rats and belly buttons? - Paw Talk

mxmvlcty · #1 01-21-2008, 11:22 PM

hi everyone. I was just reading an article that said that rats have belly buttons. I have two hairless rats and, much to their dismay, I flipped them over and searched their bellies for one...but couldn't find any signs! I'm very curious about this...does anyone know anything about rats and belly buttons?

rat freak · #2 01-21-2008, 11:24 PM

I have never seen a belly button on my rat and trust me Ive given them many raspberries lol!

christine · #3 01-22-2008, 10:57 AM

I think every animal has a belly button. It's from where the ambilical cord attaches. I don't know why some animals have visible ones but I am pretty sure every animal has had one. Whether or not it becomes flat is dependant to the species...at least thats what I've heard

laydeerodentzz · #4 01-23-2008, 11:22 AM

I don't think they have belly buttons, besides how many pets have been seen being born with an ambilical cord attached to them?

Vanilla_Rat · #5 01-23-2008, 11:23 AM

I think they do.
Why they are not visible,I have no idea.

christine · #6 01-23-2008, 11:24 AM

If they don't have ambilical cords, how do they get food inside the mom?

Vanilla_Rat · #7 01-23-2008, 11:26 AM

Rats do have ambilical cords when they are born.So do mice.

mxmvlcty · #8 01-23-2008, 02:11 PM

ok, thanks! I should have realized that of course they need umbilical cords...it's weird the belly buttons don't show, though.

Padfoot · #9 01-23-2008, 06:15 PM

Yup, all mammals do, except, I think duck-billed platypus and echidnas, since they are born from eggs. Still animals born from eggs have a mark similar to the bellybutton where the yolk sac was attached, but I can't remember the name of that one.

kristie0593 · #10 03-17-2008, 05:17 PM

Just happened to come across this thread and I will state for a fact that rats do have bellybuttons.I got a little hairless rat a couple days ago and happened to come across her bellybutton while inspecting her the other day.I supposes that some rats have innies and outies and my new one just happens to have an outie.

jessicakfifield · #11 03-19-2008, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by laydeerodentzz


	I don't think they have belly buttons, besides how many pets have been seen being born with an ambilical cord attached to them?

The mother will eat the ambilical cord when the animals are born, as well as most of the stuff that comes out with it. When a dog gives birth she licks all the they were in as well as the ambilical cord.

jessicakfifield · #12 03-19-2008, 03:23 PM

all the fluid*

luvboyrats · #13 03-28-2008, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by kristie0593


	Just happened to come across this thread and I will state for a fact that rats do have bellybuttons.I got a little hairless rat a couple days ago and happened to come across her bellybutton while inspecting her the other day.I supposes that some rats have innies and outies and my new one just happens to have an outie.

Umm actually, I'm dealing with this now with my hairless male boris, if it looks like an outie, it's probably an umbilical hernia, seems they are a bit more common in hairless rats. You may want to get her looked at by a vet.

kristie0593 · #14 04-03-2008, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by luvboyrats


	Umm actually, I'm dealing with this now with my hairless male boris, if it looks like an outie, it's probably an umbilical hernia, seems they are a bit more common in hairless rats. You may want to get her looked at by a vet.

really,are there any other signs that this might be true.i plan on taking her to the vet saturday for a checkup just to make sure everything is ok.i'm hoping that's not what it is.she acts perfectly normal though and very active,so i don't think she's in pain.

luvboyrats · #15 04-04-2008, 09:45 AM

Boris doesn't have any pain with his either. It's something they're born with instead of an injury or tear so it doesn't cause them pain unless they have organs poking through that are actually being pinched or strangulated.

If your little rattie is fairly easy to handle, the best thing to do is turn her upside down and gently push on the lump while sorta moving it back and forth and around a little bit. If it's a hernia then more or likely all or part of it would flatten out. This happens because the lump is actually caused by fat or organ tissue poking through the hernia and it flattens out when you push it back in.

I would take her to the vet if I were you, but our vet said as long as it's not growing, discolored, or causing discomfort that the surgery make cause more risks than the hernia. So just see how serious the vet thinks it is.