Sorry...

Please excuse the poor image quality. The iPhone is so easy to just grab and shoot pics with. better than nothing!

Day 5

Up Down Up Down

oh i have a funny story
last night
cupid was playing with a piece of rope from their hanging toy. she would carry it up to the 3rd or 2nd level of the cage, drop it all the way to the bottom, go back down, carry it back up, drop it, go back down….

you get the idea XD she did this quite a few times. such a silly girl. lucky was just laying around, probably watching cupid, thinking about how silly she was acting.

i think i need to find some new things for them to play with and explore. she may be a bit bored

Day 4

We only counted 12 today for some reason. Ah well...12 is still oodles of babies

How the Ratty Family is Doing...

Now...I have heard a lot about the parents being mean when it comes to having babies around. Not so with mine. I still handle Lucky and Cupid as easily as ever and can remove the bed of babies without them even batting an eyelash. I have also handled the babies and have not had any problems with mommy and daddy rejecting them afterward.

I have also heard about removing males for some reason but Lucky is a GREAT father. He and Cupid will take turns keeping the babies warm and cleaning them or they will sit, snuggled up next to each other by the little bed the babies are in. It's all extremely adorable.

I also found an extra amazing snack for my rats. Mealworms. Lucky and Cupid will battle it out for one of these. It's only a snack though so one every day or so depending o their size. They smell and are "juicy" messy and too many would probably be excessive protein and fat. I get the live ones. I dont know if i trust died or canned mealworms.

So all in all, all 15 rats are doing quite well. The babies started showing darker patches for marking at day 2 and had hair from day 1. I think I can tell how many will have red eyes and how many black because some of the babies have "black eyes" (even though they are closed you can kinda tell cuz the area is dark) and some dont have them dark. I dont know yet because they are still closed but we'll see.

Day 3

Day 2