Pregnant rat

[lis16420]

I have a pregnant rat, who also has a companion rat living with her, which is her sister. I was wondering when the babies are born do they need to be seperated?

 

[lilspaz68]

They need to be separated before she gives birth. There is a chance of the sister
'baby-stealing" which can end up with babies injured or killed...it's not worth it. Put your soon-to-be- mom into her maternity cage and let them have Out time together. Do you have a proper maternity cage?

 

[lis16420]

Yes, I went on google and found some information about a good cage for her. I will make sure to seperate them! We can see the babies moving inside of her, it's really interesting! Lol. Thanks for your help!!

 

[xxchelle]

Be sure to double check information found through Google. Sometimes the first website you find doesn't have the best information, so check a few different ones. Plus you can search the forums here and find tons of great information

Good luck with the (soon to be) babies! And remember to post pictures!

 

[Fidget]

I don't want to cause any harm or make anyone mad, but I think it depends a lot on the individuals. Some animals will be harmful to another's babies, but some will be not only gentle but helpful.
Personally I would leave them together as long as I could be there (awake & watching) with them but I'd never leave them alone til I was certain 'auntie' was good with the babes and mom felt comfortable & accepting of her there. jmo.

 

[lis16420]

This morning at 5 AM, I heard squeeking and awoke to find one baby born! One hour later she gave birth to 8 more, 9 in total! I took the sister out. I have no experience with that stuff, so I don't think I'll have a clue if she's hurting the babies or trying to help. What type of food should I feed to mama to make sure she is healthy enough to feed her babies?

 

[lilangel]

give her scrambled eggs and baby cereal and stuff to give her a little more protein and she should do all the work for you i just went what your going through not too long ago but mine only had 2 babies. on the babies you should see milk tummies a white line like on there tummy that shows that mama is milking them and feeding them well also. make sure you have only 1 leveled cage with no hammocks or a wheel till a little later on so mama does not try to take babies to a level where they can fall off or a hammock where same thing. CongRATS

 

[Fidget]

How are mom & babies doing?

 

[mamarat]

Congrats!! You can also give mom, chicken and tuna. My little mothers really liked the chicken pieces.

 

[lis16420]

Babies are doing very well, their teeth are coming in! Once in a while they will do cleaning motions (like cleaning their heads), it's so cute!
Some pictures, when they were first born:

This is them now, they are also getting fur:

They are all black hooded, and their fur is nice and shiny and soft!
I also took a picture of mama's sister:

She LOVES to wrestle with my hand, and then she will 'skip' away, and then come running back for more! She also play nips, it's really really cute!

 

[Ratatat]

:love4:

Just look at all those babies snuggling up together in the first pic! Aww! Mom is a beauty and glad to hear everything's going great so far.

 

[ryelle]

Aww wow they are sooo cute!!

Mamma's sister looks like a ball of fun

loving the babies!!
:bunnydance:

 

[Ilovemyrats]

AWWWW THERE AMAZING ; )

 

[jorats]

Super adorable!

 

[brittanyfork]

They're all just so precious!
Soooo cute

 

[Tarah]

Look at all the black hoodies! Ahh! :thud: