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Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / December 2003When is it okay to adopt out?
Hi there all- Our rats had a beautiful litter of fourteen kittens three weeks ago tomorrow. The Dad has been neutered and will return once all of the babies are out. They are not only the cutest babies I have ever seen, but the variety of their colors is amazing! I could watch them play forever!! My question is: how much longer before I need to separate the girls and boys? It is going to be very difficult to give them away, but I know they will bring lots of happiness to others. If anyone here is interested, we are in the Chicago area. Take care. Tina > Hi there all- > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Tina Females can become pregnant as early as five to six weeks old and young ratties should be kept with mother for at least four weeks. Thus I would say an ideal time for separating and putting up for adoption would be at four/five weeks. I bet it will be difficult parting with the babies - but if you know they are going to good homes it makes it that bit easier. Let us know how things go! Tracey > Hi there all- > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Tina The babies should be ready to go at 5 weeks... but if you kept them till 6 weeks, then you know you gave them a strong start in life. The males should be removed from mom and sisters at 5 weeks. Please make sure they go to good homes and in pairs or more. Ask for some monetary donation say: $10, so you won't get the snake people to come looking.  SignatureJoanne Mom to 14 rats http://community.webshots.com/user/joanneb70 j-s.b@nospamsympatico.ca remove "no spam" A girl here sits down with potential owners before she adopts out so she can suss out whether the owner is suitable. She's also got a kind of contract agreeing that if the new owner becomes unable to look after the rat(s) they agree to take the rats back. > > Hi there all- > > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > j-s.b@nospamsympatico.ca > remove "no spam" > A girl here sits down with potential owners before she adopts out so she can > suss out whether the owner is suitable. > She's also got a kind of contract agreeing that if the new owner becomes > unable to look after the rat(s) they agree to take the rats back. That girl is a very responsible breeder and worth adopting from. SignatureJoanne Mom to 14 rats http://community.webshots.com/user/joanneb70 j-s.b@nospamsympatico.ca remove "no spam" She is, and the babies they produce are gorgeous. www.geocities.com/balla_rats is her web site. > > A girl here sits down with potential owners before she adopts out so she > can [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > j-s.b@nospamsympatico.ca > remove "no spam" > A girl here sits down with potential owners before she adopts out so she can > suss out whether the owner is suitable. > She's also got a kind of contract agreeing that if the new owner becomes > unable to look after the rat(s) they agree to take the rats back. That's very sensible, if only all breeders did that. I also think it would be a good idea for anyone adopting rats out to make up a general care leaflet. It could include basics and also things maybe not known by a lot of potential rat owners, such as how some wood shavings should not be used for litter and what food stuffs are potentially harmful to rats eg peanut butter and risk of choking. I know when I had my first rats, as much as I had read up from books about their care beforehand, I didn't know about the harmful beddings and foods. Tracey |
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