Trixie's babies - Paw Talk

tealbluewater · #1 06-23-2006, 03:51 PM

Sorry it took so long, but I'm finally able to post pictures of Trixie's babies. Panya had a litter a while back but most of them were still births so only one made it. I'll get a picture of him later. (his name is Theodore. my cousin named him

). Anyway, Trixie had babies a week ago and I got some pictures of them at 3 days old. I hope these show up!

petpredicaments · #2 06-23-2006, 04:04 PM

omg i want one!!!!!!!!!!!

pinkie1205 · #3 06-23-2006, 05:13 PM

Whats the green stuff in with their bedding? They're cute

evil_vegan · #4 06-23-2006, 05:21 PM

Are you really able to handle those mice at 3 days? Doesn't that hurt em?

pinkie1205 · #5 06-23-2006, 05:31 PM

You gotta be careful and make sure that the mom trusts you enough.

Nara · #6 06-23-2006, 07:40 PM

Aww, they're adorable! What kind of bedding are you using? It looks a little odd in the pictures...

Padfoot · #7 06-23-2006, 07:45 PM

So cute!!! What colors are you expecting?

That looks like chlorophil bedding... which is pine bedding... not good...

tealbluewater · #8 06-23-2006, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Padfoot


	So cute!!! What colors are you expecting? That looks like chlorophil bedding... which is pine bedding... not good...

well, their father is albino and trixie is white with black splotches, but Panya's baby (theodore) came from the same dad and he's all brown. About four of them are showing signs of all around color (most likely black) while the others are probably going to be white.

As for the bedding, yes it is pine. I usually don't use any kind of wood chips because it caused one of my first mice to die. But my mom picked this up for me while I was at work and I didn't have time to get a different kind.

Trixie had the babies before I could change it. Trixie's nesting box doesn't have any in it though. I gave her some tissue and fluff and she stuffed some shredded cardboard in there so only a few pieces of the pine bedding get in.

Trixie totally trusts me with the babies. she'll sit right next to my hand while I hold them and be totally ralaxed.

Padfoot · #9 06-23-2006, 10:42 PM

I was asking cause it looks that you have some light ones with black eyes. 8) Lets see how those turn out!

orri · #10 06-24-2006, 08:40 PM

They're cute! Please post some more when the hair starts to grow and the colors show a bit more!

tealbluewater · #11 06-25-2006, 01:26 PM

Their ears are starting to develope. One of them has a left ear that is slightly smaller than the other though. ( I actually think it's kind of cute

) So are their eyelids. they have the most adorable little faces. Four of them for sure are going to be black, or at least dark. The others I think are going to be white, but there are a couple tiny signs of a splotch or two like their mother.

Panya, their aunt, really doesn't like me holding the babies. she gets more upset than trixie who just sits nearbye and watches patiently. haha anyway. that's the update. I'll post a couple more pictures next time i get a chance. ta ta!

CrazyHorse · #12 06-25-2006, 06:16 PM

awwwwwwwwwww i want one they are so small !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vanilla_Rat · #13 06-25-2006, 06:39 PM

They are cute little guys! Cannot wait to see more pics!

Pine is bad, you should consider switching over to a safer bedding!

GeishaGirl · #14 06-25-2006, 07:27 PM

Too cute!!

Yes, plase switch from the Pine to Aspin. Rats can get seriously sick with Pine/Cedar shavings. And since they do not have such long lives as it is, make sure they live it healthy!! My rats have died many times b/c of that type of shavings. I know pine and cedar (esp. Cedar) have a nice scent to it, but it can cause respitory infection, etc ... better safe than sorry!

tealbluewater · #15 07-02-2006, 06:52 PM

Hey, just thought I'd update a bit. Turns out the pale ones are NOT white!!! I'm still learning a lot of the different names, but the best I can describe them is a very light tan, almost cream color. There are 5 light babies, and four dark. Two dark ones are girls and two light ones are girls. The rest are boys. I named the girls Chai, Latte, Mocha, and Frappucino (can you tell I Love coffee?? ;P). The two dark boys I named Romeo and Fievel. The three light boys have no distinctive marking so I named them the 3 musketeers (my mom said I should name them the 'Mouse'keteers, but I can only stand a certain level of cheesiness lol) ANYway. I can't keep the boys once they are old enought to breed so I have to find homes for the 5 of them, their older brother Theodore, and their dad Omega (AKA Thor aka Star) I'm keeping the older boys in a different cage for now. I'm putting off giving them to the pet store because they'll most likely put them on sale as feeder mice within the week.

So, anyone want some adorable little boys?
Here are some pictures I took of them last night.

enjoy.