody gets tired of me posting these - I'm so excited to share ^_^ I can see their markings a lot better today, and none of them appear to be a solid colour. I think they are going to be mostly white/cream with fawn markings like their mom. It is making me curious about...

She looks like a cute fuzzy little Tootsie Roll! So adorable :D And you've done such a great job with her. Congrats on the happy rattie!

Newest pic :) Seven days old and they've got a fine coat of hair coming in, and their markings are starting to be more noticeable!

I've never had any issues with keeping males and females in the same room. Always in different cages, of course - I have enough on my hands with the momma rat I recently got from a pet store! She and her sister came to me pregnant, but momma was further along. Just settling in now for her sister...

OMG...I dies from all the cute!

Update on the babies! Their markings are starting to be noticeable now, and they have the cutest whiskers. I'm totally in love :D

I checked in on the happy family tonight and all still looks good :) All the babies have milk bands so I'm hoping that they all make it. Izabella has started getting a bit nippy if I try to look at her babies while she's in the little box she has them in, but I fully expect that. I can't wait...

I carefully cleaned out the cage due to the bloody paper towel and Izabella didn't once get anxious! But in cleaning up the cage I did find that she actually gave birth to ten bubs but one didn't make it. Poor little thing :( My fingers are crossed that the rest make it through :) And I already...

Look what I came home to today after work :D I can hear their soft eeps! So cute, and Momma Izabella looks so proud of herself :D

I have a tendency to go with human names for my pets! Over the years I've had a Steve, Bruce, Maria, Natasha, Audrey, Holly, Phil, Rosie, Ykaterina, Roger, Max, Phoebe, Herschel, George, Marilyn, Patrick, Nelson, and Spencer. And I've added Izabella and her sister Valeriya to the list! Not all...

I know if folks around here were anti-buying I certainly wouldn't have posted about my pregnant tatter! But from lurking here for ages I knew that this place is very accepting of all comers. I wish I knew why Camarilla got so defensive, but my cynical heart tells me that there may have been...

Here are a few pics of Izabella I took today - she's hard to get decent shots of because she's always on the move!

I'm in St. John's NL! I'm so hoping that Izabella does good with her litter - she's look like she's swallowed an orange whole right about now, and I am certain that I can feel the bubs move when I carefully run my hand along her belly. When she isn't turning her cage into a giant nest she is...