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Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / August 2006Help! I Now Wonder About My Rat's Gender!
Hi Everyone. I have a concern... I posted a while back about my rats, Kuzia (now about 5 months old) and Chammie (now about 3 months old). I'm now concerned about the gender of Chammie. When I have my play time with them, Chammie is always chasing Kuzia, grabbing her back, mounting her and then "going at it." Then she stops and licks herself down there. This goes off and on throughout their play time and Kuzia can never just play because Chammie is always after her. I swear they both look identical down there and Chammie has NO testicles, so is this normal behavior for a female or is Chammie a male with no visible testicles at 3 months old?? Then, if Chammie is a male and Kuzia is/gets pregnant, what do I do with the pups? Will pet stores take them from me? I'm pushing my luck already having my two ratties in my apartment. My landlords would die if they knew. Any help you can give me is much appreciated! Thank You! Imoen "Me" <nobody9@myself.com> wrote in news:1156167649.013770.72370 @m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com: > Hi Everyone. > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Thank You! > Imoen Yep, cushions on rats are very large - extremely large, actually. Pretty sure they would be obvious at that age. Girl-on-girl action is nothing unusual with rats - often a domination thing. Go back to your petshop, and ask to look at some young male rats - you won't be able to miss the difference!  SignatureRegards, Dave email: dave_ryman@hotmailNOSPAM.com My Homepage: http://homepages.tesco.net/david.ryman/ The F1 travel guide: http://www.zdp06.ukgateway.net/f1_travel.htm > > Hi Everyone. > > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Thank You! > > Imoen > Yep, cushions on rats are very large - extremely large, actually. Pretty > sure they would be obvious at that age. Girl-on-girl action is nothing [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > My Homepage: http://homepages.tesco.net/david.ryman/ > The F1 travel guide: http://www.zdp06.ukgateway.net/f1_travel.htm Thanks Dave. I was going to mention that because the males I've seen are almost grotesquely huge, Ha Ha. So you say it's normal for females to play specifically like THAT?! LOL!! Thanks again, Imoen > Thanks Dave. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Thanks again, > Imoen I've got to agree with Dave and should one of them be a boy then it SHOULD be pretty obvious by now, Waffle is only about 2 months old and he clearly is a boy LOL, it's pretty normal behavior and yes I think it probably is domination, a differnet species but I had two female rabbits, were definitely females and they did excactly the same. I don't think you'll be a ratty grandma. > > Thanks Dave. > > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > definitely females and they did excactly the same. I don't think you'll be a > ratty grandma. Thank you, thank you! You guys set my mind at ease, although I knew it just couldn't be true. I'm not ready to be a ratty grandma just yet! LOL! > Thank you, thank you! You guys set my mind at ease, although I knew it > just couldn't be true. I'm not ready to be a ratty grandma just yet! > LOL! Your still too young huh ;-) I had a hermaphadite rat, named Uno. She/He had boy testicles but had girl insides as the vet had told me. Shortly after she went to go live with my sister and her two ratberts (uno's sisters)... one of them got pregnant. Uno did indeed have male parts and female parts. It was bizarre. Just wanted to tell ya, not trying to scare you. D > > Thank you, thank you! You guys set my mind at ease, although I knew it > > just couldn't be true. I'm not ready to be a ratty grandma just yet! > > LOL! > > Your still too young huh ;-) Hi, For this I came out of lurking. Who got who preggers? Sounds like Uno was a Duo. could it get preg, and make someone preg? Both, or just one way? this is strange. Not trying to hassle, Sometimes I come off as a bit strange, don't mean to. :-} really i'm a very nice person, just shy. And curious about interesting things. > I had a hermaphadite rat, named Uno. She/He had boy testicles but had > girl insides as the vet had told me. Shortly after she went to go live [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > > > Your still too young huh ;-) I had a hermaphadite rat, named Uno. She/He had boy testicles but had girl insides as the vet had told me. Shortly after she went to go live with my sister and her two ratberts (uno's sisters)... one of them got pregnant. Uno did indeed have male parts and female parts. It was bizarre. Just wanted to tell ya, not trying to scare you. D > > Thank you, thank you! You guys set my mind at ease, although I knew it > > just couldn't be true. I'm not ready to be a ratty grandma just yet! > > LOL! > > Your still too young huh ;-) >> > Thanks Dave. >> > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > it just couldn't be true. I'm not ready to be a ratty grandma just > yet! LOL! "Us guys" do know a thing or two - put it down to cushion envy. SignatureRegards, Dave email: dave_ryman@hotmailNOSPAM.com My Homepage: http://homepages.tesco.net/david.ryman/ The F1 travel guide: http://www.zdp06.ukgateway.net/f1_travel.htm |
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