Im a Rattie Grandma! (again!)

[Mubby]

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! 12 squidgey baby rats little jelly babies to have the wonder of seeing grow into gorgeous little fluffy bundles of fun! and of course bore you all with photos!

planned litter born 1st July, which is handy for counting how many days old they are lol

Mum the day before she popped







1 day old, pink and chunky , first handle and official count 12!

Edited by Mubby on Wednesday 4th July 07:27

[sinizter]

Congrats.

The mum is really cute. The babies not so cute yet.

[Mubby]

thank you! and yes the alien look is not for everyone! lol

[sinizter]

Do they bite ?

[Mubby]

noooooo I've had well dozens and only one was ever a biter, and thats because she was blind and freaked out when you went near her, but we learned how to handle her.

rats are the best rodent ever! i often do the housework with one sat on my shoulder they just love the attention and interaction.

[Mubby]

babies day 3 if anyone cares

markings coming in








and a picture of the dad

[Lippitt]

I'm interested! Love seeing how they develop!

[Shinobi]

Great thread, like rats a lot.

[Mubby]

ahhh thats good will keep posting then

babies look pretty much the same as yesterday so this is the difference 72 hours makes in rat world!

Edited by Mubby on Thursday 5th July 20:32

[Lippitt]

I don't think I could handle them when they are that small! Aren't you scared they'll break?!

[Find'a'leaky]

Please, please keep us updated, mum and dad are just the sweetest we only have the one left now Ralfie, unfortunately Percy passed on about a year ago. This is him a couple of years ago, can't find one to hand of him now.

[Mubby]

Lippitt said:

I don't think I could handle them when they are that small! Aren't you scared they'll break?!

lol nah you just sort of scoop them up, the are not as squidgey as they look

Find'a'leaky said:

Please, please keep us updated, mum and dad are just the sweetest we only have the one left now Ralfie, unfortunately Percy passed on about a year ago. This is him a couple of years ago, can't find one to hand of him now.

very sweet and just like my girl blubelle -



and ive seen that pic you posted before? it comes up in google image search...
http://www.metrolic.com/rats-rule-147687/

Edited by Mubby on Friday 6th July 06:03

[Mubby]

well they are growing fast! some more pics

5 days old








6 days old





cant believe they are almost a week old already!

[Dr Mike Oxgreen]

How does mum feel about you handling them?

[Mubby]

absolutely fine, they have no issues at all with you handling them if they trust you they trust you with thier babies and my smell on them makes no difference to them etc, unlike some animals its perfectly fine to do with ratties

[tim2100]

So Cute.

[Find'a'leaky]

Mubby said:

very sweet and just like my girl blubelle -



and ive seen that pic you posted before? it comes up in google image search...
http://www.metrolic.com/rats-rule-147687/


Bluebell's such a pretty girl, Ralfie has gone darker... and now very snuffly... starting to get worried about our old boy

Oh while we're on rats, anyone worked out a none stressful way of clipping nails, all of ours have been very unhappy when it's foot grooming time, only ever take off the tiniest bit at the very end just to remove the worst of the scratching.

Edited by Mubby on Friday 6th July 06:03

[tim2100]

Find'a'leaky said:

Oh while we're on rats, anyone worked out a none stressful way of clipping nails, all of ours have been very unhappy when it's foot grooming time, only ever take off the tiniest bit at the very end just to remove the worst of the scratching.

From my girlfriend-
Shouldn't really be clipping a Rats nails, however if your insistent on doing it then get a brick and wrap sandpaper around it and place it under the water bottle so they have to walk and scratch when they are drinking water.

[Mubby]

must admit ive never clipped or felt the need to clip thier nails!

[Mubby]

the babies are getting a bit of fluff on them now, they feel all soft and velvety, and turning more grey/blue than the black they first appeared to be, but the furr will be in soon and we will soon see!

a quick video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMqW7BfZa9g