How can you tell if a rat is pregnant?

Is she fat or pregnant? I can't tell and she refuses to pee on the EPT stick.

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Haha, ept. She is gonna blow any day now. ;)

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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl

Haha, ept. She is gonna blow any day now. ;)

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I'll add them to the other 150 or so I have at the moment.:D

Preggers....definitely. :)

days three....still getting bigger. About to build a bomb shelter.

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Watch for her to build a big nest, rest more, eat less and do a lot of butt end licking. That's usually the signs that delivery is very close. Sometimes you'll even see the "dead rat" pose where a female will lay flat out on her back and you swear she's kicked the bucket on you. I guess it relieves pressure on their big swollen belly but it sure gives you a shock when you first see one of them sprawled over like that.

You'll have to let us know how many she has. :)

we should start a pool

I am betting 12.

I have had as high as 19 already

13. ;)

Found her dead this morning, I am betting she had a still birth.

sorry about the loss :(

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Originally Posted by suzuki4life

Found her dead this morning, I am betting she had a still birth.

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Are you sure she was dead?

Looks like she is ready to pop to me.

Edit - Sorry just read the post that she died. Sorry to hear that. I have had that happen a few times too.

i wasn't expecting that :( sorry to hear that she didnt make it.

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

Are you sure she was dead?

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other rats started eating on her.

damn that sucks