From that... (On their 24th day of life!) to this..!
Several of you have been expressing how much you would love to see me "put the rats back in Rats and More" SO.. I am! :)!
I've been wanting to for a while now, but was a little skeptical. So thank you all for the encouragement - I am thrilled to be sharing my rats again! Maybe I'll do it every week (Just share a few pictures.)
I wanted to start with the "babies" though.
You may remember back in October, I had a litter of babies, and I had documented about their first month of life.
Here they were on their first day:
Because I can't put my males and females together to take pictures (can't have any more babies, haha!) I decided to only do the males right now. If I decide to do this next week, I'll show the girls :)
The girls are quite smaller than the boys, but they've definitely grown up too.
As you can see, I used to be able to fit 12 babies in my hands.. now I can barley fit 3 on my chest lol:
And I love this.. The nakie has gotten so big. Here is was in his 5th week of life:
A lot bigger huh?!
I hope you all enjoyed seeing them again, and we'll see about next week with the girls. I guess it just depends on if everyone enjoys there ones :)
The naked rats still amaze me... I dont think I have ever seen one in person . They change from having a bit of fur to having none and their facial expressions always seem a bit different than the hairy ones.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back ratties you have grown!
Haha - I think it's because the hairless ones have more definition to their face. Sometimes during the winter, a few of my hairless ones will get a very small fuzz coat, but normally they just stay hairless :P
DeleteI love seeing them! I used to have mice and we had several accidental litters (the Mamas were apparently already pregnant when I got them at the pet store), so we saw the whole progression from naked pinkies, to absolutely adorable babies! I have never seen a hairless rat though, didn't even know they existed until I read your blog!
ReplyDeleteI love these pictures! It's great to see their progression. And the naked one is cool :)
ReplyDeleteawww the one day rates are so adorable!
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Awesome! They are so cool and cute!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing them today!
Blessings,
Kristine
I love that you have a pile of baby rats in your hands. That's so cute. I would be so afraid to touch them being that small!
ReplyDeleteI love your rats so much..thank you for bringing them back to your blog! :)
ReplyDeleteHappy weekend Amanda
Oh they sure did:)
ReplyDeleteThere so cute!
I think they are cute too! Glad they are back even my husband looked at the ones dressed up and the ones you entered into contests we voted on:) Do not worry about the negative people just tell them not to come back to your blog because this is you!! Most of us love it for the rest, well I can't leave the words here:)I love the fact you have them and are teaching us about them, even in my old age:)
ReplyDeleteWow! They are growing up fast!
ReplyDeleteLove the photos! Their little faces are so cute!
ReplyDeleteLove the pics, thanks for sharing! How did you end up with a naked rat? is that rare?
ReplyDeleteIt just means their missing their gene for hair :) - It is definitely more rare than a regular rat with hair, but the rarest is called a "Patchwork Rat." I've had hairless rats for a while, and I have successfully bred them on numerous occasions :)
DeleteI am so curious, what made you start liking rats so much? It's definitely not the norm. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's actually kinda funny. I was at work (I used to work at Whole Foods/ Wild Oats) and there was a pet store right beside us. I went in during my break, and something came over me that day, so I decided to get some. I was getting off in an hour, so I got 2 - The rest is history :D
Deletemy brother raised rats - i used to raise hamsters :) thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteAww wow they have grown up pretty fast.
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