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Last night was a trial. I decided to sex all the baby rats, just to see what I had. I also decided I needed to take photos of everybody. Which was more trouble then what it was worth, the squirmy little buggers. Especially since my webcam is so assy, you can't really see any of the detail in their markings and colouration.
What we have are 12 boys and 12 girls, even. Weird, eh?
Out of Aleister's litter, there are four girls. All of them are pink eyed whites. She had ten total, so the six boys are a mixed bag of two dark coloured ones with white bellies, one dark and white hooded, and three pink eyed whites.
Speck's litter is bigger and a little more hard to describe. Many of them resemble their mother, but since I have no idea what she actually is, I'm not certain what to call the babies. But, it looks like there are four straight out hairless babies (since they have remained kind of pinkish coloured and have little bits of fuzz instead of a baby coat). Two boys and two girls. The rest of the litter looks like Speck, only with a little variation in coat colour. Some of them are greyer then others. One of them looks almost fawn coloured. And some of them are fairly dark. Four boys and six girls. The entire litter is so tiny compared to Aleister's, despite the fact that they are only three days apart. I would have thought they would be similar sizes, at the very least. But, Speck was fairly tiny when I got her and still is smaller then Aleister. So, I'm wondering if it's just because their mother is smaller, they will be smaller too.
Both litters are just as active, however. They're both stealing food from their mother's and hopping madly around the cage. It's just Aleister's group is taking up more room then Speck's, despite the four baby difference.
A sampling of photos from both ( litters. )
What we have are 12 boys and 12 girls, even. Weird, eh?
Out of Aleister's litter, there are four girls. All of them are pink eyed whites. She had ten total, so the six boys are a mixed bag of two dark coloured ones with white bellies, one dark and white hooded, and three pink eyed whites.
Speck's litter is bigger and a little more hard to describe. Many of them resemble their mother, but since I have no idea what she actually is, I'm not certain what to call the babies. But, it looks like there are four straight out hairless babies (since they have remained kind of pinkish coloured and have little bits of fuzz instead of a baby coat). Two boys and two girls. The rest of the litter looks like Speck, only with a little variation in coat colour. Some of them are greyer then others. One of them looks almost fawn coloured. And some of them are fairly dark. Four boys and six girls. The entire litter is so tiny compared to Aleister's, despite the fact that they are only three days apart. I would have thought they would be similar sizes, at the very least. But, Speck was fairly tiny when I got her and still is smaller then Aleister. So, I'm wondering if it's just because their mother is smaller, they will be smaller too.
Both litters are just as active, however. They're both stealing food from their mother's and hopping madly around the cage. It's just Aleister's group is taking up more room then Speck's, despite the four baby difference.
A sampling of photos from both ( litters. )