Possibly Pregnant

[cheekyratty]

A couple of weeks ago i ratsat for my sister and the kids not knowing any better had possum, teddy and billy(my sisters rat) all out together for a play. Apparently they all got along famously. and so Billy wouldnt get lonely they put him in teddy and possums cage. now i think possum may be preggers.
she is looking a lil pear shaped. she is normally very streamline. her nipples also look very pink and obvious( ignore my spelling).
I have seperated her from the other 3. but she is missing Teddy so much. she looks miserable all on her own.I have the 2 cages side by side on my table.
If she does have babies we will prob keep most. my sis has said that she will take 1.

Possum is a pew. Petshop brought.
Billy is Teddy's brother. from the same litter.He is a berk i think. Black with white belly and lil white paws. He also has a lil white goatee.
I know his blood line back to his grangmother, which was my sweet-pea.And Grandfather.

[Kim]

Ok well I am guessing that Teddy is de-sexed since from your post it sounds like he lives with your girl Possum?

As females can get pregnant from around 5 to 6 weeks old and it only takes a second for a male to do the deed, I would say its more than likely she is pregnant.

From your description I would say that she is.

A rat pregnancy only lasts 21 to 23 days from conception. If you dont know when conception was, then you work it out from the first day she not with a male as if no babies arive on day 24 after being away from a male then you know the girl isnt pregnant.

But I would say she is. How old is she? Have you been giving her extra food's?

Billy is a Black Berkshire going by your description.

As Possum is a PEW you wont know exactly what she is under the what masking gene until she has her babies.

If you get babies that have white on their tummy and white feet like Billy plus babies all one colour with no white any where then Possum is a Self.

If you get babies that look like Billy plus hooded babies (a strip or broken strip along the back) then Possum is a Hooded.

If you get babies like Billy, plus some self and some hooded then Possum is a Berkshire like Billy.



If Teddy is desexed so that he cant get Possum pregnant then they could still live together.

Some females get very hormonal when pregnant some dont get it until they have had their babies, then they get very protective and cant be in a cage with any other rat until the babies are 5 weekd old or over, but if she isnt bothered by Teddy he can stay with her.

You just have to watch that he doesnt hurt the babies.

If he hasnt been desexed, then I wouldnt keep their cages to close together as rats can breed through the bars of cages if they had a mind to.

Females can get pregnant again within 24 hours of giving birth.

Females also come into heat every 4 to 5 days and as I said it only takes a second for a male to do the deed.



I hope to hear how Possum goes so keep us updated.

[cheekyratty]

Yes My Teddy is de-sexed. I took teddy out cos I think he will push the babies out of the nest. not on purpose he is extremely gentle . Just by his size. he loves to snuggle with possum. most of the time lying on top of her. I have 2 other rats too. He is in with those girls. I have their cages side by side and i let them have free range together.

I have had pregnant rats before and not known that they were pregnant. They showed about a day or 2 before they gave birth.

Its not nice when you have a beautiful loving girl that seems to just turn on you all of a sudden.

If she is pregnant than we will be keeping them.
Plans are already in the works for a much larger cage. YAY.

Thankyou for your help Kim.

[cheekyratty]

Sept 1, 2008 23:54:29 GMT 10 Kim said:

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But I would say she is. How old is she? Have you been giving her extra food's?

She is about 7-8 months old. she has a constant supply of rat food as well as she gets breakfast when i have my breakfast(so do the others) they all get what we are having for dinner that night. And numerous treats through the day. if they look pleading and pethetic they will even get lunch.

[brendan]

i think she would be

[Colleen]

Yes, from what you have said, she has a high chance of being pregnant.

[barrya]

Yes she would be pregant from your description of her shape not long to go . Just give her plenty of quality food , sounds like you already do.

[cheekyratty]

Nope she's not pregnant.(and I was looking forward to lil babes).
I was playing with her the other night and chasing her about and hand wrestling, scratching behind the ears and she did the ear vibrating thing and raised her butt. She was in season. one of my new girls did nothing but chase her round the cage and try to hump her all night. Gotta love the ratties.

[pagz]

Pictures would make it easier to see, but from the above posters description she probably isnt.

Little rats are adorable!