10 month male weights

[chicky82]

I weighed my boys tonight but I'm a little worried about my PEW Chimo. I used a meat scale (very unscientific) that only goes up to 500g :roll: but it would have to do.
I weighed my black berk Coal who I know is the heavier of the two, you can see it, he topped the scale and I couldn't get a reading because the scale only went to 500g so I know he's ok but Chimo (PEW) only weighs approx. 452g which worries me because they are 10 months old.
The last time I had them at the vet was when they were 6 months old and it was just a checkup then he weighed 414g
I checked the chart and 10 month old male rats should be approx. 500g by now. Should I be worried? He eats not as much as his brother but he eats, I've given him veggie baby food and other treats sometimes and he likes to use his spinner but I just need to know f I should be worried or if I'm overreacting :?

 

[jorats]

At 10 months, rats are basically full grown.
My boys are around 430 to 500 grams. If they were any bigger, they'd be going on a diet.

 

[chicky82]

At 10 months, rats are basically full grown.
My boys are around 430 to 500 grams. If they were any bigger, they'd be going on a diet.

Ok, so I'm basically overreacting :lol: I was just worried because Chimo seems so skinny but the only one I have to compare to his brother Coal I've never had boys before and my girls were average size Thanks

 

[jorats]

lol... we always worry don't we?

But really with rats, it's hard to tell by weight alone cause they all come in different sizes.

 

[raindrop]

Those two boys you got from Josie in Haileybury? I am finding the same with our three although they are females not males. Chrissie is our PEW here and she is small too. OUr black hooded Talia is not much bigger but Hallie, Black Berkshire is bigger than the other two.

Ann

 

[chicky82]

yeah, they are the ones from Haileybury It's too bad I can't get a hold of Josie, I'd like to know how the others are doing but it seems like she's dropped off the face of the earth. :roll: I've emailed her a few times and tried to message her and short of stopping by her house on one of my trips back and forth to Cochrane I can't get a hold of her