Wheeee!
Blackberry, the female rat I saved from the snake cage, has been getting mighty large, mighty fast.
The weight gain all seems to be around her abdomen.
I'll find out by next weekend if my suspicions are true and she's pregnant. Gestation for rats is ~3 weeks, and she was purchased from the pet store 2 weeks ago. Furthermore, the pet store she came from doesn't keep the males separated from the females. So... yeah.
I'm off to do research on care and feeding of momrats and kits.
Because I'm a big ol' softy, that's why.
The weight gain all seems to be around her abdomen.
I'll find out by next weekend if my suspicions are true and she's pregnant. Gestation for rats is ~3 weeks, and she was purchased from the pet store 2 weeks ago. Furthermore, the pet store she came from doesn't keep the males separated from the females. So... yeah.
I'm off to do research on care and feeding of momrats and kits.
Because I'm a big ol' softy, that's why.