i am looking for infor on pet rats please.?

Question

my son and myself have 4 adult between us and both sets have had baby my sons is older than mine, but my babies are bigger and look healther then his my mum rat has taken two of my son babies to give the other mum rat a better chance did i do the right thing ? and how quik can she get pregnant again? please help.

Answer 1

For those who kept going 'eww' to the though of pet rats -Hamsters are the exact same thing, just with a shorter tail.

I've owned tons of rats since 1998, including three litters. Rats are often excellent mothers and will foster babies if they're not older than the foster mom's pups. :) In your case I'd offer the mom some human baby milk supplement. Use the soy based one as that won't hurt the babies nor the mothers' stomachs. It's likely one of the mothers isn't getting enough food and a little extra nutrition won't hurt them. Each litter is unique, just like with other animals and sometimes one litter will do better than another. If you can, separate the two does and their litters. If they're together, it's possible one mother is bulling the other mother and preventing her from eating.

It's also important that the fathers of the babies be kept away from the babies. Rat fathers will kill babies. Plus they will mate and can get the mothers pregnant within 24 hours of the litters being born. Babies should be separated into different cages at 4 weeks, with the boys in one cage and females in another. The males (bucks) will have large testicles at that age and the does (the girls) will have nipples.

I hope I've helped :). Rat babies are super cute when their fur starts coming in. They remind me of miniature puppies. Good luck!

Answer 2

Domestic rats make wonderful pets. I've had them for years. Mother rats will often nurse each others babies, so as long as they are happy, don't worry. They can get pregnant again right away. Separate the males if you don't want breeding.

Answer 3

there is no longer ''breeds'' of rats. There are colors and kinds (Rex, Hairless, Dumbo, time-honored, and so on.) All are equivalent as pets. they are nocturnal, yet can comply with being wide awake in the course of the day, to socialise with you. they want to be in pairs/communities. attempt to circumvent possessing a unmarried rat, if attainable. they do no longer have an scent (properly, adult males have a moderate ''dollar fragrance'', despite the indisputable fact that it truly is hardship-free to get used to), see you later as you save their cages sparkling. they ought to have tremendous cages. the bigger the better positive. i recommend the tremendous puppy My First domicile for Exotics, for 2-3 rats. Very spacious! they are really hardship-free to guard. They require daily interaction (the better, the better positive). be at liberty to affix between the numerous Yahoo communities on rats as pets. between the bigger ones is Ratlist. they could help answer any/all of your rat-proper questions and help you settle on if those are the right decision for you. :)

Answer 4

As long as she accepts them it's fine. Also they can get pregnant again right away. I found this website a while ago. It's actually a rattery but there is also a lot of good information on there also. http://www.rattiusmaximus.com/ Good luck with your ratties. I have 2 and I just love them.

Answer 5

are you serious? why would you keep rats, the world is full of rats, and some are two legged I might add.

seriously rats as pets is just not plausible, it is really too much.
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Answer 6

I agree with b. richardson. Feed the rats to a snake, then kill the snake.

Answer 7

Hi
She can get pregnant again almost straight away.
Try www.fancy-rats.co.uk it's great and everyone is really helpful!
Vicky x

Answer 8

feed them to someones pet snake

Answer 9

present it to your cat, they like playing with them.

Answer 10

manuel had one