Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Babies are back home, everyone is doing good.  I just finished uploading the pictures to the website and onto Love of Rats Rattery group page. 

I am very happy that this litter is doing so well.  I am still keeping them until they are 8 weeks old to make sure they are progressing in the right direction.

Thanks for keeping up with us!!

Stacy J

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Okay update, pups are doing good, most have their eyes completely open now, however they are not where I want them to be yet. I have a very close friend who has done many rescues and has more time and experience at helping keep babies alive. Now that they are two weeks and starting to be mobile I believe they have a great chance. They will be leaving today however until they can potty on their own. I will still try to get pictures as often as possible and I hope to have them back at 3.5-4.5 weeks old. I toke some new pictures last night and I am going to go through them and share them on the Love of Rats Rattery group page so everyone can get a sneak peek :)

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Today the pups are two weeks old.  I am not making any picks until they are at least three weeks due to the different colors that are in this litter.

If you have been following posts in the Love of Rats Rattery group on Facebook and along with updates on the litter page you will already know that I have been having a lot of trouble with this litter.  Katniss is feeding all of the pups some too the point where they look like they can explode.  I have been taking out the little hoglets and letting the smaller 6 feed every so often.  Katniss is not keeping the babies clean as I'd like and they are not hydrated well.  I am supplementing food twice a day to try to increase their chances.  I have also been cleaning the babies up on a daily basis and helping them use the restroom.  This would not be such a difficult job if they were already nibbling on solid foods but I feel as tho if I can make it until then they have a good chance.

I have posted pictures on the website, they are not as good as I'd like since they need another bath again already -_- I also have not labeled anything other than their names due to not knowing all of their colors just yet.  I will update them as I go.

Thanks for keeping up with us at Love of Rats Rattery :)

Sunday, June 3, 2012

The pups are one week old today, pictures are posted and they are too cute!!  Two of Love's pups passed I believe they were smothered poor little girls.  I put the last two in with Katniss and her pups to make sure they have the best possible chance. 

I have two female and one male spots available on Katniss waiting list so check them out and if you might be interested let me know.

Stacy J
Love of Rats Rattery

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Good news both does gave birth today Katniss gave birth to 14 beautiful pups. However Love only had four and I believe she is done. They all four look to be hairless females and will most likely all be staying with me if they survive. It looks as tho she had a hard birth and two of the pups were having trouble breathing when I came in so I'm keeping a close eye on them. I am sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused I wish I could predict how the litters would turn out.

Once the pups are two weeks old I will allow the adopters who are on the waiting list pick first in order than after that it will be first come first serve.  So please keep checking back often.

Stacy J