Cathy's
Rats

 

Meet the rats!
Mariel Raven Chase Rose Snoodles Molly
Joanna Babies! Charles Jason Elaine Panda

 

Joanna's Babies!
The cutest baby rats in the world!

BORN MAY 26 2001

The First Week

The proud mother, eating and sitting on top of the box which I took great pains to find for her (and which she then completely ignored when she gave birth).

A wiggly nest of ratlings, about eight hours old! There are actually six kittens, but one had climbed off into the bedding. See how full their little tummies are? You can see the milk in them...

Day 2... Poor Joanna! She's exhausted!

May 30th... Ears! Their little ears are now seperated from their head, and we've started to see tiny whiskers. Joanna's kept them hidden for most of today, so few pictures... I'm still not sure about genders --- Joanna hasn't let me examine all of them yet --- but I think that there are at least two boys.

May 31st - five days old, and we can now clearly see their markings. Two are completely dark (probably mis-marked Irish patterns) and four are hooded (with big, blotchy dorsal markings, just like their mother).

One Week Old! ---->

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