Willow Bean
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On February 6th I walked into Petco to take a look at the adoptions tank as I do every so often and saw two lovely ladies who were VERY pregnant. I told the sales person that I would be taking them home with me, I would not be paying for them and that I wanted them right now. He was familiar with me and knew that I often take in rats because they are harder to place in HOMES rather than the *shudder* alternative.
I got the little ladies home and named them Grace (A PEW) and Alice (A Black Hoodie). I will try to get some pictures taken but my camera isn't a fan of working for me lately =(
Anyhow, At the store it was easy to tell that they were pregnant by their having groomed the hair from their teets and being quite fat. I started them immediately on HT2018 and baby cereal with Chocolate Soymilk and Strawberry ensure and chicken and steak. They both gained weight VERY quickly.
Grace looked ready to pop by the second day. She continued to gain and began making us a bit nervous by her HUGE belly. She began nest building yesterday and this morning I awoke to the first Eeeps of the first baby at 8AM. By 10AM we have 12 or 13 babies. Grace isn't socialized so it has been tough trying to get a good look at babies. When bf gets home tonight we will have to work together to get a good look at the wee ones and to clean out the bloody paper towels
Alice is getting nearly as large as her friend and has been very sweet. She likes being held and especially likes being a shoulder rat. She falls asleep in my hands as I talk to her and stroke her face and cheeks. She has begun nest building today and I suspect that we will have more Eeepers by tomorrow.
They were separated before birthing :wink2:
My questions are:
1. Since I don't know what Mommies ate before I got them and they were thin for expecting Mommas with HUGE litters (well Grace's litter is huge anyhow), should I expect to lose any babies? anic: They are quite small... I've had a litter of 14 in the past that were nice, big, plump babies, these seem quite a bit smaller...
2. What colors should I expect? Daddy came into the store at the same time and was a H-U-G-E Dark, Dark Agouti (mostly black with large patches of Brownish hair) berk with one micro-eye. (VERY sweet boggley boy)
Unfortunately I don't think I'll be able to keep any of the babies so that sooner I can figure out colors and whatnot the faster I can start setting up homes. The store has agreed to let me post all kinds of pictures on the adoption board to help out once they are big enough to leave mom. Knowing colors may help pique interest :thumbup:
Thanks in advance guys!!
I got the little ladies home and named them Grace (A PEW) and Alice (A Black Hoodie). I will try to get some pictures taken but my camera isn't a fan of working for me lately =(
Anyhow, At the store it was easy to tell that they were pregnant by their having groomed the hair from their teets and being quite fat. I started them immediately on HT2018 and baby cereal with Chocolate Soymilk and Strawberry ensure and chicken and steak. They both gained weight VERY quickly.
Grace looked ready to pop by the second day. She continued to gain and began making us a bit nervous by her HUGE belly. She began nest building yesterday and this morning I awoke to the first Eeeps of the first baby at 8AM. By 10AM we have 12 or 13 babies. Grace isn't socialized so it has been tough trying to get a good look at babies. When bf gets home tonight we will have to work together to get a good look at the wee ones and to clean out the bloody paper towels
Alice is getting nearly as large as her friend and has been very sweet. She likes being held and especially likes being a shoulder rat. She falls asleep in my hands as I talk to her and stroke her face and cheeks. She has begun nest building today and I suspect that we will have more Eeepers by tomorrow.
They were separated before birthing :wink2:
My questions are:
1. Since I don't know what Mommies ate before I got them and they were thin for expecting Mommas with HUGE litters (well Grace's litter is huge anyhow), should I expect to lose any babies? anic: They are quite small... I've had a litter of 14 in the past that were nice, big, plump babies, these seem quite a bit smaller...
2. What colors should I expect? Daddy came into the store at the same time and was a H-U-G-E Dark, Dark Agouti (mostly black with large patches of Brownish hair) berk with one micro-eye. (VERY sweet boggley boy)
Unfortunately I don't think I'll be able to keep any of the babies so that sooner I can figure out colors and whatnot the faster I can start setting up homes. The store has agreed to let me post all kinds of pictures on the adoption board to help out once they are big enough to leave mom. Knowing colors may help pique interest :thumbup:
Thanks in advance guys!!