Update on Litter

[shorty21030]

Well Ziva's litter is doing amazing. They will be 2 weeks old on wednesday, but I have to give props to Ziva with this being her first litter and there being 14 babies, all 14 babies are doing really good and very healthy :-)

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Ive noticed that there are 4 main colors

Black and white
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This lighter grayish color (if anyone knows what color this actually is let me know haha)
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All black
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This lighter grayish color again
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Ziva is such a good mom that she doesn't even care that I play with her babies :-) While I'm taking pictures and playing with the babies she's over drinking water not caring about anything
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[Tigerhawk]

Nice litter.

[AlexisFitzy]

Awww too cute! Look at all those fat little pups 😊 they look great!


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[Silvermastic]

Very cute. Can't wait to hold my own little babies again. They are such fun.

[shorty21030]

This is the first litter of rats that I have ever had to, I have done the ASFs but you couldn't play with them like how you can with these rats. I am just really happy that Ziva doesn't care that I pick up and touch the babies, it makes things so much easier.

[artgecko]

Hmm.. The "light greyish color" could either be blue (the dilute of black) or agouti... If the hairs are banded (have darker / lighter areas on each hair) then it is agouti. If they are a solid grey, then the color is called "blue". The patterns I am not very good at, but I think if the pup is mostly solid but with white feet / belly, then it is a "berkshire". If the pup has a lot of white with a colored heat / shoulders / stripe or spots down the back it is called "hooded", although to be a good hooded pattern it should have a stripe down the back that attaches to the hood.

Goodl uck with them, they look great! I have pet rats right now and am still on the fence about breeding them to start a feeder colony.. I'm thinking I'd have a hard time feeding off the pups.