pregnant

Hey everyone, first time rat owner here and I think I might have rescued a pregnant rat. I have of course done my research on pregnant rats just in case, but I'm still not quite sure what to do. We got her and her friends a few weeks ago (Maybe 2½ ?) and these past few days she's been gaining a...

Hello I rescued some little baby ratties recently, picked them up from an off situation, feeder rescue essentially, I’ve done it before with my last two boys. But I ended up with girls this time! Smell is a lot better with ladies I’ll be honest, and I just miss having girls. Well, I was pretty...

Hi everyone. I'm posting this because I am at my wits end here. I hope someone can give me some guidance. I currently have two girls, phantom and Wisp. I also have boys, with two being recent additions. Long story short, one of the new boys slipped out of the cage when i was trying to get a...

I got a young, pregnant rat from someone who didn't know she was female and put her in a cage with their male rats (woopsie). I have her in a birthing cage because, according to my that person's account, she should be reaching about day twenty. However, I've noticed that she a has started...

On Feb 9th, my boyfriend and I went to a animal expo, and we adopted two female rats. We called them Lyla and Ella. Throughout the month they kept pining each other down. We didn't think anything of this, thought it was a territory thing. Ella got very big very fast, I was wondering if she was...

Hey, So I have just found out I’m pregnant and want to make sure that it’s ok to keep my rats? May be a stupid question but I want to make sure that it’s not harming them or the baby Thanks in advance xx

Hello all! I recently adopted two sister rats, I was told one is pregnant and she is clearly bigger than the other in the tummy area. I have a bin with plenty of ventilation at the top and nothing for the babies to potentially harm themselves with. However her and her sister are still in their...

She’s super pregnant and about to pop! I got her about 4 days ago and she didn’t look this pregnant when I got her, (I did not know she was pregnant until a few days ago) her nipples are very visible and i moved her into a nursery cage where she is nesting, but I do not know how far along she...

It's been around 2 hours (I think I woke up to her giving birth to her second baby) and she hasn't had more. She's on the younger side so maybe this explains it but she only had 3 pups. She seems healthy and is behaving fine, the other babies seem healthy and she is taking care of them but I'm...

I recently got 2 female rats and one was pregnant apparently. I didn't know for a bit so I kept the 2 females together and separated them once I noticed that one was pregnant. They wrestled a lot even when she was heavily pregnant (I only noticed she was pregnant recently because her nipples...

So I have a rat that I suspect is pregnant. I just checked on her and it seems that her ****** is a bit wider than before. I’m not sure if rats get wider down there before birth, or if this is a sign that she’s in heat and therefore I can rule out pregnancy?

Hey guys, on Saturday I noticed that my girl Clover had a bit of a chubby tummy. I’ve been monitoring her pretty regularly and her stomach isn’t super squishy, but not rock solid either. She’s been eating, drinking, pooping, etc just fine. We got her almost 2 weeks ago and apparently the breeder...