my first keeper

[jben]

I can't wait until I start breeding rats, seems so much more convinient.

Very cute little rat, I'm sure there will be more keepers as you go

Thanks, We'll try not to keep anymore than we need, but we'll see how that goes...LOL

They look a tiny bit small, but nothing severe. I'd add scraps around the house to your females diet. Making a cereal/dry noodle mix and feed them chicken bones, eggs, mealworms, high quality dog food, etc, will help. All of these are good for fattening and some are great for the protein, which mommy ratties need.

All in all, they look pretty chubby. If she had a large litter or she's a first time mommy, that could also be why they are on the smaller size.

Thank you. This is a first time mommy, the only thing we add is carrots to the diet. I did not think that i had to add anything alse when being fed Mazuri. I'll definetely start adding more scraps. Also, i forgot to mention that this is not her litter, i gave them to her when the other first time mommy was killing them, both litters were 1 week apart so i put them together, that's another post that i had.