Baby rats swarming in the playpen - not for the rat phobic!

[TrinityGardenRyda]

lol all that clicking noise is funny with a little sqeek here and there

[thisisbonkers]

awwww their sooo cute i wish i had that many rattys hehehe..

[MultiRatrat]

how do you stop the babies from having more baybies?

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[rattycorner]

@MultiRatrat - You separate the baby boys from mum and sisters before they reach 5 weeks. Rats are nice and easy to sex. They need another couple of weeks growing before they leave their siblings to go to new homes, but it's safest to separate before 5 weeks.

[rattycorner]

Just to add - they go to new homes with one or more same sex siblings, not on their own.

[MultiRatrat]

@rattycorner how do you find new homes?

[rattycorner]

@MultiRatrat - I take applications through my website before the litters are born. I usually have more homes than I have rats for.

[MultiRatrat]

@rattycorner sorry that i am replying so much but i don't unerstand what you mean by "applications"

[kimowen04]

how do u make a playpen?

[rattycorner]

@kimowen04 - that one's just for little babies, so it was made out of shelves from Explorer cages stuck together with parcel tape. You can make nice big ones for adult rats with sheets of coroplast and duck tape.

[aquamarinebbe]

whats in the bowl? :D

[Ingiequeen]

hahah baby swarm!

They are all going nuts!

[xDisneyxCutiex]

awee i want a few of those little girls & boys!

[VeronicaSwe]

Did these 23 rats come from the same mom? How did they all fit in one rat!? ;)

[rattycorner]

Lol, the clue is in the information box, top right under the 'subscribe' button.

[VeronicaSwe]

I read it, but I udont nderstand the word ´"litters" I always read the inf box, I just dont understand what it fully means...

[rattycorner]

Webster's definition is "The young brought forth at one time, by a cat, dog, sow or other multiparous animal, taken collectively."