young rat mother??

[croc_hunter_penny]

:shock:

my 7-ish week old rat that i bought 3 weeks ago just had babies!!!! they are all really tiny, like rubbery squeaky jellybeans! it was quite unexpected, and i dont really know what to do.

do i need to do anything for the mother or babies (eg isolate them from the other rats)

i have 3 other rats and they are all female, so i am a little bit confused right now :lol:

any help would really be appreciated
-penny

 

[IsK67]

Here's a great link on breeding rats.

http://www.ratz.co.uk/breeding.html

IsK

 

[Earthling]

yeah one of mine popped a couple of days ago to penny....I feel our seller left them a bit to late together. How many you get? I got 9 bubs.

 

[cuddlykylie]

mine live together year round all sexes in together, never had a problem

 

[Chimera]

We started separating out our mothers with litter because the pups were dissapearing. This has only been a recent thing but we've found that the pups seem to grow quicker when the mother/pups are separate

 

[Earthling]

Yeah the last couple of months one litter pops and when the second mum pops all her pups dissapear into interstellar space....or someones gut.
I need a rat psychologist.
I thought if this new batch of mums Ive got in, are kept seperate from the old moms that do eat young, they will hopefully not pick up on this negative habit.

 

[cuddlykylie]

they only eat the bubs if not enough food, fruit and vegies are given and if new males are introduced, definitely take any males away unless he fathered the babies,
kylie

 

[croc_hunter_penny]

How many you get? I got 9 bubs.

i got 8 bubs