i think my rat is pregnant please help and im new as well

[raticus]

updated weight chart I may have got one wrong towards the bottom because I forgot to write it down
December 29th- 145 g
December 30th- 151 g
December 31st- 150 g
January 1st- 156 g
January 2nd- 149 g
January 3rd- 155 g
January 4th- 161 g
January 5th- 164 g
January 6th- 160 g
January 7th- 167 g
January 8th- n/a
January 9th- 181 g
and ideas if she's preggers or not? very confused about it she is so big compared to everyone but I would think she would have poped by now! we have 6 more days left until it becomes 21 days so I'm still wondering!!! and still no nipples I would be convinced she was pregnant if I saw her nipples.. but no nipples!

 

[Velo]

I'm no expert but I'm thinking she's either not pregnant or its a small litter... She would have gained more by now, methinks.

 

[lilspaz68]

36 grams in 12 days is more like a young lady growing up big and strong On average a pup weighs 6 grams each, then there's the amniotic fluids which weighs more... Even young rats gain 85 grams minimum for a pregnancy...most gain 100 grams or more, so I still say she's not pregnant (she could fool me but at 25 days she should have gained a LOT more).

 

[Noka]

Yeah. She might just be growing. It just doesn't seem like enough weight gain in that amount of time!

 

[Velo]

Yeah. She might just be growing. It just doesn't seem like enough weight gain in that amount of time!

I think Snow even gained more in her false pregnancy, didn't she?

 

[raticus]

thank goodness! there is no need for extra rats right now!:cookie2:

 

[Cptjack526]

Our Snow looked pregnant and she gained a ton of weight consistently and it ended up being a false pregnancy. I could be wrong, but it looks like just a growing rattie to me. I need to post updated pics of Snow. She is huge compared to her friends and still looks very pregnant lol.

 

[Noka]

My Snow gained 75 grams in 12 days and it was a false pregnancy!

Sunday 11/9/14 (158 grams)
Monday 11/10/14 (169 grams) +11 grams
Tuesday 11/11/14 (179 grams) +10 grams
Wednesday 11/12/14 (186 grams) +7 grams
Thursday 11/13/14 (195 grams) + 9 grams
Friday 11/14/14 (202 grams) + 7 grams
Saturday 11/15/14 (210 grams) +8 grams
Sunday 11/16/14 (216 grams) +6 grams
Monday 11/17/14 (220 grams) +4 grams
Tuesday 11/18/14 (230 grams) +10 grams
Wednesday 11/19/14 (233 grams) +3 grams
Thursday 11/20/14 (233 grams) +0

 

[raticus]

if there is a thread on the false pregnancy I would love to read it!