I am fostering a dbl rex that my daughter is adopting, who had a litter of babies, that died, but she was going through a VERY stressful situation.  We got her out of there 4 days after she'd had her first litter. The girl that had them said she and the male were too"depressed"apart, so put them back together, knowing full well she would get pregnant again.  She went to the rescue for a little over a week, the vet couldnt work her in for an e-spay, so she came her to go through her pregnancy.  Well we had 10 beautiful babies.  Being the nervous grandma I am, She had them yesterday, and they had wonderful milk bands...on my little check over today, i didnt see anything that resembled milkbands.  Do these change color/pass from site, etc, or is there problems with her milk?
Please anyone that can answer, please let me know.  I am used to fostering the seniors with health issues, pregnant/new mom rats are a whole differant thing for me, and I havent been able to find the answer from anyone.
thanks
Nona

Keep checking all day long.  For the first day I saw almost no milkbands and I think that the milk gets digested and goes through quickly so you won't see a milkband until they feed again.  Does she go to suckle them and they get quiet?

I hope the wee-est  ones do okay and glad to hear about Milk Bellies!! 

Can I stop praying to the Milk Gods now?   

I also have a young rescue momma on her 2nd litter at home   Right after birth she weighed 166 grams and had 8 eepers, although the runt died in less than 24 hours.

My Sweetie is only 5" long.  I am tracking the eeper's weights from Day 9 on, and even now at Day 18, my largest is 35 g and my teeny girl is 22 g.

Fingers crossed for your teeny ones too!!!