AGCR Pit and the Pendulum x CRUE Echo 3/18/13

• Echo's litter- 

  1. Teresa(3 males)
  2. Amber (2 females)
  3. Allison white (Cryptic)
  4. Danille (Ayortha)
  5. Taisha (1 male) 
  
  
• AGCR Pendulum x CRUE Echo
  Adoption fee: $15 each
  Expected arrival: Around March 11th
  2/19/13-Paired Pendulum and Echo
  2/22/13-They are finally getting along. Echo was in heat on the 20th. Fingers crossed!
  3/16/13-Echo looks a little round tonight
  3/17/13-She is definitely pregnant. I removed Pendulum, and she's started making a nest.
  3/18/13-Babies were born this afternoon! There seem to be 5 boys and 3 girls.
  3/19/13-Babies survived the night and are eating well.
  3/23/13-They are starting to get their shades. Eating well and crawling
  3/28/13-Getting fuzzy. They all seem to be mostly the same colour blue, with a few berkshires.
  4/01/13-Growing quickly! They are walking pretty well now.
  4/02/13-Eyes are open!!!
  4/07/13-Looking like normal ratties now...running around!
  4/11/13-Babies had their first bath. They were a little freaked out, but did alright. They are now living in the big cage with the other babies and both mothers.
  4/14/13-Babies are continuing their treatment baths. Getting some good handling skills by doing this! 

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

AGCR Zero x AGCR Marceline 3/11/13

Marceline's litter FULL
1.  Haily (1 blue dumbo self male ($15 paid)
2. Teresa (1 black dumbo rex male, 1 black berk dumbo male) ($30 adoption fee paid)
3. Ashley (2 dumbo females, blue and siamese) ($15 paid)
4. Raquel  (dumbo siamese male) ($15 paid)
4. Jacquelyn (Female dumbo siamese) ($15 paid)

Arthur is from this litter 


2/03/13-Paired ACGR Zero x AGCR Marceline
Adoption Fee: $15 each
Arrival around the 24th
Expecting: All dumbo, with some rex, black, blue, and Siamese.
2/21/13-Marceline is started to get rounder!  This morning she looked normal, then tonight she was very round.
2/23/12-Definitly much rounder today!
2/27/13-Marcy is quite the pancake today and is getting her nest ready.
2/28/13-Still no change in her belly today. By now I would be expecting her to be getting much bigger. But she has a definite egg shape to her, so perhaps nothing happened the first week they were together and she is a week later than I calculated.

3/05/13-I am declaring Marcy not pregnant. Uhg.
3/10/13-Scratch that...she IS pregnant. Haha, what a crazy pregnancy.....
3/11/13-BABBIES ARE BORN!!!!!!!!!!!!! At 9:00 PM, 10 were born, 2 stillborn. There are currently 8 healthy pups. More may arrive.
3/15/13-There are 9 babies in total. Five boys, and four girls. They are eating well and Marceline is taking excellent care of her first litter.
3/16/13-There seems to be 1 rex male, 1 rex female. Fur is starting to come in.
3/19/13-Babies are strong and crawling around crazily! There are 3 siamese, 3 blues, and 3 blacks...what an even litter!
3/23/13-Babies are super fuzzy now. Eyes should be opening in a few days.
3/28/13-Babies should open their eyes soon! They have been crawling around the cage.
4/01/13-All the babies are running around and eating solid food now. 2 more weeks until they can go home!
4/08/13-One week until they can go home....they are getting huge!
4/11/13-Babies had their first bath today and did very well! No screaming or struggles, although I'm sure they did not enjoy it.

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.

My New Rats!

I went shopping at IKEA and could not resist buying these guys :D

AGCR Pit and the Pendulum X ALP Don't Tread On Me 9/18/12

Currently breeding:
AGCR The Pit and the Pendulum X ALP Don't Tread On Me
Litter predictions- Standard Ears and fur, some blacks for sure
Adoption fee: $10 eachExpected arrival: 09/16/12

Father: Blue standard ear/fur berkshire
Mother: Chocolate standard ear/fur self

Waiting list: CLOSED
1. Erica (3 females, black self, beige self, black berk)
2. Jason and Maria (2 boys, 1 beige self, 1 black self)
3. Katerina (2 boys-black and blue self)
4. Jon (3 girls-2 black self, 2 beige self)
5. Sunflower (2 girls-1 blue self, 1 black self)

9/16/12
She is looking very round and has begun nest building and has slowed down on eating. Fingers crossed!
9/18/12
Babies born!!! 15 babies so far as of 7PM
9/20/12
Looks like there are 12 females and 4 males
9/24/12 Babies are big and starting to get some pigment.  For the dark ones, looks like they are self/berks. I can't tell what the markings for the light ones will be.
9/25/12
A bit of fur is starting to come. All 16 are being well-fed. They have a dedicated mum!
9/27/12
Babies are furry and well fed. A few are on the smaller side, but have full bellies.  There are a lot of black selfs, berkshires, 3 blue self/berks, and several solid white/cream colored.
9/29/12
Have a few runts I'm not sure will make it...she was feeding fine, but they hit that point where some shoot off and get huge, and the smaller ones get pushed aside. So I'm going to try and supplement them with some formula and see if they can get plumper.

9/30/12
The 4 small ones are being fed, but are much smaller than their siblings.  We'll see if they will make it or not.  The rest are plump and active. Eyes should be opening soon. There are several black self (no white paws or bellies), 1 black berkshire (white paws and white belly), 3 blues, 1 albino, and several cream/beige.

10/01/12
Babies are big. One baby has an eye starting to open. The runties are still doing fine, just very small. In another week they'll be eating solids and can get fatter that way.
10/04/12
All eyes are open now! The runts are getting bigger and I think they will make it! Still so much smaller than the rest, but they're being fed. I'm separating them throughout the day so the small ones get a chance to eat without the big ones pushing them away.

 

 
10/10/12
Babies are now eating solid food and running around. Tiny ones are getting bigger and it's becoming hard to tell which ones are the runts now!
10/13/12
Babies got new things to climb on in their cage and were very excited. They are almost ready to move into the multi-level baby cage. Working on desensitizing with plastic bag noises and clapping...I encourage the continuing of this in their new home to help them become less fearful.


10/16/12
Babies had play time in the pool and some were brave enough to chase the plastic bag around. They've been moved to the big cage now.





10/20/12

Babies are getting big...but not big enough! They managed to escape from their cage, and so now they have to live in their bin age to keep them safe. Luckily they did not escape during the night, but did it right in front of me. Pesky little babies!