One of my fancy rat mothers is giving birth to a bunch of stillborns. I kind of suspected something was wrong this morning because she was due this weekend but didn't build a nest. She had one live one that she seems to be taking care of, but so far I've seen two stillborns. I'm not sure what they do with them once they're out (eat them? bury them?). She seems okay besides that, but I suspect she knew something was wrong which was why she never bothered to make a nest.

I'm not sure if it was just Mother Nature in a bad mood, or perhaps the heat we've had recently. <sigh>