Nikki loves rats. We had three of them, and well... they died, one by one. The one white rat was the first to go. After she died, Nikki got a male white rat. He failed in his attempts to impregnate the two remaining rats. After they died, Nikki got a white female rat, not long after our arrival here in Tucson.
She heard as lot of squeaking coming from the cage one morning. She looked and saw these little guys (though this picture was taken a few days later):
There are eight in all. Their eyes and ears won't open until they're about two weeks old. I think we have less than a week to go then. So until then, they're deaf and blind! Once their eyes open, they're very curious and explore nonstop.
I was holding one of them just last night, and petting it (wow, might be the softest thing I've ever touched!), and it fell asleep. How would I know, since it's eyes were closed? It got very still in my hand while I was looking up some information on baby rats. Then I started petting it again and it jumped! Oops, back to sleep, lil' guy (or girl?).
What we're wondering is this. If the father looks like this:
And the mother looks like this:
Why do the babies all look like this?
So does anyone want a baby rat? And no, we will not mail it! ;)
"Hmmm, nice 'Texas Chainsaw' collection..."
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