Gonna be breeding Rats!

[Linds]

Very cute little girl, congrats!

[snakemann87]

thank you Linds.....unfortunately she is kinda mean LOL im workin on it though

Also the tip of my males tail is just bone! and someone said its best to put him away and buy another........

[Lisa]

that means the skin has come off, probably from being held by the tail.

what we do with bitey rats is wear gloves.

[snakemann87]

yes i know. I held him by the tail once.......to take pics. I noticed the shop keeper held it b it tail to show me and im sure he did it other times

[unknownclown]

you can just cut the bone off, Ive done it a couple times with a razor blade, they dont seem to realy notice me doin it. Ive had it happen while picking them up by the tail in a hurry and then all of a sudden they do this spin/roll type thing and the tip just comes off.
Make sure the tail is clean and watch it for infection, but it should be fine. ( as long as ya chop the bone off ) I wouldnt "put him away" if you realy like him unless theres a realy bad infection in there.

[snakemann87]

Alright thankyou. I'm going to wait for an infection before I do. But is there anything I can put on it to prevent infection??

[KingFfaj]

TCP? that kills bacterea, i wouldnt pay for a special rat disinfectant i'd just use a human one.
Does any body have any idea what kind of babys two lovely rats like that would make?
I want some variation in my litters when i start to breed them
good luck snakeboy87

[snakemann87]

LOL thanks KingFfaj they are nice huh? I think the female is pregant.....so when she has babies ill show ya! But if anyone knows I'm curioius as well!!!! Oh and its SnakeMANN87

[Linds]

I'd clean it up well and then apply a triple antibiotic ointment a few times a day. For the healing period I would also remove the loose substrate and replace it with newspaper and replace that frequently. You want to keep debris out of the wound. Keep an eye on the other rat, if she is irritating the wound you may want to seperate them until its healed.

[snakemann87]

OK will do. ALready put newspaper in 3 days ago though

[snakemann87]

YEHAWWW......I think my female may be pregnant and ready to give birth! Well shes getting alot fatter........and today I found all the newspaper in her cage into one corner shredded up!? Could she be?

[KingFfaj]

snakeboy87 the anticipation is killing me, shake her up and down or somthing.
do you have to remove the male once the babys are born anyway?

[unknownclown]

haha I wouldnt go shakin her that could just cause problems and the male should be fine in with the female and babies.

[KingFfaj]

so what happened???

[snakemann87]

Nothing yet. The gestation period is about 23 days.......so I will be waiting! But i believe she is pregnant she is fatter!