6 Days Now....

[paulandashia]

The Babies are 6 days old now.  I have been trying to take photos of them growing since their birth.  I Missed day #5.
It took a bit of time to work out a routine, and we finally have it down to an art.
Mama comes out to play, and I gather her and Auntie Sabrina up and put them in a separate tank.
Then the Babies can come out and get photographed.
Page seems to be doing a VERY good job.  If she's not out paying with Antie Sabrina, she's inside taking care of her munchkins.

Anyhow, I made them their own Photobucket page, and I am creating a new album for each day.
http://s383.photobucket.com/albums/oo275/pagesfirstlitter/

Below is a comparison picture.  Slightly modified.

Seeing them so teeny weeny, it's Hard to believe the girls in the bunch can get pregnant in about a month!  Ugh!  LoL
They are starting to get a bit of peach-fuzz growing.  So cute!  My little Butter-Balls! 

[leaveittoweaver]

I think baby rats are the cutest thing in the world<3

[Pink]

I'm happy to see the litter growing up well!  Their looking like a bunch of PEWs and Himis at this point, but you may end up with a surprise or two.

Have you tried sexing?

My girls that I had nearly given up hope on have suddenly rebounded, and my vet and I have decided to try some new things, so I don't know if I will have room for any now.  But, if you have an extra girl or two... (I have 10 up here, so a single adoption won't be lonely).

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[paulandashia]

1, 2, 3, take as many as you want. LoL
I know they will go to a good home. 
You can have your pick of the litter.

And no, I have not tried sexing yet.
I'm thinking about taking a picture of each baby, and posting to see if someone can tell me which one is which! LOL
It would be nice to know how many of each I have.  LoL

[Mana]

Eee! I'm glad everything went well, and congrats on the eepers! I've been out of the loop with rat forum down 

[Pink]

I recommend posting some pictures, there are a lot of experienced sexers on this board.  Just change the topic title to show that you could use some help sexing!

I'm thinking I should be able to find rides for the rats at Thanksgiving, so they will be 7 weeks old.  This is IF and only IF I decide I can take on some more.  I don't know.  I am still looking around for possible owners up here, but you seem to be having good luck down there so far.

Can you possibly find a way to get some down to Soldotna?  Theirs another board member down there who is trying to find rats right now, but doesn't have the ability to transport them herself.  Her parent's don't find the rats worth the drive, and she doesn't know any other way.  I'm sure she will be a great owner, she has had rats in the past.  That would be a good 4.5 hour drive for you, but maybe you know someone who is willing to do part of it?

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[paulandashia]

Looks like I have some COLOR in the bunch!
Very light, but it's there!!!  I tried to take some photos, but they didn't come out all that great!
You can still see the color, although the flash really washed it out!!!

BTW:  I did post a photo of each Baby's "parts".  Hoping someone will be able to tell me the gender of each one...

[Pink]

I see the color!  Is it just the one?  I assume its your keeper...  (if not, I may have to snatch when you aren't looking...)

My himi I've had since a baby (the other two were rescues at 12 and 20 months old) had a stripe up the back like that.  Does that baby have a hood at all?  I don't know much about colors, for quite obvious reasons.

Exciting!

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[Pink]

Oh, and you can change the title of your thread by editing it in the first post, so others know there are new pics.

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[kalijo]

Can you possibly find a way to get some down to Soldotna?  Theirs another board member down there who is trying to find rats right now, but doesn't have the ability to transport them herself.  Her parent's don't find the rats worth the drive, and she doesn't know any other way.  I'm sure she will be a great owner, she has had rats in the past.  That would be a good 4.5 hour drive for you, but maybe you know someone who is willing to do part of it?

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If you do know of anyone willing to do part, my dad might be able to take me part way also as long as I help with gas money, so I will start saving now just in case. I will also ask family members and friends if they could drive.

Anyways... I call dibs on some color! I am really hoping there's a few himi girls because I would love to have one himi and one PEW.

[Pink]

I think every single person who wants these babies wants dibs on the color...  Though I'll give you dibs over me on himis, as I do have three of them.

Second thought - it could be long after all the babies are distributed when we know which ones are himis...

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[paulandashia]

There is actually 4 babies that look like they are going to have color.  2 of each (boy & girl).  The darkest one is the Girl (the pne in the photos), she does show a bit of a hood, and more than likely, will be my "keeper".  We will see.   I'm not 100% on it yet.

I wish I could find someone with the plain Agouti ("Natural-brown"?) Coloring babies.  I would LOOOOVE to have, what some people might call, a "Plain" brown boy and a girl.  That's my favorite coloring.  I dont really care for hooded (Sorry), etc.
I LOOOOOVE the Whites and the Agouti.    (I'm weird!)

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And also, I can do part if you want. I live over an hour's drive from Anchorage, and would be willing to meet up somewhere between Anchorage and the Alyeska Ski-Resort turn-off.  I don't have studs on my car yet, and don't know if I will, but I'm willing to drive 2 hours each way. Can't do more than that, as I DO have 2 children, and will have to hire a sitter.
It would also need to be in the middle of the week sometime.  Tuesday, wednesday, or a thursday, as those are the ONLY days I'm not working. (I work weekends).
I can post on Craigslist, and see if anyone is driving from Wasilla, or Anchorage, to Soldotna, maybe they wouldn't mind taking the babes along.  I dont know what else to suggest... 

[Twixter]

They're so precious. I miss having littler eepers to play with. There's nothing like watching a ritten grow from a tiny, pink, wriggling thing into a bouncy fuzzball. ^.^

[kalijo]

There is actually 4 babies that look like they are going to have color.  2 of each (boy & girl).  The darkest one is the Girl (the pne in the photos), she does show a bit of a hood, and more than likely, will be my "keeper".  We will see.   I'm not 100% on it yet.

I wish I could find someone with the plain Agouti ("Natural-brown"?) Coloring babies.  I would LOOOOVE to have, what some people might call, a "Plain" brown boy and a girl.  That's my favorite coloring.  I dont really care for hooded (Sorry), etc.
I LOOOOOVE the Whites and the Agouti.    (I'm weird!)

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And also, I can do part if you want. I live over an hour's drive from Anchorage, and would be willing to meet up somewhere between Anchorage and the Alyeska Ski-Resort turn-off.  I don't have studs on my car yet, and don't know if I will, but I'm willing to drive 2 hours each way. Can't do more than that, as I DO have 2 children, and will have to hire a sitter.
It would also need to be in the middle of the week sometime.  Tuesday, wednesday, or a thursday, as those are the ONLY days I'm not working. (I work weekends).
I can post on Craigslist, and see if anyone is driving from Wasilla, or Anchorage, to Soldotna, maybe they wouldn't mind taking the babes along.  I dont know what else to suggest... 

My dad would probably go for meeting up in Anchorage, or even Wasilla as long as I give $75 or so for gas. I'll talk to him tonight when he gets home.

[kalijo]

So, I have some great news. My dad will drive!!! He said he would prefer to do it on a Saturday, but since it's not for another month or so, so we can plan all that stuff later. He said that if just him and I go, I pay the $100 for gas. But if my mom (and possibly brother and sister) goes with us, I will only have to pay half the gas money.
 

[paulandashia]

OMGosh that's GREAT!
Yeeeyyyyy!!!!!!

And I have some GGRRREEEEEAT news for you too!
Looks like I found 3 more babies that have some color to them!
So there are 4 total!    One of them is BOUND to be a girl!!! 
I took some photos.  Will post in just a bit.

Looks like you'll get at least one Himi after all..!!! 

[kalijo]

You have no idea how excited I am to bring those babies home!

I was thinking.... maybe, though very, very unlikely... I could try to talk my parents into letting me get 2 girls AND 2 boys, since nobody wants boys so far. I'll keep all my fingers crossed... but my parents aren't particularly fond of ratties. (they're crazy!)

[paulandashia]

Well you never know.  It never hurts to ask!

And it's different once they meet them too.

Let them see the photos of the pups now that they have hair on them!  (Avoid the nude, pink shots!)  Most people think they're grose!
Pups are irresistable.!!!

I'm looking for my USB cord so I can download the ones I took last night.

[kalijo]

I already showed my mom the nude ones, she thought it was neat that there's one with color, but she said "that doesn't make them smell any better"

I asked her about getting 3 girls or 2 boys and 2 girls and she said no. I'll show her the super cute fuzzy baby pics though! That might help.

[Pink]

Its been two days since you went looking for that usb cord...

Hopefully its not lost and I can have cute baby pictures tonight   How are they all doing?

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[paulandashia]

Found the Cord!  LoL
My 20 month old sent it for a swim down the porcelain express! LOL
I had to let it dry for a bit.  LOL
I just added a BUNCH more photos, and also posted another update.

5 Babies with COLOR!  Can you BELIEVE IT...?.?.?

[kalijo]

WOW. I was expecting just that one to have color! Well that's awesome!

I have my Rat Manor all set up! I'm going to be sewing like crazy these next few weeks. I can't wait!