Hi,
Very soon we are getting two female babies from a family who ended up with an accidental litter, (they got what they thought was 2 males...guess not.)
The litter is 6 total, 3 boys and 3 girls. There was a 7th but it disappeared.
Anyway, one of them is a runt and she is a girl. She is currently getting picked on a little by her brothers.
I have a big heart for runts, but I am wondering if rat runts are generally as healthy as the rest of their litters?
Do they continue to get picked on by their co-habitants?
With enough good nutrition do they eventually get as big as (& as healthy as) the others?
Do they live as long as un-runts?
My son is 5 and I don't really want to set him up to experience a pet death too soon.
We get the pick-o-the-litter next Thursday, so any info until then will help us in our choosing.
Thanks.
Very soon we are getting two female babies from a family who ended up with an accidental litter, (they got what they thought was 2 males...guess not.)
The litter is 6 total, 3 boys and 3 girls. There was a 7th but it disappeared.
Anyway, one of them is a runt and she is a girl. She is currently getting picked on a little by her brothers.
I have a big heart for runts, but I am wondering if rat runts are generally as healthy as the rest of their litters?
Do they continue to get picked on by their co-habitants?
With enough good nutrition do they eventually get as big as (& as healthy as) the others?
Do they live as long as un-runts?
My son is 5 and I don't really want to set him up to experience a pet death too soon.
We get the pick-o-the-litter next Thursday, so any info until then will help us in our choosing.
Thanks.