spring arrivals.

slithermama · 04-24-12, 02:20 PM

my female rat , Caramel gave birth to 7 beautiful lil pups on april 20th. and this morning my older female (matriarch) gave birth to a woopin 16 big healthy pups. i am a proud grandma.
this is the first litter born to the second in command of my female rats Caramel.

i dont have pics of martha ( matriarch female) yet she is still pretty firm on staying with them for a bit longer.

alessia55 · 04-24-12, 02:23 PM

aww congrats on the babies

slithermama · 04-24-12, 02:25 PM

thanks i am so proud of caramel, she had the babies like a pro lol. and martha dropped all 16 in like half hour . wish it was that easy when i had my kids lolz.

slithermama · 04-24-12, 02:39 PM

here is a pic of Caramel with her lil pups.

exwizard · 04-24-12, 02:43 PM

Awww so cute. New arrivals are always great. Congratulations

bushsnake · 04-24-12, 03:04 PM

i have a suggestion, take some from the larger litter and give it to the female with the smaller litter...female rats dont have 16 nipples...that way they will all have.. well you know

exwizard · 04-24-12, 03:07 PM

I like that idea. This way all the babies are well fed.

CK SandBoas · 04-24-12, 03:48 PM

Congrats on the new arrivals! They are so tiny

slithermama · 04-26-12, 09:16 AM

i just put 3 babies in with my young mama and that evened out the 2 litters to 10 each. i was wrong about the amount my older female had , there was 13 in her litter and 7 in the other.

svenkat24 · 05-03-12, 01:08 PM

What do you do with all those rats?

slithermama · 05-04-12, 08:10 AM

i use some for snake food and some the others i give away for pets, i have kept a few in the past for pets myself.