First litter

Oh and don't be surprised if you find fuzzies all over the place in their enclosure. They get really determined to not let go of the teat and poor mother rat will just drag them along when she goes to eat and drink, shedding them along the way. Eventually one brave (albeit still blind yet) little bugger will lead the way in the "Assault on Nest Hill" whereby they waddle madly after mom if they haven't managed to do the hang on for dear life thing on her teat and she's left the nest. Some make the climb, others fall over on their fat butts, but they are all determined to get as much out of momma rat as they can! LOL Fuzzies are goofy!

:8: Oh my!!! I thought it was the kids yelling that. ;) Thanks Jo! They do stagger quite a bit, I thought they found my mudslide stash. :D

I have noticed mom is building a higher and higher wall to keep the little boogers in. lol. I've already noticed a stray one here or there. Sometimes I stick em back but they get back eventually even if I don't intervene! She's a good mommy! Although I can understand the urge to eat your children ... well every now and then you just have that urge! :rofl:

too true... too true!

my litter is so darned cute i don't know what to do. turns out we have 4 males and 2 females. and almost all of them are rex... that curlie hair on those little mini ratties... turns me to a pile o mush!

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

too true... too true!

my litter is so darned cute i don't know what to do. turns out we have 4 males and 2 females. and almost all of them are rex... that curlie hair on those little mini ratties... turns me to a pile o mush!

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ppsssstttt!! Where's the pics!! :please:

well... since it is YOUR thread and you are begging... i'll post them here :D

i love the rex (curly) hair on these little ones. they are so gentle and loving... they just LOVE to be held. esp since my 7 yr old holds them about 20 times a day LOL

we are keeping the black rex and a silky hooded with the striping down her back. (the 2nd from the bottom and the top ratties in the first pic) the rest are males. i wish we didn't have to feed them... as they are sooooooooo adorable!

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images...s/ratties2.jpg

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images...s/ratties1.jpg

:aww: They've gotten so big. :O WOW! They are super cute! :love:

Very nice litter Aleesha. If you really don't want to feed them off you could sell those two rex males as a pair for pets. They are so cute you'd likely find someone who would want them (pls always sell rats meant for pets in same gender pairs if you can).

jo,

unfortunately nothing is guaranteed here... all rats and mice are sold as pets/feeders in the bins at the petstores here.

the kids and i talked about that. we are going to send out some emails and see if anyone is interested in adopting them... the good news (or perhaps bad news) is we are using the same mama for breeding and since she's rex chances are, we are going to have every litter AS adorable as this one and if i want to actually feed my snakes... i'm going to have to use some cuties for food. :) :(

Oh okay somehow I got confused that you weren't breeding for feeders after all LOL (more coffee Juan!) Well cute or not they'll make good healthy food for your snakes and that is after all the natural way of things.