newborn

I adopted two rats over the weekend, I specifically asked for two females that were not pregnant (this is only my second set of ratties), aaaaand both were pregnant to my surprise! o_O Now that I've come down from the stress of not being prepared....everything seems to be going okay with the...

Hello. I am in really need of answers. My fancy rat gave birth to 11 babies last night. 1 baby sadly was a still born. The other ten are completely healthy except for one. As I was doing the first milk check, I noticed one kittens leg was hurt. I looked closer and it was terrible. It looks...

So a co-worker brought in this poor little “feeder” baby rat. I took him to my vet but they said his odds are not good. I guess there’s a lot of issues with “feeder” rats, (inbreeding & illness) I really want this little guy to make it. I’m keeping him warm. Feeding him Esilmac every 3-4hrs. He...