Hi all, I am fairly new here but thought I would share with you, now I actually have 5 minutes peace
My lovely girl rat had a little of 12 last Saturday morning, so tomorrow they will be a week old
Mummy rat (Shelby) has been so good with them, I am amazed for her first litter
We have kept rats for nearly 10 years, and after a lot of research, decided to breed
So many people who have met my rats have been converted and asked me where they could by rats from, but I have had to take in a couple from people going out and buying rats that bite, over the years.
So, after much thought and some orders, I decided to breed
My main aim is to make sure the rats I breed are well handled and friendly
OK, will post a pic in a bit

This was when they were 14 hours old

They are now sprouting fur and I am starting to notice the difference between the dumbo's and regular eared babies

are little pink blobs

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AM3LiiA Xx...

The animals of the house...
Rabbits: Angus (lionhead) and the nethie gang
Hamster: syrains reggie (long haired) ans (short haired) scooby
Dog:Alfie (soft coated wheaten terrier)
cat: bramble (silver tabby)

Cuuuute What colours arew you expecting? My girls has 3 week old babies at the moment. They're into everything o_O

How can you tell the difference between dumbo and top eaqred so early? I can tell everything else but that o_O

Peace
Akai-Chan

I maybe mistaken as this is my first litter, but one definately has larger ears from the other 2 I picked up today
These are all hooded, the mummy is albino and the daddy is hooded, I would eventually like to breed for colour, but I am hoping for these to be well handleable, especially for children
My youngest daughter has a muscle wasting illness, caring for animals seemed to be something she really took to and she has her own rat, Minky, he is her best friend, it has really made a difference in her life, and I would love to see it more TBH
She has trained him and isn't afraid of being bitten (he has never bitten her thankfully) but through her patience and caring she has trained 2 rats and countless hamsters (for her friends too LOL)

Congratulations on your litter, Very cute picture too

Best o' luck, Chev.

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Pets:
2 Russian dwarf hamsters, Kili & Fili

But their ears don't unfold for a week and a bit :S So long as you handle them from birth everyday they will be friendly and handleable Rats tend not to bite unless really terrified but as these will be used to small children and adults alike they should be lovely!

Peace
Akai-Chan

i really now nothing about rats but are dumbo rats bigged eared rats and what does hooded mean

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AM3LiiA Xx...

The animals of the house...
Rabbits: Angus (lionhead) and the nethie gang
Hamster: syrains reggie (long haired) ans (short haired) scooby
Dog:Alfie (soft coated wheaten terrier)
cat: bramble (silver tabby)

Dumbo rats have thier ears on the side of their head, hooded is when there is a complete hcolour over the rats head and shoulder running in a stripe down their back

Peace
Akai-Chan

Aww congratulations on the babies and welcome by the way.

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