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Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:19 pm

Okay thanks, I will move the wheel up more, she has already decided to move the litter to the opposite side.

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3 rabbits
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R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:04 am

Well, here are todays pictures of the squirmy little babies. Everyone is doing great and mom is being very sweet. Mr. Green

Here's Twinky:

Babies!

Here's momma checking out the babies:

And the end of the photo shoot. LOL

Sorry I went overboard with pics, but now that I can hold them and stuff I'm getting more excited.

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33 rats
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4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:55 am

Oh, I just love the pictures of momma with the babies! Heart

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Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:53 am

Here are new pictures. Some are starting to get darker. Mr. Green

I'm getting so excited I can't wait until I can see their colors and they get fur.

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:55 am

It may just be the pictures, but I think I definately see brindles. Mr. Green

So have you sexed them yet?

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--Brittany

"He who breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of wisdom."

Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:01 am

I think you might be right some look like brindles and one looks like it's going to have patches. No I haven't sexed them, but I'm dying to find out. They all look the same to me. Shrug

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:20 am

Yeah, sexing mice is a little bit more difficult than sexing rats, at least for me anyway. In babies, Its a *very* subtle difference in distance from the anus to urethra, and that's it. Once you get the hang of it, its pretty easy, but I definately understand why it would look confusing. I'll see if maybe I can find some pictures illustrating the difference...hmm.

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--Brittany

"He who breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of wisdom."

Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:30 am

Or just wait for them to be 8-10 days old. Then, look for nipples on the lower stomach area - nipples are present from 8 days of age and on. Females have them, males don't.

I use the nipple method to double-check myself while sexing baby mice. I am usually correct, even when they are a day or two old...but I have been fooled before. wink

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Shanna
~ Serendipity Rodentry ~

Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:24 pm

Thanks guys. Waiting until they are 8 days old sound like an easier method. LOL

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33 rats
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4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:16 am

Well, they are now 7 days old. I think there is only one brindle and their is one that is dark with a light belly. The rest are turning out to be some kind of light colors. Well here are 2 from today (brindle one can't be seen because he/she is under everyone):

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33 rats
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4 hammies
4 Dogs
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3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:55 am

Aww, wittle meeces. They are so tiny!

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I miss you Tut, Goldy, and Raoul Angel rat

Fri Oct 28, 2005 4:15 am

Well, here are some pitures of the babies now with fur (4 girls and 7 boys).

Girlies:

Boys:

Babies:

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3 rabbits
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R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Fri Oct 28, 2005 4:29 am

They're beautiful! lurve

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Rest in peace, Violet and Isadora. <3

Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:34 pm

Ooo...you has beautiful babies. Any girlie brindles? *peer*

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Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:45 pm

Yup, only 1 brindle and it's a girl. Here she is (her brindling looka a lot better in person, the camera akes it look odd):

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:01 pm

Awwww!

Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:16 pm

tiny little meese babies!!!! Thud

i want i want i want! (ok, i'm better now, kinda)

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Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:46 pm

If you want to drive up here you can have them all. wink

Actually anyone who wantssome is more then welcome to. Mr. Green

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Sat Oct 29, 2005 5:50 am

Actually it looks like one of the other pups is a *really* light brindle. Very adorable. Could you get frontal pics of the light boy, who seems to be grey in the photo?

-Melina

Sat Oct 29, 2005 6:37 am

Um, I hate to break it to you, but...

See here for how I found out my mice were actually potatoes.

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Kate & the M.O.U.S.
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Sat Oct 29, 2005 8:13 am

Oh my, do you think Twinky will get that big? Shocked

I have always thought she was a little large for a mouse.

Hey Melina Wave

yeah you're right, I looked and there are some very light brindle markings Mr. Green

. Did you want a picture of the one on the top of everyone in the first picture? If so here he is:

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:41 am

Well, Twinky is already showing those little hip rolls, I can see them in that photo. She could be Badger's double, I swear! I'm telling you, once you've seen a mouse potato in real life, you never forget it, and you can look back and recall the early warning signs like hip rolls that you once thought were just cute baby fat... LOL

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Kate & the M.O.U.S.
If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph the event ... what kind of film would you use?
~ Anonymous

Sat Oct 29, 2005 10:01 am

Well, maybe when/if she gets bigger my mom won't be scared of her. I can just tell her it's a baby rat. I have absolutly no clue as to why she loves rats, but s scared of a mouse. Shrug

Twinky is already almost as big as one of my rats when he was little. I guess I won't be giving her any kind of critter trail tubes. I don't want to have to grease her and pull her out.

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Sat Oct 29, 2005 11:37 am

	rat_hammie_lover05 wrote:
	I guess I won't be giving her any kind of critter trail tubes. I don't want to have to grease her and pull her out.

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Kate & the M.O.U.S.
If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph the event ... what kind of film would you use?
~ Anonymous

Tue Nov 08, 2005 3:11 am

Well, I got some more pictures of the babies, they are from a few days ago, but I just put them on the computer. They aren't great, but the best of the ones I took, they just refuse to hold still.

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen