So my rat,Melody, had 15 babies last night.. i decided to breed her because my uncle wanted to start raising rats again and since the most babies my rats have ever had was 5 or 6, i didnt think that much of it. Until this morning when I woke up and went to go check on her, at first I saw 4 and that was fine until I picked her up and started counting lol..15!! i have decided she wasnt allowed to ever get pregnant again..lol anyway just had to share...
-Kari

15!!!!!!! Could you imagine???? She is gonna be one busy mama!!

Now that will teach you, hope Melody dosn't get driven round the bend by her large brood.

WOW!!! Congratulations ..Grandma...15 Yikes....

finally got some pictures uploaded so hopefully they work



this is melody just a few hours before she had her babies



and these are all of the babies..minus one either i miscounted or she ate one, really hoping i miscounted lol

so far we have 5 or 6 hooded and the rest are solid or just dark on top, was hoping for a least one golden one but guess ill find out in a few days..
oh and if the pictures come out big,dont know how to shrink them so yeah

LOL toooooo funny!!! (okay, I know it's not, but it happens in the rodent world)

They are soooooo tiny!!! Man, that's a lot of babies! Please make sure to keep us posted with pictures, they are mighty cute!!

well the babies will be two weeks old this weekend and are so cute..their eyes should be open soon and they sit in your hand and clean themselves..trying to get new pictures up but my camera doesnt seem to like me any more so hopefully soon..its gonna be hard to give them away but i cant have 18 rats in my room lol...

Good Gracious the rats....What a family you have there.....Wishing you luck with all...I'm not a rat person, but I do think they are kinda cute....

I hope you can give us some pics before you find homes for them all, would love to see their progress.

With rats - breeding season seems to last all year round. The pet store I worked at had a 50 gallon tank with 4 litters in it at any given time. Creepy little critters the babies are.
From my understanding the males eat the babies..and only if they're not their own. In any case, let's hope you miscounted

well the babies are doing well..got their first taste of real food today, so cute..but i dont know if melody will make it very much longer. I think she might have pneumonia or something like that. Her nose is covered in blood and shes lost alot of weight and shes a very active rat usually and now if i pick her up she just lays there does anyone have any ideas on what might be wrong with her or if she could get the babies sick..