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Thank you so much!

  My mom doesn't get out of work until nearly five hours from now, at like six....
And, my sister says I should go to bed....Uh....What do you do in a situation like this, when your mom and sister doesn't think this is such a big deal? 

I would get her to the vet ASAP just to get a proper diagnosis, but it doesn't sound good.  :/  I wish I could be more reassuring. 

In Quinn's litter, there were 4 babies, and all but 1 had it.  The one that did not have it is still alive and thriving (She's still with me.) but the babies that did have it were either high-white (had a blaze) or were splotchy.  I have no idea how it would be noticeable in hairless rats, but if it's shown up in her I would imagine the others would either be showing signs, or noticeably had it by now.  It's a genetic problem, so the risk is there.  It may be a good idea that if it is confirmed in her, that you contact the adopters just to let them know what to look out for, and have the other babies checked out.  If it's later-onset MC, and it's not a severe case, there are things you can do and the rats can lead relatively normal lives, they just need special diets and enemas.

Mystery Science Theater 3000

YES YES YES!
I used to watch this all the time. I seriously still can't believe what horrible horrible movies they found. My favorite, and I can't remember it's name, was a japanese movie where Santa Claus was destroying the earth.  I kid you not!

Is this still on as re-runs? I haven't seen it on TV in forever, although they may have moved it to a channel I don't get...

No longer on as reruns, but you can buy it on DVD, there are TONS of them out.  Also, if you check out CinematicTitanic.com, Joel Hodgson and some of the people from the original show are doing basically the same thing without the robots.  He funded the entire thing himself due to popular demand for MORE!!! 

I love their names! Although I have to know what he did to deserve the name Hamnpork lol.

Well, good luck honey.  I hope it isn't hurting too badly =/  You might consider a compress on your throat to ease the pain if it is.

I don't know....I think my mom gets out of work in a bit...

I moved her to her own cage earlier today so I could watch her. I actually brought her home with me, so I can watch her better.
 Compared to the boys she sleeps alot more.
 She is pooing on her own, its a dark greenish color and its mushy.Its a bit longer in shape then the others.

I'm noit sure how fast her middle has been growing, since I dont see them everyday and theres so many,so its kind of hard to keep track of everyone and how fast they are growing,but I noticed the other day she had a big belly.

If one has it,whats the chance of others having it? All but 4 boys and 2 girls were adopted, and we would really hate for someone to call in telling us one if their rats died.

Sorry I just kind of scrolled through and didn't read the posts.

When I was younger and the dentist said I needed braces my mom shopped around a lot.  She was referred by my dentist to go to the "best orthodontist" in town.  He wanted me to get all kinds of metal put into my mouth.  We were talking about 6 years of treatment if not more.

My mom shopped around and found a new guy that cut most of that stuff out and still gave me perfect teeth (they're a little crooked now because of wisdom teeth and not wearing retainers though). 

It's probably good to shop around and find out what they'll charge.  Headgear costs A LOT of money and it seems like an orthodontist will throw it at you saying you need it when really you don't.  It's just money to them.

I am certain you have ratnapped, because that certainly cannot be the same boy in the "old" pictures