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alright...so my story starts with me adopting my rat pomplemousse (beige hooded). she is approx 4 months old now and i had previosly kept 1 rat at a time, but seeing as how used she was to being around people, dog and out of her cage i felt bad going back to classes because my scedual is way fuller now.
so, i got another rat, splash(black hooded). i checked her out qt the pet shop to make sure she was female.
i let them play together outside their cages everyday, and at night they each have a seperate cage bcuz splash is rather dominant whereas pomplemousse is really gentle.
so, on the 4 of feb, i was on the couch w/ a blanket and they were getting rather rowdy, so i lifted it up to seperate them and i am 99% sure i caught them in the act. i grabed splash and immediatly checked to make sure she was indead female...but to my suprise he is just starting to develop down there...
since that night, pomlemousse is acting different..she always wants to stay in her nest, comes out rarely, and when she is out, she hates being picked up (before she was practically like a rag doll) she seems skitterish too, and eventully if left to her own edvices she settles down in a hidding spot be it me or a pillow...i let them out together once(figuring whats done is done and she is no longer in heat, OF COURSE i watched them like a hawk!, and if splah would try to wrestle w/ her she would pin him immeadiatly! this is really weird behavior for her as she is usually so submissive
so...my questions are
do you think she could be pregnant(based on behavior)
and if so...is this normal behavior?sry bout the length
so, i got another rat, splash(black hooded). i checked her out qt the pet shop to make sure she was female.
i let them play together outside their cages everyday, and at night they each have a seperate cage bcuz splash is rather dominant whereas pomplemousse is really gentle.
so, on the 4 of feb, i was on the couch w/ a blanket and they were getting rather rowdy, so i lifted it up to seperate them and i am 99% sure i caught them in the act. i grabed splash and immediatly checked to make sure she was indead female...but to my suprise he is just starting to develop down there...
since that night, pomlemousse is acting different..she always wants to stay in her nest, comes out rarely, and when she is out, she hates being picked up (before she was practically like a rag doll) she seems skitterish too, and eventully if left to her own edvices she settles down in a hidding spot be it me or a pillow...i let them out together once(figuring whats done is done and she is no longer in heat, OF COURSE i watched them like a hawk!, and if splah would try to wrestle w/ her she would pin him immeadiatly! this is really weird behavior for her as she is usually so submissive
so...my questions are
do you think she could be pregnant(based on behavior)
and if so...is this normal behavior?sry bout the length