Birthing photos, WARNING live birth pics...rat kitten development day by day :)

Ok here is the thread lol...I kinda got carries away. Had to go play with Morgan before the sun went down...still cooking too lol. Huh me do too many things at once? Nah! :p


This is a pic I took this morning of her big tum tum.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...9/fc5fc8b6.jpg

Here she is in labor. You can see the obvious bulge of the baby in her vagina.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...e/fc5fc80e.jpg

She kept pushing her feet against the glass while she was in labor. Poor girl, but she made it through ok. :)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...9/fc5fc7af.jpg

Here she is eating the placenta of the third kitten. She is SUCH a good mother. She cleaned the kittens so well and their bellies are full! :D

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...1/fc5fc83c.jpg

Here's one of the babies comming out of the birthing canal. Now that some were born she can actually clean herself "down there".
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...1/fc5fc89d.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...4/fc5fc8fd.jpg

In this pic you can see the umbilical cord...I will also attach this pic so you can see it more clearly, as IMGSTN blurrs the photos.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...7/fc5fc85d.jpg

Oooh she's such a fatty :p pretty prggers girl! :) I'm probably interupting your posting heehee, I'll stop now :p I'm guess that you are posting pics of the babies? Atleast you better be! :p

OOOHH!!! I can see them now! :D So cute! What a nice mommy to them! ;) What colours/patterns do you think the kittens will be?

And finally the cutest pic of all, her nursing her babies. :D I'll take some better ones tomorrow when I can actually take the babies out for awhile.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...2/fc5fc7dc.jpg


Hope you enjoyed them. I will post updates everyday so you can see how the babies develope and what not. :)

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Originally posted by wolfsoul
OOOHH!!! I can see them now! :D So cute! What a nice mommy to them! ;) What colours/patterns do you think the kittens will be?

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They'll most likely be all selfs, and mostly agouti and fawn if that. Most are dark eyed so those are probably agouti babies. :) Half the litter will be velveteen, all dumbos.

Awww I bet they will all be really cute! ;) I love velveteens!

WOW, that was neat!!
I missed all my rats & mice births, I really wanted to see one, but they never came until early in the mornings or when I was at school... But I'm glad I finally got to see what I've been missing & it was neat :D

U must be very proud of ur rattie :)

enjoy when they start bouncing around the cage & escape heheh.. chasing little ratties in ones bedroom is quite a pain :)

heheh

Great photos! I especially love the last one of her nursing her new babies :) I can't wait to see more photos! :D Thanks for sharing!

So darling!! I missed Zylle's labor, I found her eating the afterbirth once they had been born. ^_^

adorible! congrats morgan on your new babies!:) your such a wonderful mommy!:D

Wow, that is way neat! I've never seen photos of a rat giving birth before, so thanks a ton for sharing!

Isn't it amazing how some people only see rats as evil rodents and then it's so obvious she's a caring and loving mother?

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Originally posted by Jessica12345
adorible! congrats morgan on your new babies!:) your such a wonderful mommy!:D

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Morgan is my dog lol. The mother is Cinnabun. ;)

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Originally posted by Ann


Isn't it amazing how some people only see rats as evil rodents and then it's so obvious she's a caring and loving mother?

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I know, it's very sad. She is a wonderful mother. I checked on them this morning and she is doing great. All the babies have nice milk bands and are very squiggly. It's amazing how loud they are even being so tiny.


I have yet to miss a birth...I almost missed one but saw the last of it. It still never ceases to amaze me though.


KingRattus,

Yes I know. The lovely Popcorn stage lol. Or what's really great is when they start hopping up on the side of the tank every time you open it hehe. As soon as they open their eyes they start their "tub" time. I take them out each day to spend two hours in the tub playing with tubes and stuff. It gets them used to seeing movement, being handled a lot more etc. Plus it makes for great pictures! :D


I'll be taking pictures of the babies later on today. It looks as if she had around 10-12 kittens. I can't wait til their fur comes in. :)

Thank you so much for this beautiful pictures:) :) ! They are precious! And the ratties are so sweet:)
Congrats!:D