Petunia and her bubs - the end of an era...pg 20

[toeberto]

Petunia is beautiful! What a lucky girl she is - I'm so glad you are able to give her a home.

Sarah
http://bentorats.blogspot.com/

 

[Joanne]

OK, here is a video of the babies from last night:

[BBvideo 425,350:tfalaf9r]http://youtu.be/lPVJubR5oz8[/BBvideo:tfalaf9r]

 

[adreabri]

Oh My... THud warning. How precious!

 

[Petunia]

OMGoodness they are so active!! I never expected that they would move around that much!

thanks for this video, it's nice to see what newborn ratties are like without having the stress of caring for a mom and her rittens
:wink:

 

[temblabamomo]

:thud:
omg they're the cutest!

 

[Dahlas]

OMG how cute are they.....

 

[SQ]

Sweet noisy little eepers :heart: :heart:

Nice to see how Petunia :heart: trusts you with her babies, etc as she has a break and explores

A very lovely family :hugs:

 

[jorats]

That's a lovely video, we can see mom on the ground being herself.
I love hearing the babies peeping... soooooo sweet!
You did a wonderful thing saving these rats.

 

[Godmother]

:thud: Adorable little wriggling feet and tails! they are lovely babies.

I hope it is my speakers and not my hearing, but I did not hear the eeping.

 

[Joanne]

While many people strive to be at the top of the heap, if you're a baby rat, you want to be at the BOTTOM of the heap!

[BBvideo 425,350:59pnvxv1]http://youtu.be/n3YidYvoElI[/BBvideo:59pnvxv1]

 

[Dahlas]

They are all so very very sweet.....Do they all have head spots?

 

[Joanne]

They are all so very very sweet.....Do they all have head spots?

They are all quite similarly marked, with just subtle differences.

 

[Joanne]

OK, if these pics don't make you go 'Awwwwwww', nothing will! (Sorry, I just lubs the little bubbers! :heart: )

 

[Godmother]

Babies!! Love that little one sleeping in your hand :heart:

 

[Dahlas]

Oh I nominate the last one for pic of the month...that is adorable!!!!

 

[lilspaz68]

Big Fat Second for that last lovely pic!!!

These bubbers are just over a week...they are beautiful.

Maybe you should video how you socialize them and get them desensitized to different handling? I always mean to but never get around to it. I pull tails, pretend to check teeth, put babies on their back, dangle them briefly, pull ears, toes, etc...very gently of course and that's how I end up with these lovely happy babies in the end I like doing it especially around this age, because once those eyes open up in less than a week, they are OFF and ZOOMING. I love Petunia's calm sweet demeanour...she looks like a lovely mom. :heart:

 

[Joanne]

Thanks for the nomination!
Petunia is definitely a keeper (even if she's going to have chronic teeth problems as I suspect.) She has never once bitten me, even though I'm a stranger and have stuck my hands in with her and her babies. She cringes and tries to avoid me, but hopefully she will come around after a while. I am trying to link incoming hands with positive things like soft stroking and yummy treats.
I don't do any particular socializing with the ratlets. I just love to touch them and hold them. I find them so absolutely irresistible! Here are a couple of videos:
[BBvideo 425,350:2ezbetl5]http://youtu.be/qClX1JzSoZ8[/BBvideo:2ezbetl5]

And the little baby dreaming:
[BBvideo 425,350:2ezbetl5]http://youtu.be/ApJMvZlyGWE[/BBvideo:2ezbetl5]

I could just watch the babies all night! :heart:

 

[Dahlas]

Such very sweet videos....what adorable babies...

 

[mamarat]

Love the videos, the second one, so precious!

 

[rattytat]

The little one sleeping in your hand -just too adorable for words :heart: