simonsmom
Junior Member
I've got my new girl here. Quick recap she is 1.5 years old and was housed with two males. Pregnancy is a possibility.
She is very sweet, but very shy. She is absolutely TERRIFIED of cats. My rats could care less about the cats, and the cats have been taught since kittens to stay away. But sweet little Posey bolts away if they walk across the other side of the room. Same with any loud noise, odd noise or quick movement. She doesn't mind the dogs. It's obvious she was handled at least a bit though. She doesn't like to be on the couch, desk, etc. Every time I put her down somewhere she climbs onto me. If I take her near her cage she gets very eager to get back inside, but does come to the front of the cage cautiously.
She seems healthy. She's not skinny, no scabs, no sneezing, wheezing or clicking, no breathing trouble. There isn't a scratch on her, even though the owner said the boys were scaring her. I put her on the couch with my shyest girl and they got on just fine. Posey would hide behind the other girl when something spooked her.
But she does walk funny. It's like she spreads her back legs far apart and waddles low to the ground. I'll get a video later, I can't upload one right now because it kills the internet. I don't know if that will effect her pregnancy/delivery, or the babies.
She is extremely similar looking to one of my girls, markings are just a little different. I don't know if I could easily tell them apart if they were in the same cage. I have two other "twins" though and I always manage lol.
September 9 - 324g (she doesn't look pregnant yet)
She is very sweet, but very shy. She is absolutely TERRIFIED of cats. My rats could care less about the cats, and the cats have been taught since kittens to stay away. But sweet little Posey bolts away if they walk across the other side of the room. Same with any loud noise, odd noise or quick movement. She doesn't mind the dogs. It's obvious she was handled at least a bit though. She doesn't like to be on the couch, desk, etc. Every time I put her down somewhere she climbs onto me. If I take her near her cage she gets very eager to get back inside, but does come to the front of the cage cautiously.
She seems healthy. She's not skinny, no scabs, no sneezing, wheezing or clicking, no breathing trouble. There isn't a scratch on her, even though the owner said the boys were scaring her. I put her on the couch with my shyest girl and they got on just fine. Posey would hide behind the other girl when something spooked her.
But she does walk funny. It's like she spreads her back legs far apart and waddles low to the ground. I'll get a video later, I can't upload one right now because it kills the internet. I don't know if that will effect her pregnancy/delivery, or the babies.
She is extremely similar looking to one of my girls, markings are just a little different. I don't know if I could easily tell them apart if they were in the same cage. I have two other "twins" though and I always manage lol.
September 9 - 324g (she doesn't look pregnant yet)