ashana
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone,
I had surrendered to our rescue a mum with her 12 babies, this was 8 days ago.
I noticed at first look that one of the babies (who at the time was 2 days old) only had a small part of it's tail (about 1/4 left) as mum must have chewed the tail off during the cleaning up after birth. She also looks to have taken or damaged 2 of the back toes on one foot.
The babies are now approx 10 days old. The bub with the missing bits is one of the runts (there are 3 in this litter) and the tip of the tail and the toes are black. I have been told that this tissue will possibly die and drop off when it is ready, hopefully no infections will occur.
Being that i have never had to deal with this kind of issue before can anyone tell me what special requirements this bub will need if it survives.
I know that rats control their temp by the use of their tails, so this little one is going to have an issue. What else am i going to have to be aware of please.
Obviously when they are weaned we would normally adopt out the litter but this little one may stay with us as we have air conditioning, heating and i am a stay at home mum also so any special needs can be met where i can not guarantee this in a new family.
Thanks all
I had surrendered to our rescue a mum with her 12 babies, this was 8 days ago.
I noticed at first look that one of the babies (who at the time was 2 days old) only had a small part of it's tail (about 1/4 left) as mum must have chewed the tail off during the cleaning up after birth. She also looks to have taken or damaged 2 of the back toes on one foot.
The babies are now approx 10 days old. The bub with the missing bits is one of the runts (there are 3 in this litter) and the tip of the tail and the toes are black. I have been told that this tissue will possibly die and drop off when it is ready, hopefully no infections will occur.
Being that i have never had to deal with this kind of issue before can anyone tell me what special requirements this bub will need if it survives.
I know that rats control their temp by the use of their tails, so this little one is going to have an issue. What else am i going to have to be aware of please.
Obviously when they are weaned we would normally adopt out the litter but this little one may stay with us as we have air conditioning, heating and i am a stay at home mum also so any special needs can be met where i can not guarantee this in a new family.
Thanks all