BCA9 Litter

Introducing my lovely BCA9 Litter.

Sadly this was an accidental litter. My sweet little girl Charlie decided to out smart me and managed (what I thought was) the unfathomable feat of getting to the boys cage. Even the best of us can make mistakes and be out smarted by a rat! She is just like her mother, my heart rat Khaleesi and always looking for ways to test her boundaries. Well the lesson was learned the hard way and it will never happen again!

While Charlie's litter was a surprise, I am trying to make the best of it.

They will all be available for adoption after October 20th.

9 babies, 6 boys & 3 girls.

Foods to Avoid

Pet Daily Routine

This is the daily routine I go through with my pets. I find it is very helpful to develop a routine, so that you can make sure all of the animals get what they need and I find it helps your pets to keep them on a routine. They have good inner clocks and can tell when it is time for play or dinner.

The first thing I do every morning is take my dog outside for potty time. We go for a morning walk. Then once we come in, I feed her breakfast.

Then I check the cats food and water to make sure they didn't run out over night.

Next I prepare breakfast for the rats & guinea pig. I give them whatever fresh veggies I have at the time- lettuces, carrots, peppers, broccoli, etc... They all know it is breakfast time and are very excited and waiting.

Guinea pig gets fed first. I like to use a word to signify food time. My word is nummy. Then the boys and last the girls because I have more girls and they are far more excited about food then the boys.

Then I check food levels of all their kibble and refill as needed. I check all water bottles as well.

Now it is time for the boys to come out to play for free range time. I spend some time with them snuggling and playing. Then they just get free time to run around.

During the day I take the dog out a bunch, play & work on training with the dog. And check in on the rats. This is also the time when I would brush the cats & trim nails as needed.

Early evening...

The dog and I take our evening walk. Then she gets fed her dinner.

I spend some more time playing with the boys before putting them back in their cage.

I give the girls some treats, spend some time with them and let them out of their cage for their play free range time. It works really well and rats can adjust to our schedules. The boys are super awake and ready to play in the morning, while the girls are sleepy lazy butts all day.

After dark is usually when I play with the cats.

Bedtime routine...

I check and refill the cats water and food.

I put the dog to bed in her crate.

It is dinner time for the rats & guinea pig. And I give them lots of fresh yummys. And once again check kibble and water levels.

I then play with the girls for alittle while before putting them to bed for the night.


Ofcourse throughout the day all the animals get spontaneous love, affection, cuddles and playtime. I usually do cage & litterbox changes in the afternoon.

My Rat Cage

I have the Martins Rat Tower (R-690).

I really love it. It is nice and tall. Fits on my dresser. Fits in the bathtub which makes cleaning simple. It is great when you do not have alot of space. 

So grown & going to their new homes

They are just a smidge over 5 weeks now and handfuls! I had two escape when I was trying to take them out for playtime and couldnt find one for a minute and paniced lol.

The boys went to their new home the other day and she seemed really nice so I am happy. Two girls are leaving sometime next week.

The most rats I've ever had was 3 so having 6 right now feels crazy. IDK how people with so many rats do it lol. I had all 5 babies and momma sitting on my shoulder. The babies sleeping! I let them out for playtime and all they wanna do is climb me and hang out on my shoulders.

I was looking through their old pics and wow they have gotten so big so fast!

Well all the babies that were leaving have now gone to their new homes. I am left with three girls. I had different names picked out but decided to go with Prue, Piper & Phoebe from Charmed. Three sisters was too perfect lol

It is so much easier only having the 4 of them lol. 

My babies

Well the boys are definitely easy to tell from afar now lol wow! I have only ever had girls so it is a bit different for me. They are so big and in your face lmao!

Mom's doing a good job weaning them off. I caught her nursing a few in the wheel the other day oO

 

They are little piggies. I have been hand feeding them cheerios. They are still obsessed with my finger nails too. How many rats can fit on my shoulders at once? Apparently 7 of them quite happily lol

They grow up so fast!

Super easy to tell the males from females now. The boys are obvious lol

They are doing really well. They are so active and adorable. Going from one rat to 10 I sure go through alot of food even though they are babies lol.

Video of the boys. I separated them to get pics for their to be owners. And took them to the bathtub to play. They were not very impressed.

A little mischief

They are so fun now that their eyes are open. Having 9 little rats crawl all over you at once is a crazy feeling lol. I love it! They love giving me a bath too, which is just about the most adorable thing ever, they are so precise with their bathing they don't miss a spot.

They are so light one crawled up my shoulder and into my hair and getting her out was not easy lol

Poor momma seems alot more worn out lately. They are quite active at night I think its making her crazy lol. They don't listen.

They have shown interest in food but I haven't seen them eating yet. I saw one copying mommy andtrying to build up the nest awww.






I put them in this bucket and put my hands in and they all fight to try and climb my hands





Its super hard for me to tell the genders apart now. They won't hold still and it makes me unsure. When they were little it was much easier. When they were alittle younger it was easy to see their nipples but now they are so fluffy its not so easy. Im sure the boys will be easier to see the difference with soon lol

They are super active now. Trying out food and even using the water bottle! They go all over the cage and even climb the side. It is surprising how one day they are just little sleepy pinkies then poof they are little rats! They wrestle and annoy each other. And are just adorable.

Eyes Opened!

On October 17th their little eyes opened to the world.

I am so excited, they are like little rats now.
Some are developing points on the base of their tail as well now.

The boys are much more active and social so far. Maybe the girls were just sleepy cuz I woke them up lol. One boy climbed my shoulder and another fell asleep in my hand then woke up and gave me a bath awww The only time any of them hold still is when they fall asleep lol

I didn't get great pics. Momma escaped her play area twice and went on an adventure while I was trying to get photos. So I had to go chase her down lol Plus the babies kept trying to go to sleep with their butts facing me pfft lol

So much Cuteness

They are so precious right now. Their eyes should open any day now. I am so excited. I love to just hold them and talk sweetly to them so they get used to my voice. Its super easy to tell the boys from the girls now that they have nipples lol.

They are much more active now when I take them out. One boy tried crawling up my shirt! lol I thought I lost one but he just crawled under the blanket I had them on. I had a mini heartattack.

omg are they little handfuls and their eyes are not even open yet! Three of them escaped their nest box and were sleeping outside of it! So I decided to do a cage cleaning and remove the box so they are just on the fleece floor now. They were crawling all over the entire cage floor two even managed to get to the next floor!

I have a feeling I have a few troublemakers in the group. Good news is that they can not fit through the cage bars! Some people told me they could but idk maybe my babies are just huge but they were trying like crazy and couldn't fit their heads through so yay I don't have to move them!

Their eyes should open today or tomorrow! I have a doggie playpen setup that I am going to sit in with them and play with them as soon as their eyes open daily. They will be handled so much! I never want to put them down they are so adorable!

a short video: http://instagram.com/p/uHKY66EELI/?modal=true

The Rittens are 9 Days old

Warning cute overload!!!

Momma

Khaleesi & her Rittens

In early September 2014 I decided to once again get rats. I started with a beautiful little siamese girl I named Khaleesi. She was about 3 months old. Shy but sweet.

Turns out she was preggers.....

October 2 2014... 9 little rittens were born. Khaleesi was a great first time mama. All of her babies lived and were very healthy.

Boys

Girls