Aww, they're so cute! Are they all dumbos?
New Ratlet Pics!
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Here are some new ratlet pics...these were taken yesterday, the ratlets are 12 days old in these pics! I also sexed them, there are 9 boys and 7 girls!!
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The boys
The girls
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I adore them all.They are starting to wrestle and tumble and chase eachother now and it is one of the cutest things to see!Skratikans said:
I particularly like the only blue/white hooded dumbo, he is adorable and I also really like the blue female standard.
I will be sure to post more pics, now that they are up and running about!It is now time to start thinking of names!!
Speaking of breeding, I have only breed mice and the smallest litter I had was five, while 10 was my highest. Since you have bred rats before, Vanilla_Rat, I was just wondering what was your lowest litter number and are the 16 ratties you have now the highest litter for you? What's the avg norm?
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Actually this is my first rat litter.Sprite had a large litter for her first.Skratikans said:Speaking of breeding, I have only breed mice and the smallest litter I had was five, while 10 was my highest. Since you have bred rats before, Vanilla_Rat, I was just wondering what was your lowest litter number and are the 16 ratties you have now the highest litter for you? What's the avg norm?
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As for mice, I used to breed them for years and my smallest litter was 5 and my largest mouse litter was 15.The average I had was between 6-9 at a time.Most times the litters were that.
I knew someone who had a rat that only had 2 babies!It was funny, she didn't even know her rat was pregnant, as she never put on weight and then one day there were 2 ratlets in the nest!
I have heard of rat litters being up to 24 a few times!!
I would like to advice you not to. I'm not sure if this happens with rats, as I haven't really researched into breeding rats... but with most rodents (hamsters, gerbils, mice) if they don't breed before the 9-12 months of age, their hip bones fuse in a manner that it doesn't allow the babies to pass through the birth canal. The rodent can't give birth to the babies and a cesaria is needed, or the rodent dies. I advice that you get her a female friend, and if you really want to breed, research the topic, look around for people who would like rats from you and breed a younger female.EDren1 said:
Yep, that can happen with rats too.Sprite is only 8 months, and she gave birth at 7 months so I was lucky that she could have a litter before she reached that age.That can be so stressful on them having a risky c-section!Padfoot said:I would like to advice you not to. I'm not sure if this happens with rats, as I haven't really researched into breeding rats... but with most rodents (hamsters, gerbils, mice) if they don't breed before the 9-12 months of age, their hip bones fuse in a manner that it doesn't allow the babies to pass through the birth canal. The rodent can't give birth to the babies and a cesaria is needed, or the rodent dies. I advice that you get her a female friend, and if you really want to breed, research the topic, look around for people who would like rats from you and breed a younger female.
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