How far along does she appear to be?

[18snickers]

Nope! She's currently zipping around her cage like she's not even pregnant. lol Her belly is getting larger by the day though! It's freaking me out that she's going to have a ton lol I wish she'd just have them already!! She's so hard to read...

[Korra]

Uh oh...I hope for your sake its not a huge litter!!!

[Ashley29]

I just got my little female ratties tuesday, they were from an accidental litter. From what the girl told me, there were 15 babies! I could only imagine! Please keep us updated, we want to know how things go.

[18snickers]

She had 9 babies today while I was at work!! ) So relieved I didn't come home to 20. lol I would post a picture, but she's hiding them under a blanket so maybe in a day or two i'll get one

[Ashley29]

She had 9 babies today while I was at work!! ) So relieved I didn't come home to 20. lol I would post a picture, but she's hiding them under a blanket so maybe in a day or two i'll get one

Congratulations on healthy babies and healthy mama! Yeah, no need to stress her out. You'll be able to get pictures eventually I'm sure. 9? I'm surprised! She looked bigger than that to me, but I guess as more seasoned members have said it varies rat to rat.

[LightningWolf]

That's amazing. Yeah I've actually noticed in most rats the Smaller the litter the bigger the belly, and the larger the litter the smaller belly. Always seems to be the ones who show small bellies have 14 or more, and the ones who show very large bellies have like 4 or 6. No idea why, that's just what I've noticed.

[Isamurat]

Actually I've seen that a bit myself lol. My last mum Lo was huge, she had a litter of 5, though 2 didn't make it sadly. The 3 remaining girls were all huge. you should see there tails they are proper ropes.

Congratulations on a nice sized litter, I hope my next one is about that size, gives you chance to really bond.

[gal5150]

How are the babies and mom doing?

[18snickers]

The babies and mama are doing GREAT! I found out there was sadly a tenth member who did not make it He was laying just a little away from the others and was very cold when I found him. Since I originally counted 9 and when I picked up the little guy his insides sort of sunk down like there was extensive internal damage, I'm assuming it happened during birth. The 9 babies I do have though are getting a tad bigger and seem to be doing very well

This is their Daddy - Leo
He's all black except for the white stripe on his belly.

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This is the mama - Nala
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And these are the little guys she had - genders completely unknown even after attempting to check lol
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Does anyone with experience tell me what colors they might be?? Does their skin color show what their fur will be? And if so will the lighter ones be white or tan??

[Korra]

I am betting the dark ones are black berkshire and they light ones are PEW