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Post by pinkyandthebrain on May 20, 2009 23:47:06 GMT 10
Thank you for all your help with this.. Here is a pic I took today of the babies   They are all thriving and starting to wriggle around the cage (until mum moves them back to the nest lol) Can someone please tell me how Early can you determine the sex ?? Thanks  |
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Post by christie on May 21, 2009 0:10:26 GMT 10
What little cuties, soon enough they will be running around the cage madly. You can tell sexes right from day one. www.ratz.co.uk/sexingrats.html is a website that will help show you what to look for. The boys will have more of a gap than the girls. When we sexed our litter here we found it easier to find one that was a girl and just used her to compare the rest of them to. |
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Post by Kim on May 21, 2009 12:28:54 GMT 10
The easiest way for someone with no experience at all, is to look at the babies now that they are just on a week old, its a perfect time to do it this way.. All the females will have nipples .. little spot tht run down both sides of the tummy. Males dont have nipples so you will be able to tell how many are girl and how many are boys because of that fact.  |
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Post by dewi on May 21, 2009 12:47:58 GMT 10
Enjoy it while you can as they grow super quick. Once their little eyes open they are so amazingly cute. Is mama rat friendly or nippy? The mama's can get nippy for a while. You're handling this very well. I freaked out when I bought my first pregnant pet store female rat. Mainly I was freaked about what to do with the babies, but one I got that sorted (I ended up keeping them all  ), it was all good. For extra protein I gave the mum soy milk (made from soy baby milk) and also boiled eggs. Some people use ensure (from the chemist). Put liquids in a very shallow dishes just in case a baby ends up in there. When the babies start eating solid (at about 3 weeks) they got human baby cereal made with soy baby milk. Once again, have fun! |
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Post by pinkyandthebrain on May 23, 2009 18:19:26 GMT 10
Thanks again for all the great info.....
I will check the sexes tomorrow when it's a bit warmer lol...
I'm so glad I found this website / chatroom or I would of completely freaked out dewi...
I'm lucky there are alot of great rat owners who like to help.. Most people around here cringe at the thought of my chosen pet but I don't think they understand what a great pet rats are, there loss I guess..
Thanks again
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Post by minniecarrie on May 31, 2009 10:14:50 GMT 10
Whilst I'd never ever breed rats intentionally, I have had a girl I rescued turn out to be pregnant and gosh the babies were so so much fun! Hope you're enjoying them!
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Post by lozza on Jul 1, 2009 13:21:44 GMT 10
Gorgeous bubs.
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Post by christie on Jul 1, 2009 19:38:06 GMT 10
Hey pinky how are the baby's going?
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Post by pinkyandthebrain on Jul 2, 2009 9:32:57 GMT 10
They are going Great they are nearly 7 weeks old already and we have only been able to rehome 1 of the boys so we are keeping the rest :-)
They have all got there own personallities and they are so cute...
Will try and get some good pic's of them later for you all to see...
Thanks for your interest
Pinky :0)
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Post by christie on Jul 2, 2009 11:15:12 GMT 10
Yeah its really not easy finding homes for them. We got lucky in that one member here was able to take 3 of them and someone else took 1. Its good to hear that you have decided to keep them though, youll have lots of fun with them |
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Post by lozza on Jul 12, 2009 16:26:13 GMT 10
Do you have any grown up pics of them? |
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Post by pinkyandthebrain on Jul 12, 2009 23:43:48 GMT 10
Do you have any grown up pics of them? Not as of yet as there are so many of them lol... Will try and get some on here soon... I have been able to Rehome another Rattie (one of the girls this time) so hopefully we can keep finding good homes for them :0) |
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Post by mariposa0283 on Jul 28, 2009 23:23:03 GMT 10
Thanks again for all the great info..... I will check the sexes tomorrow when it's a bit warmer lol... I'm so glad I found this website / chatroom or I would of completely freaked out dewi... I'm lucky there are alot of great rat owners who like to help.. Most people around here cringe at the thought of my chosen pet but I don't think they understand what a great pet rats are, there loss I guess.. Thanks again ;D thats the truth. rats are so under appreciated. but the few of us that do get them and love them, we really really love them lol |
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