Frozen!

[babygirl12]

Yesterday night, at about 6:00PM i went to check on my ratties. They were sleeping together in the shorts again, as usual  And i look inside to see them, and i picked them up (Ivory first) and i was holding her by my mom and Ivory would not move. The only thing moving was her littl whiskers. She was like laying in my hands and she wouldnt even move her head to look at anything. Lily was the same way.

Were they just tired or something?

[Amykins]

They might have been tired OR they were scared.  Don't read too much into it, they're probably just fine. 

[Nulien]

There was one time I went to pick Mittens up, and she was the same way... just laying there limp... but she was back to her normal self later on. Probably just really tired.

[babygirl12]

Ok.

But she wasnt limp, she just layed her stomach on my hand, and had her head up. 

I just thought they were just tired too.

[reedross]

She was probably scared............. that happened to me ONE time....... I had been at a friends house and had held their CAT - when I came home I went to hold one of the rats and he would move at all.  I believe he smelled the cat on me and it scared him - prey freezes, KWIM?

- April

[babygirl12]

yeah, i do have a cat. I might have just touched her before i touched the rats. 

[lilspaz68]

My rats go rigid when they are going into heat.  I wonder if it was that...were their eyes wide open?

[Topaz]

My double rex and my PEW do that everytime I wake them up from their hammock.  I think it's silly when they give me that "Just 5 more minutes" look. 

[babygirl12]

My rats go rigid when they are going into heat.  I wonder if it was that...were their eyes wide open?

Yes, i think they had their eyes wide open.