I usually don't buy my ratties from pet stores as I usually take in rescues or adopt from a rescue, but today I was in search of a friend or two for my lonely female Audrey as her cage mate recently passed away from old age. My usual sources for getting ratties were dry, so I found myself in a pet store.
I picked two pretty little girls and brought them home. And when I had the chance to take a good look I realized that one of them looks a little rounder than her sister. Now, I did have to give a bit of a lesson on sexing young rats to the employees of this store (which should have been a clue right off the bat as there was a silver blue male in the cage with them, all from the same litter), and advise them to cage the males separately from the females. But I didn't think to check before leaving the store to see if one of my girls may have gotten a bit of loving...
I don't normally deal with pregnant rats, so I'm a little clueless. Heck, she might not even really be pregnant but my gut feeling is that she is. So, here's a picture of little Izabella to give some idea of what she currently looks like.
(sorry if it's really big!)
She's round in a different way than a chubby rat would be so I'm really thinking she's got bubs in her belly. I do have spare cages so I can easily put her into her own cage, thankfully (I tend to never get rid of cages that my rescues have come to me in), but I'm a bit clueless about what special treatment a pregnant mama requires. Any suggestions would be most welcome!
I picked two pretty little girls and brought them home. And when I had the chance to take a good look I realized that one of them looks a little rounder than her sister. Now, I did have to give a bit of a lesson on sexing young rats to the employees of this store (which should have been a clue right off the bat as there was a silver blue male in the cage with them, all from the same litter), and advise them to cage the males separately from the females. But I didn't think to check before leaving the store to see if one of my girls may have gotten a bit of loving...
I don't normally deal with pregnant rats, so I'm a little clueless. Heck, she might not even really be pregnant but my gut feeling is that she is. So, here's a picture of little Izabella to give some idea of what she currently looks like.
(sorry if it's really big!)
She's round in a different way than a chubby rat would be so I'm really thinking she's got bubs in her belly. I do have spare cages so I can easily put her into her own cage, thankfully (I tend to never get rid of cages that my rescues have come to me in), but I'm a bit clueless about what special treatment a pregnant mama requires. Any suggestions would be most welcome!