lilspaz68
Well-Known Member
I figured now that the babies were born with no issues it was time to branch off with Miss Mouse's own thread.
The first part of the post will recap the old thread from Ratties in Need....
Mouse, Faline and the 2 boys came from a Hamilton feeder breeder who was down-sizing as she was only down to 1 snake. :/
Mouse and Faline are both very young, my guess is 4.5-5 months old at the most. Faline had already had a litter of 5 prior. The girl refused to show us pics of the rats, and finally told us the rats had been all been living together :doh:. Next we hear that Faline (formerly unnamed mom #1 or fawn girl) had given birth to 10 babies at 2 am...we are hoping that she didn't get pregnant on her post-partum heat
Jenny decided to keep and foster the litter for me as she knew mom #2 was also pregnant....sigh.
Mouse just KNEW she was a pet all her life, and just needed some stupid person to realize it too...LOL She acts like the most socialized, wonderful pet not a feeder rat probably born and bred in a nasty tank, with pine and from the smell of their poops, an even nastier dog food as a diet.
The next day cuddling in my arms, then catching her mid-boggle
Mouse gained 18 grams in 24 hours then it was time to give birth. I got home at 7 pm and she had just had 1 baby and was doing an excellent job cleaning it up. I observed her and she was completely unstressed, eyes soft, and she bruxxed when I talked to her....she ended up having a total of 4 babies.
At 3:30 am, unable to sleep after my old Tess girl needed some help in the middle of the night, I patted little Mouse while she was sitting on her new family, and she was fine with it. Then she came off the nest wanting out...this is when I found out she was in full blown heat. She was licking, cuddling, cheek tipping, all with vibrating ears LOL
I pulled out the babies for an initial check, and all look great. My first attempt at sexing gave me this...
1 ruby-eyed female
1 ruby-eyed male
2 dark-eyed males
The first part of the post will recap the old thread from Ratties in Need....
Mouse, Faline and the 2 boys came from a Hamilton feeder breeder who was down-sizing as she was only down to 1 snake. :/
Mouse and Faline are both very young, my guess is 4.5-5 months old at the most. Faline had already had a litter of 5 prior. The girl refused to show us pics of the rats, and finally told us the rats had been all been living together :doh:. Next we hear that Faline (formerly unnamed mom #1 or fawn girl) had given birth to 10 babies at 2 am...we are hoping that she didn't get pregnant on her post-partum heat
Jenny decided to keep and foster the litter for me as she knew mom #2 was also pregnant....sigh.Mouse just KNEW she was a pet all her life, and just needed some stupid person to realize it too...LOL She acts like the most socialized, wonderful pet not a feeder rat probably born and bred in a nasty tank, with pine and from the smell of their poops, an even nastier dog food as a diet.
The next day cuddling in my arms, then catching her mid-boggle
Mouse gained 18 grams in 24 hours then it was time to give birth. I got home at 7 pm and she had just had 1 baby and was doing an excellent job cleaning it up. I observed her and she was completely unstressed, eyes soft, and she bruxxed when I talked to her....she ended up having a total of 4 babies.
At 3:30 am, unable to sleep after my old Tess girl needed some help in the middle of the night, I patted little Mouse while she was sitting on her new family, and she was fine with it. Then she came off the nest wanting out...this is when I found out she was in full blown heat. She was licking, cuddling, cheek tipping, all with vibrating ears LOL
I pulled out the babies for an initial check, and all look great. My first attempt at sexing gave me this...
1 ruby-eyed female
1 ruby-eyed male
2 dark-eyed males
