How Old is this rat?

How old would you say this rat is?

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../2/9/6/rat.jpg

And if its a male, how old are they when their balls drop?

Its prolly around 7 or 8 months at least. If it doesn't have balls now, it's most likely a female.

2-3 months

If its 2-3months old would its balls have already dropped?

5-8 weeks.

we see goolies at a few days but there is no dobt in my mind as to which are male by 2 to 3 weeks of age

maybe you have cold hands?

the rat looks to be 2 almost 3 months (10'ish weeks) as it still has a slight bit of fuzz

do you have a scale? gram weight?

2-3 months? Rats molt way earlier than that... Around 5-6 weeks of age.

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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl

2-3 months? Rats molt way earlier than that... Around 5-6 weeks of age.

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Agreed, at the time of the photo it probably was 5-6 weeks of age. :D

rats moult throughout life, the most visually drastic typically occurs around 6 to 8 weeks but often a fair amount of fluff remains until just before 3rd month. By third month most all of that "baby fluff" is gone (in standard coats of course)

This is just a statement of what I have witnessed & not saying anyone is more or less correct. Some rats go through a drastic moult as early as 4 weeks & others go through that patchy period where most people think they have some sort of special tri-color rat as late as 3 to 4 months.

The weight of rat would help determine age best, but even then...

At the end of the day... there is no recognizable size comparison. The person holding the rat could have hands the size of The Hulk or smaller than a 10 year old.

Who knows?

Thanks for all the answers. For size comparison, my hands are pretty big i guess, im 6'5 210 so i guess my hands are big