Also a) seeing her ignore the malt paste was Heartbreaking! 💔 b) yes, you're risking their lives, but like you say, not for nothing and I'm glad you can acknowledge that, because you are doing an amazing thing for rats as a whole, and c) I'm sending you a big hug, you looked like you needed one (especially at the end!) 💜💜

@corald3638

4 жыл бұрын

She tried so hard to muster up that little lick of malt paste!

@IsamuRatCare

4 жыл бұрын

It was a difficult time, but in very happy to have her with us still so it worked out. I was very scared for a while though

@sarahnash7174

4 жыл бұрын

@@IsamuRatCare I bet you were, must have been horrific! 💜

@sarahnash7174

3 жыл бұрын

@@IsamuRatCare comment above needs deleting xx

@IsamuRatCare

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks reported

What a little warrior! Glad she’s doing well and so sorry for the loss of the litter.

So glad to hear Twizzle is okay and I am so sorry to hear about the loss of the babies. Thank you for sharing your expertise.

I'm so sorry you had to go through that but thank you for telling us about it, and I'm so very glad Twizzle is OK! 💜

@corald3638

4 жыл бұрын

Yay Twizzle! 🥳

I'm a neonatal nurse, so I'm familiar with pre-eclampsia and prematurity in humans. I had no idea rats could get it too! I'm so glad your girl survived!

So sorry that you and Twizzle have had such an awful experience. Poor babies as well.

That’s a terrible thing to hear, so sorry you both had to go through this. 😢It’s great that she made it through and is recovering. Best wishes😐

So happy to see Twizzle is ok and is getting back to her old self. I have been watching for an update on your girls and been sending positive vibes your way . Thanks again for putting this out there, it’s really put things in perspective. My girl Kate is on day 21 of pregnancy and I had to pause your video and go check on her in her birthing cage as I haven’t checked in her in hours. I’m keeping my distance and only going around feeding times. She is spotting and she looks to be making a small nest. Took a little almond flake and came out for kisses so seems ok. I know what to look out for and I wouldn’t be long taking off to a vet, even if that’s an emergency vet, which it would be here today and tmow as tmow is a holiday. The only thing that is keeping me from pacing the floors is to watch your breeding videos make sure I get every detail. My two rats I put together were not only my favourite in terms of temperament but by their type, ears, body and everything else you said needs to be taken in account when breeding. I can’t wait to have cute babies that I will most likely keep but I wanna better rats health and overall status as pets. I would rather someone come get a rat from me than a pet store where I can give them go info (refer to your guides to form their owns options, as I did) also I would want ppl to research rats bc it’s not like the UK here for rats. We only have pet store rats which are great and I have 3 that I love dearly but the pet store does not offer a suitable sized cage or healthy food. I feel this little rat and all these rats have came into my life for a reason (sounds nuts but I’m recovering from a Traumatic Brain Injury for the past 15 mths) and I lost myself and the previous person I was) anyway they have enriched my and my kids life so much, I just wanna do right by them. I wanna give them a wonderful life with lots of rat friends and hopefully show ppl how wonderful they really are. ❤️

@IsamuRatCare

4 жыл бұрын

I really hope everything goes well for you and your little ones and you succeed in your breeding aims, they sound very worthwhile

@jenniferhumby4449

4 жыл бұрын

Isamu Rat Care 🙂 thank you I hope so too. I won’t breed much as I wouldn’t want to just be popping out kittens all the time bc I wouldn’t want to contribute to unwanted animals that end up left at a shelter. (Not judging, sometimes that’s best for everyone involved and the rats) I just want to produce a small number of lovely, healthy rats for ppl to enjoy. They are quite the big deal with my daughters friends and class mates as they made some Skype appearances over their online class time. I really do appreciate your comment and I feel a lot better knowing you are supportive. I felt the need to explain to you my reasons as you are kinda a big deal to me and you are the only person I’ve come across that seems to love rats the way I do. Which you totally helped with. I wouldn’t have this wonderful bond with my rats and they wouldn’t be living so large if it wasn’t for what you do and put out there. Kate is on day 22, I feed her this morning, no babies but she is building a bigger nest. I don’t want to bother her but I don’t wanna leave her until dusk tonight until feeding time. It’s not easy for me to see what she is doing bc it’s all covered in card. I have to life a flap to see in. Been trying to get a wed cam but no luck. If I do breed again(see how this goes) I’ll definitely get a web came before hand. Hope you, your girls and their babies are well. Looking forward to watching them grown ❤️

@jenniferhumby4449

4 жыл бұрын

Hey me again! Just wanted to let you know Miss Kate birthed 13 plump babies on Monday mid day. Mom and babies are doing well. I watched a video today that was a little concerning to me. It was a video just about a doe having babies and followed their growth. The mom rat died two mths after giving birth to her big litter of kittens from UTI. Is that something that can happen 2 mths later? I haven’t heard of this before, not sure if anyone else has.

@IsamuRatCare

4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations, I hope mum and babies continue to do well. Rat’s can get a nasty urinary tract infection at any point. I suspect this had gone to the mum in questions kidneys. They aren’t any more likely in those lactating s as such but are probably more common in does than bucks. So she was unlucky in the timing rather than it being linked with birthing and raising kittens

@jenniferhumby4449

4 жыл бұрын

Isamu Rat Care thank so much. Everything seems to going well. I’ve seen milk bands but I have noticed that no all her nipples are being used. So I worry that they are getting full tummies. I took them out for a little look yesterday but they seem so breakable. I should have a better look today that they are 3 days old. Not too worried about sexing at this point, just wanna make sure they being well fed. It was so sad to me that that happened to the poor momma rat. Is there anything that I should look out for? I’ll have a google search and see. Hope all mommas and babies are well your way too. I’m sure sweet twizzle is doing much better. ❤️

So sorry for your loss of a litter, and such a stressful experience to go through for all concerned. Bittersweet with you saving Twizzles life. She's a born survivor obviously. 😉 Being spayed is it likely that she will live with the boys once she has fully recovered, or is she staying with the girls and Bercow?

@IsamuRatCare

4 жыл бұрын

She’s staying with the girls for now as she’s settled in that group. However it does give me options in the future to move her if it works out better

This came at just the right time. I had a small litter born this week and a bigger one last night, and I'll have a third in about a week. It's good to know what to watch for when you're just getting into this. ** The litters were the first for these girls and we had 7 and 11.

*Rat refuses malt paste* OMG CALL 911 NOW

@IsamuRatCare

4 жыл бұрын

lol yes very much so. I had a rat scared of malt paste once though, it took the other rat’s accidentally shoving him mouth first into it for him to realise he liked it

@corald3638

4 жыл бұрын

@@IsamuRatCare hahaha. I have a few rescues that are just scared of anything I put near their faces. But they always do the salivating yawn when they sniff the malt paste. Still won't eat take any from me

So bittersweet ❤️

💔💔💔💔💔

My girls abit like this, she's had the litter and all. She very tired and when she Lies down she Is very flat. I think I'm just being pannicie

@IsamuRatCare

4 жыл бұрын

How soon after birthing was that? And is she stretching out and drawing in her sides?

@deadspider2785

4 жыл бұрын

@@IsamuRatCare no, she's fine now I think she was tired and sad she wasn't able to see her friends

Can you do a video of the mating mucus plug ??

@IsamuRatCare

4 жыл бұрын

Sadly probably not, mine have normally cleaned them out by the time I’ve left them to it over night. However if they ever cooperate and leave it be I’ll get a photo of it at least

@kambryapercy2700

4 жыл бұрын

@@IsamuRatCare i have found what i thought was the mucus plug but it was orange-ish brown , im new at this breeding thing & need easier ways to tell if matting was sucessful...

@IsamuRatCare

4 жыл бұрын

Sadly breeding is 10% planning, 30% adapting to those plans not working out and 60% waiting and hoping. All of us would like a good proof way of telling a mating has occurred (beyond watching it), and been successful (roll on rat pregnancy tests). Mostly though even as an experienced breeder I am not 100% sure some rat’s are pregnant right up to the end (some are blindingly obvious)

@kambryapercy2700

4 жыл бұрын

@@IsamuRatCare ive tried looking online but there arent any pictures

@kambryapercy2700

4 жыл бұрын

@@IsamuRatCare i get that . and rat pregnacy tests??? with her i seen them mate multiple times lol but is that a for sure ?