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Pinky mice vs pinky rats

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  • 10-31-2006, 11:32 AM
    frankykeno
    Re: Pinky mice vs pinky rats
    How odd. All my pups are opening their eyes by day 14 or 15, are fully furred and their ears are erect or almost so. Usually by day 20 they are racing around eating out of mom's food dish, drinking from the water bottle, though of course still harrassing mom for nursing (being the little leeches they are LOL).
  • 10-31-2006, 12:41 PM
    Pork Chops N' Corn Bread
    Re: Pinky mice vs pinky rats
    I call them pinks until they get hair then they are fuzzies, pups, weanlings. Rats I refer to as small, medium, large, XLarge. and XXLarge. Mice IMO are just either adults or pinks, fuzzies, pups, weanlings. I don't do the small adults, large adult, and XL adult because they all look the same to me
  • 10-31-2006, 03:44 PM
    SnakeySnakeSnake
    Re: Pinky mice vs pinky rats
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by frankykeno
    How odd. All my pups are opening their eyes by day 14 or 15, are fully furred and their ears are erect or almost so. Usually by day 20 they are racing around eating out of mom's food dish, drinking from the water bottle, though of course still harrassing mom for nursing (being the little leeches they are LOL).

    Mine are probably just closing their eyes and folding their ears back to trick mom and get extra milk :)

    But seriously, I have noticed differences amonth different lines, so it could be mine are just freaks :)
  • 10-31-2006, 05:58 PM
    TekWarren
    Re: Pinky mice vs pinky rats
    I agree with the timeline of around 2 weeks for eye opening...I would be concerned if it took close to a month!

    As you said could be strange genetics in the lines your working with but still seems like a long time.
  • 10-31-2006, 07:02 PM
    SnakeySnakeSnake
    Re: Pinky mice vs pinky rats
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by TekWarren
    I agree with the timeline of around 2 weeks for eye opening...I would be concerned if it took close to a month!

    As you said could be strange genetics in the lines your working with but still seems like a long time.

    18-20 days isnt exactly close to a month :)

    But 14 days? I cant count the number of times I've had pups, with their eyes closed and ears flat back, that weighed 35-50 grams. I will mark a few and watch them close, but I think 18-20 days is the normal timeline for my guys.
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