How can you tell

[PurplePython]

lol yeah with mice and rats you just have to look for the balls. ONe of my breeding male mice has the biggest set I have ever seen on a rodent.... It's almost gross that its so big.

When they are younger, they still have balls just its harder to tell. You can tell easier by raising their tails up. The males balls will be way more visible if you raise the tail when they are younger.

[alohareptiles]

even with his skivvies on... That male still looks obscene

lmao!!!!:o

[baller29]

Have no plans on breeding rats yet, but had to read this post.

[PyramidPythons]

If you want to tell the sex of pinkies or fuzzies, but can't see any nuts yet to tell the difference....you can always do the "spacing" method. Hold the rat so that it's butt is facing you, belly to the floor. Gently grasp the base of the rat's tail and lift it a little bit. If there is a large gap between the anus and their pee pee, it is a male. If the gap is very small...female. This is how I sex all of my rodents when they are a week old, I run a rattery here.

[Danounet]

So one of my male BPs still not eating and I have a rat sitting on a 10g.

I'm trying to find out its gender but I'm really lost. It's a small rat. I dont see any testicles, or not yet? also the "pee pee" is very spaced out. Almost to its belly, that's what throwing me off...

When do rats develop their testicles?

[kilabyte]

Anyone know if bp's have a preference to males of female rodents? Someone told me males where healthier for bps' becuase they had more calcium?? Anyone know this to be true?

[jzoot3d]

You mean like this







Yeah that was Bruce way to tell back in the days which I made a little fun of

lmao hilarious pictures

[bsash]

This is the most hilarious post that I have ever seen! Great pictures too.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

When do rats develop their testicles?

By age 3 weeks the testies start to drop.

[jben]

this should also help...
http://angelratdesigns.com/sexingrats.html