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Is she pregnant? Let's find out!! :D
So my black berkshire ratty might be pregnant. I just got her, and she is still young, so she may be pregnant with her first litter as I picked her up from another breeder. Not the best practices, but the ratty is healthy and looks great so I'm pretty happy.
Anyway, she is only 8 oz right now. I know a good way to track pregnancy is by weight. If she steadily gains weight, I'm guessing she is, but we will have to see.
Behavior wise, she doesn't seem interested in the male and vise versa. She has been friendly. She feels a little fat to the belly, a little bit firm but not overly so. She is in the corner and has made a nice simple nest, that only has shallow sides. Something that I think a non-pregnant rat would make, but again I'm a novice!!!
Now, my other female is a bit smaller than the berkshire, and she was actively teasing the male. They slept together a few nights. Now that the new female is here, they are often in their own corner but no fighting at all. I check on them very often as I have been on vacation.
Anyway, I would love thoughts and comments.
Besides the fact that they are still pretty young, but it's better to breed them at this size than at 6 weeks old that's for sure!
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Re: Is she pregnant? Let's find out!! :D
Impossible to tell if she is pregnant at this point, but if she's been in with a male, she's probably pregnant. Judging by the pictures, she is not heavily pregnant. She is most likely just making a sleeping nest.
She is not a Berkshire, by the way. Berkshires should have a completely white stomach, extending to the feet and tail. She's is probably an Irish Marked, they generally have a large white area on the belly.
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Oh, okay !!! Thanks for that info about the coloring :D Good to hear my nest making intuition was right on. Non pregnant rat nest lol.
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I never realized there were so many different rats???
Mine are all just food LOL
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Pregnant momma rats gotta love em :P
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/PICT9230.jpg
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/PICT3058.jpg
Since you like Siamese here's a pic of one of my Black eyed Siamese girls
If you get them to stretch out for a treat like this you can see the belly pooch even in the early stages :)
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/PICT3003.jpg
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Siamese?? Looks like the 40 or 50 I got out in my shed:D
I get some blues or blue/white every now and then and some black/white cow spotted ones.
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Re: Is she pregnant? Let's find out!! :D
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Originally Posted by PitOnTheProwl
Siamese?? Looks like the 40 or 50 I got out in my shed:D
I get some blues or blue/white every now and then and some black/white cow spotted ones.
Yes Siamese, I make them in pink, red, ruby and black eyes ;)
Pink eyed Siamese Rex coat male, love his eyes :)
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/PICT3963.jpg
Heck I even make them in Dwarf size :P
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/PICT7776.jpg
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Re: Is she pregnant? Let's find out!! :D
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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl
Oh my...why post that last picture of the Black Eyed Siamese? There should be some kind of cuteness warning before posting such things. I'm so jealous of your BES and Burmese!
I thought I bred the dwarf rats out of my colony, bred two completely unrelated lines together and ended up with about 70% dwarfs. I'm not a huge fan of the dwarf genes in rats because I like the larger variety. However, for whatever reason, dwarf rats have such cute little faces! :)
I just have a Ruby/Red eyed line and an interesting Pink eyed line of Siamese. The babies are born orange (and I mean orange). They look like fawns as babies.
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Interesting, one of my Siamese at about 10 days old :P
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...l/PICT8067.jpg
*Sorry for hijacking the thread Jessica :oops:
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Re: Is she pregnant? Let's find out!! :D
I'll snap a shot of one of the Pink Eyed Siamese babies next litter I have. The Red/Ruby eyed throws creamy brown and dark sable brown pups. Of course they all end up getting their points, but it's actually the creamy brown pups that end up with the darkest points.
Oh...and AWWWWWW! Baby wrats are so cute. They are a weakness of mine. :)
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I can't help but "AWWWW" at the pregnant mommas and cute little ratties. It really just makes me want to breed my girls so badly. But I have to hold off for a couple months. :oops:
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OMG I didn't even know this thread was going on so long! I never got an email!!!
I LOVE the siamese pics!!!! Keep em coming ;D
The little dwarf is too cute for words. Black eyed and everything.
I found someone in Kansas that breeds siamese rats, but I haven't heard back from her :( I am hoping I can convince her to sell me one but I'm not so sure ....
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Re: Is she pregnant? Let's find out!! :D
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Originally Posted by Jessica Loesch
I found someone in Kansas that breeds siamese rats, but I haven't heard back from her :( I am hoping I can convince her to sell me one but I'm not so sure ....
If you ever make it through San Antonio I could hook you up on some.
:taz::taz::taz:Now yall are gonna make me go out to the shed and check eye color too!!!!! I dont even know my wife's eye color and I have had her for 20+ years LOL:taz::taz::taz:
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haha I only wish :) I need a beach vacation....
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Re: Is she pregnant? Let's find out!! :D
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OMGGGGG Love those ratties! The nose blaze black is amazing, I love him/her.
Today, I saw my male mounting both of the females when I got home. :banana:
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Ok Jerry, I have got to get together with you some time and pick up and agouti dumbo rex buck and maybe a blue or Siamese dwarf buck! I need some new blood anyway!
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Re: Is she pregnant? Let's find out!! :D
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Originally Posted by Sama
Ok Jerry, I have got to get together with you some time and pick up and agouti dumbo rex buck and maybe a blue or Siamese dwarf buck! I need some new blood anyway!
:D If I can help I certainly will.
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Jessica Loesch
Today, I saw my male mounting both of the females when I got home.
Woot, 23 days or so till babies :gj:
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Does that most likely mean that today is the day I can start countdown from? or will he continue to breed through pregnancy?
She was doing the whole arch back thing and such, and if they have only been together for a few days, week at most, so I'm just curious...
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If you saw them breeding over and over today then most likely yes the countdown can proceed :)
Sometimes the females will allow the male to breed them even though they are pregnant, but not usually for long.
As she progresses into her 2nd week pregnancy she will start refusing him, rolling on her back and squealing and generally running from him every time he pursues her.
Eventually the males gives up or get their butts beat in their failed pursuit :P
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Awesome. I can probably say my black female is for sure pregnant then because she was refusing, but the beige hooded was a hornball tonight. SWEET. I wonder how far along the black girl is, probably only a week or two. Woo hoo!
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