;DI volunteer at the San Francisco Animal Care and Control in the small animal room, and I occasionally foster young teen rat moms and their babies, as the shelter does not have the staff and capacity to socialize mom and her pinkies. On Saturday, 8/30, a lovely young mom gave birth to 12 babies. 2 babies didn't make it in the first 24 hrs, but mama milkbar, whom friends have named 'Brittany' (I watched her give birth that afternoon, and it was an 'oops I did it again' moment- 12 times!) is a great mom- all 10 little indians have big ole milk bellies. They'll be ready by early October- no sexes yet (I can't guess til they are about 2 wks), but a mixture of berkshires and hoodies- all dark eyed I believe.

Adoptions are through ACC- $15/piece, prefer them to go in same sex pairs, adoption fee includes the spueter when they are of age, etc etc- the usual drill. Feel free to email me with questions, or if you are so inclined to reserve any bubs. Please be aware that mom, who can't be more than 3-4 months, needs a home too.

Pictures!! (thanks Rattiemama and Rattiemama's hubby for doing a photo shoot while I was working!)

Brittany and her nursing bubs


pile 'o' love:


pile 'o' love, rear shot:


Baby says 'Please adopt me!' (I love that you can still see the dot where the umbilical cord was)

Aww. The mom is still a baby! That just breaks my heart. 

I wanted to let you know, I can't see the photo album because you have to have an account on the website to view it.

ok, I've taken my idiot hat off, I think...the link is working for me- will it work for anyone else?

Maybe mine is just causing me trouble...sometimes it likes to do that. It still says it doesn't work. I could try to search for 'em but that's a needle in a haystack trying to figure your keyword lol.

=^_^= Yay, not alone!

http://www.shutterfly.com/lightbox/view.sfly?fid=e5dd8a9cfd57749a3315f89dbf2f35f7

BABIES ARE 14 DAYS OLD TODAY, 9/13. They just can't wait for those eyes to open! I had a photoshoot last night, and they have become squirmy little bugs! Mama Brittany is much friendlier and calmer than when she first arrived; I think the stress of being brought to the shelter, having babies 5 days later, and having her and her newborns brought to my house that day was a huge amount to deal with, but she has a lot of resiliency! I hope her babies take after her in her intelligence and fortitude.

**some additional pics not on the album:
girl berk belly


another girl belly


the boy berk with the brown belly spot


the boy berk looks like he's on a stretching machine!


Brittany doing what she does all the time: nursing and cleaning

Double GRR! I'm so sorry i_heart_rats, I've never had a problem with PMs. I PM'ed you with my email, HOPEFULLY you received it and we can chat.

About what date do you think the babies will be available for adoption? ^_^

also, new pics in the album (remember, if it asks, the password is 'pawtucket')

http://share.shutterfly.com/share/received/album.sfly?sid=8CcNGTRs2bNMM&startIndex=0&fid=59562c7b7e4036a9f12f12eb75ef82b5

eyes open shots from 9/17

These babies and their mom are absolutely adorable!  i_heart_rats and I saw the babies Saturday and will be adopting the four boys.   The little ones climbed on us, licked us, tried to tunnel up our sleeves, and fell asleep in our laps.  They are all beautiful, playful and friendly, and Meeshski is taking wonderful care of them. The babies are still so little. I can't wait to see them again when they are ready to be adopted!

Hi,
Newbie here, so I can't PM you. I'm interested in one of your Berk female babies. Hopefully the one with the big white belly. I have a young female hairless that I'm trying to find a buddy for. I'm out of Redwood City and would be able to pick her up when ready. You can email me at neonstina at yahoo.com.

Thanks,
Christina

  Girl 4 has been reserved for 'stina's rat Harry (that's Harriet, folks!)***

more pics this weekend...

I'll PM you, we'll work something out.

some shots of the available girls:

This one is the most curious girl, the one to take on her brothers in wrestling fights, and the one who knows the call for snack:


This one is pretty calm, and is similar in markings to Neonstina's girl.



wriggle wriggle-out of focus again! this girl has the teeniest brown dot on her white belly- no photo has been able to capture it, but in person, you can see it


a few group shots:
they are starting to nap away from mom:

 
but that's not the preference: