Dorchadas X Lenore 11/13/12

LenoreXDorchadas
Siamese/dumbo/rex litter
Expected Arrival: 11/08/12
Adoption fees: $20 each, $10 additional

Keeping: Dumbo male, powder blue hooded

1. Shawna (1 female dumbo, blue self)
2. Samantha (2 females: 1 rex dumbo siamese, 1 standard dumbo siamese)
3. Chelsea (2 females, 1 rex, 1 not, dumbo siamese)
4. Justin (1 male dumbo beige with headspot)
5. Mayme (1 dumbo rex siamese male)

11/08/12-She is looking very round, should be due soon.
11/13/12-Babies were born at 11 AM. So far 2 still borns and 7 alive.
11/15/12-There are 9 alive in total. 5 females and 4 males. Lenore is being a good mom, as she was the first time around.
11/20/12-Babies are fuzzy. There are 4 rexes it looks like.
11/23/12-They are starting to walk around and are looking very cute!
11/28/12-Eyes are opening!
12/02/12-They are running around and wrestling with each other.
12/13/12-I have been so busy this month I have been very bad at keeping updates! All babies are doing well. We're starting adoptions a little early as they are pretty much weaned now.
 

CRUE Nikita X Epitaph 11/04/12

NikitaXEpitaph
Topear rex litter
Re-homing fees: $20 for 1, $10 additional

Keeping: 1 male topear agouti berkshire (dumb carrier)

1. Amy B. (3 females, black hood, albino, albino rex)
2. Lori (2 males, blue and albino rex)
3. Amy P. (2 males, albino and blue berk )

There were 2 albino rex(male and female), 2 albino(male and female), 1 blue rex(male), 1 blue berk(male), 1 blue hooded(male), 1 black hood(female), 1 agouti berk(male)

11/04/12-9 babies born this morning
11/05/12-We have 3 females and 6 males
11/07/12-Babies are getting big and starting to get patterns in. There are two hoodeds.
11/08/12-Everyone is starting to get fuzzy!
11/13/12-Colours are coming in. Everyone is strong and crawling around.
11/16/12-Eyes should be opening up soon! They are all very active and trying to move around the cage.
11/20/12-All eyes are open and they are crawling everywhere and teething on my fingers.
11/23/12-Babies are being introduced to scary noises and plastic bags to get them used to stuff. They are not too fond of this exercise.  They are also eating solid food now.
11/28/12-Babies are huge and almost ready to move to the big cage.
 12/02/12-Adoptions start soon!

 

Why I Own Rats

There are often times I think about not owning rats. It is just a miserable feeling when they get sick and I cannot afford their vet care. I have to watch my pet get worse everyday knowing they could get better if I only had an extra hundred dollars on me. But I do not. And they die. People have said terrible things to me. How dare I own rats if I cannot afford to take them to the vet. I am abusing them. I should not own anything alive. And yeah, maybe I am a terrible person for not providing the best care possible. I sometimes think about giving up. But for all of those other bazillion times they are NOT sick, it is worth every minute. They make me happy. I may not be rich, but I give them the best care that I can and a peaceful end if it comes to that. To see their little noses sticking out of the cage when I come into the room, begging to come out and play, when they run out and jump into my lap, when I watch them stash treats behind the couch thinking I did not notice, licking my face, pouncing on my toes, making a nest in my hoodie....those are the moments that make owning rats worthwhile. Yes they have short lives. Yes, it seems no matter what I do, they still get sick. Yes,  horrible accidents happen. But, even if their little lives end far too quickly, the days we spend together are treasured. I have to remind myself that bad things happen, that owning pets is never easy and worry-free, but I also have to remember to look back on the great moments of my life and realize that there was a rat in each of them.