new family member

[marmie]

Patrick . . . too cute! I'm for sure hitting you up when I have the room. I was thinking 2 males though?????

[dmaricle]

well she had 11 babies about 3 or 4 weeks ago but only 2 are alive i guess its true that they have nursing problems.

[dmaricle]

but the two that made it are doing awesome.

[marmie]

well she had 11 babies about 3 or 4 weeks ago but only 2 are alive i guess its true that they have nursing problems.

Ah, so sorry to hear that! Thanks for keeping us updated.

[dmaricle]

Ah, so sorry to hear that! Thanks for keeping us updated.

i pretty much expected her to loose some but not that many. and some lived for about a week and a half and then they just dissapeared not a drop of blood or anything i guess she ate them.
oh but she loves the two that are left.

[RoyalGuardian]

Hee hee Hairless anythings are funky! but as they say Bald is beautiful! good luck with your new baby and I hope for your hearts sake that she lives longer than 18 months... I got my fingers crossed for you!

[dmaricle]

thanks!!!

[littleindiangirl]

Yeah that's the sad thing about them My sister has a blue hooded hairless, beautiful blue skin! But she's a year old now and has been having a lot of tumors comming to the surface and rupturing. My little sis puts some meds on it and she's fine for the next month till it all happens again. It's weird. She's a fantastic rat though!

I don't think those are tumors, tumors shouldnt come to the surface, rupture open and go away. That's an infection like a cyst or absess full of pus.

Rats do have short life spans, only about 2-3 years. Their reproductive lives are short (only about 15 months of age or so), before they reach menopause.