Hi Becky - Thanks for the info. I thought I had read everything and had it all covered

So I separated them first thing this morning. Good thing is I dont think the boys had anything to do with the girls anyways. The boys dont leave eachothers side and want not much to do with the girls.

I don't know how old they are, this is my first time with rats and when I was at the petstore talking to them about what I was going to do they said they were fine to breed

How do I know if she is carrying megacolon? Can I have her tested? She is my favorite out of all of them

I weighed them both this morning and they were around 165 - 175G, so I will wait for them to grow.


Quote Originally Posted by SatanicIntention
Please don't breed those girls... They are much too small and couldn't possibly produce a healthy litter yet. Like a 12 year old getting pregnant... She CAN, but is it a good thing?

Separate them before they get pregnant. They only look to be around 2-3 months old, maybe.

You also really shouldn't breed the fawn colored girl. She is an odd-eye, she has a wedge-blaze, and she's also a husky. She's a high-white marked rat that could possibly be carrying megacolon. All of those color patterns/markings are a very high risk.

The hooded is fine, but too young. Stick with self(one solid color), berkshires(white feet and white tummy), irish(white marking on chest), or hooded. You won't have problems when breeding those. Megacolon babies rarely pop up in litters from rats with those markings, unless the line carries it anyway.

So please, separate them immediately, and don't let that fawn girl get pregnant.