Im a proud papa of 13 ratties. They are a couple of weeks old already. Quick story about my wife and kids. Out of all the critters Ive had it was hardest to convince wife to get the rats. I finally convinced her by showing here a dumbo which she thought was cute so I got a dumbo male and a regular female.
When the babies were born, my wife and kids fell in love with them, they spend so much time with them, help me with their cleanup and handle the adult rats and babies daily. We all feel bad I am going to have to euthanize most of them to feed to my sankes :(. But we cant keep them all.
I thought the hooded rat genes were dominant, I didnt get any hoodies, not that it matters just wondering, most of them are like the dad, and 4 of them are black.
I did a boo boo, I failed to take male out when the babies were born and she got pregnant right away again, I have several other cages for the weaned rats and the male now to prevent another preganancy to soon. since the day they were born the adults have never tried biting us or even become overly protective of the babies.
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