appropriate weight gain?

what should they be gaining if they are pregnant?
whats normal weight gain for rats in general?

thanks.

You know I've never tracked weights on any of my preggo female rats. Basically when they get to the point where I mutter "holy ****, that rat gets any bigger it's gonna explode!!!" then I know they are about big enough and ready to deliver. :D

lol, ok ill keep that in mind

Besides which Ash, you and I have both had kids. Can you imagine anyone saying how heavy a 9 month gone female human gets....we'd waddle over and kill em...or at least sit on them while we ate chocolate and whined about our swollen ankles!!! I hate to embarrass my lady rats LOL.

I never understood why they weighed you first and THEN took your blood pressure. Even when I wasn't pregnant, I didn't appreciate it. :ohmygod:

Cuz they are sick puppies with freaky senses of humor! Same reason they invented stirrups and backless examining gowns....buncha wierdos!

Personally I always enjoyed the labor room nurses who asked how "we" were doing.

"Well hon....we are just freakin jim dandy...one of "us" is laying here in a considerable amount of PAIN...and one of "us" better get her butt back out that door!" :mad:

I just about beat the nurse when she hands my husband a glass of ice water, and hands me one full of ice chips. I told my husband to give me his water. He tried to reason with me (silly man) that the nurse said I couldn't have it. I told him he could either give me his water or I was getting up and getting my own. Needless to say he handed his over. :wuv:

You don't think we were being unreasonable do ya? :giggle:

lol, you guys are sooooo friggin funny!!!! i didnt mind beign weighed, once i got over 200lbs i didnt care anymore i laughed lol.. i gained like 80lbs with my second son, thankfully ive burned it all off now (hes 1½) but at the time i found it rather humerous once i got over being mortified!!! at least i only had one at a time instead of a dozen!!! besides, i got to cheat i had two c-sections.. with my first son i labored on pitocin for 11hrs before the ob said "listen hes obviously not coming were going to go in and get him" by then i was just thankfull to have him OUT lmao!!!

Christie when a woman is in the final stage of labor...NOTHING we do is unreasonable....everyone else is completely unreasonable and should be smacked with a stick.....just sayin'....LOL

When they are ready to deliver they look like wobbling pears, its hilarious but you can tell they are miserable, i feel so bad though... But i make sure and give them more treats then usuall when its all over.