Some friends were visiting the other day and we went up to feed the animals since we were going to be staying at our friend's house that night and when all four of us went upstairs, we found Kasper's litter....dead. All but one of hers and her adopted pup were dead. Some she had nibbled on but that was probably because we were just getting around to feeding them for the day. So we put the surviving pups in with Doe who is about to have her 2nd litter. She has been nursing both pups but upon feeding them yesterday, we found the smaller pup dead, probably because Doe isn't producing any milk. The older pup is almost to weaning age and we've gotten him to eat solid food so he's doing fine.

When we found the smaller pup dead, we washed our hands (we have been washing our hands like crazy these past few days with the rats) and went to feed the other rats and found Luck, one of my adult females dead. All cagemates seem fine. Kasper seems fine as well. There are no signs of illness in any of the rats. The temps have been fine in the house, never going above 77 since we've kept the ac on these past few days.