I am hoping that my constant updates are not getting annoying, but since I have never dealt with rescued rats before, I am trying to look for as much input from more experienced people as possible, lol, so I apologize now if I double post.
I weighed Kimmy today, she is back down to 290g and I forgot to take a picture of her belly, but when she is in the large cage, she does not appear to have one, it is only when she is in the small one.........I don't know if she reasorbed the babies or if my scale was out of whack yesterday :?
She did however rearrange the cage, pushed all the fleece bits out of the igloo (when he went back in this morning after flipping the igloo first backwards then upside down, someone, and I do no know who, pulled it all back in along with a lot of shaving to make a nice little bed):
(she looks like she is saying "yes, can I help you?")
After I weighed her, I turned my back, and heard a chewing/chattering sound.....she was at the bars wanting to get closer to my other girls!
This morning I got excited when I put my hand in the cage she sniffed it again, but this time her nose made contact with my finger!! (and then she ran away) She did this twice, but then later nipped at my finger, a few times, both when I offered her food and when I just allowed her to sniff it, but it did not hurt like that first day, it was just a "tester nip" the kind that they do to see if you taste good or not LOL she did it, I must have tasted aweful, she ran to the other side of the shelf, turned to look at me, came back tried it again, and then ran into the igloo (she was on the top shelf) but at least now I know they are using the ladder ramps, so this is good.
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(please excuse the last part there, Hayden found an old empty bottle of medicine in his cabinet that he did a monkey climb to get, and has been asking for some, says he ate something bad and is sick, but don't worry he cannot open it even if it did have any in it LOL)
Since I have been posting about her, I thought I would update about him. Stuart/Stewie (still not sure I like the name though lol) seems to be a big boy!! I put my hand on the top of the cage and he reached up to smell it, I took note at which bar his nose went to, and measured it....a foot!! I did put him back in with her again today, and the normal squeaking took place, but it was only at first, and I watched them closely.
Is it just me, or does it seem like he is a little bit cleaner now?
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While I was waiting on that video to upload, I peeked in at them, and saw the cutest thing, so I had to take a picture of it!! Sorry for it being through the bars, but it was the best shot I could get since they were in the igloo and if I had opened the door, they would have moved:
And hopefloats, I am thinking she might be glad to be rid of him, I might have to serve as a divorce lawyer as well :giggle: I guess I should not have forced them into marriage at such a young age, but it was more like a shot gun wedding, if you know what I mean :cheeky:
