The babies are here! Chloe is now the proud mother of 14 newborns Birth Pics too!

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I had two hours of sleep last night lol. I was up all night spending the time with my Chloe girl anxiously awaiting her first litter and massaging her tummy while in labor. At 4:12 Chloe delivered her first little baby. He didn't come out as fast as he should of so he has a little bruise on his face. After the first one though, it went very smoothly and she did a fantastic job! I am so very proud of my little girl. :)

I got the chance to take some pics and also three videos which I will upload to imagestation later on today. I got two videos of the labor and one of her in prelabor while she was making her nest. I am also going to film her again nursing the babies and will have videos of the babies each week, to show how they grow and develope.

She is a great mother and all the babies have nice big milk bands. There is a chance of merling but the majority of the babies will be agouti, and half will be curly coated velveteens. :) She is such a sweety, she does not mind one bit when I go to touch the babies. I actually "helped" in the delivery as the litter was born on Carefresh and poor things had bedding stuck to them, so I got t unstick them lol. That is the last time I will give Carefresh to an expecting mother. She did have toilet paper but decided she didn't want to use that until after the babies were all born and clean.

I will post pics in just a little while. Stay tuned.......

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Here are the pictures. :) I will try to take them out a little later on after I take a much needed nap and cook lunch for myself and Dylan.

These are the twins. They shared a placenta and were delivered at the same time. I have had this happen before but this is the first time I captured it on camera. :)

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...7/fb8a2f6a.jpg

Eating the placenta

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And here are all of the babies in the nest. You can see that the milk bands are clearly visible.

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OMG!!
Look at those tiny little things!!!!!!

Congratulations to Chloe, the new mommy!!!!!

Congrats! And aren't the adorable! Ughh, I need one :D

Ash

Oh congratulations! I'm sure Chloe is a great mom!

And twins! When I had my rats we never had twins! Congratulations again!

~Rachel

Congrats!

Chloe's litter looks great! And she looks wonderful too, what a sweetheart! I really hope you get some merles out of that litter. :)

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Congrats!

Chloe's litter looks great! And she looks wonderful too, what a sweetheart! I really hope you get some merles out of that litter. :)

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Me too! It looks like most of them will be agouti though, but we'll see. :)


Thank you everyone for the nice comments. I will be taking more pics in a few hours, it is time for lunch and a nap. :o

Congrats! :D Chloe's litter looks great! :D

Wow, fourteen babies! I hope you get a Merle like you want, but I didn't know that rat babies can be born with different breeds, which I think got me confused about their adoption certificate (my ratties). Anyway, I hope they grow into happy and healthy rats who will grow up in good homes. I can't wait to see more pics!
(P.S. What's a milk band?)

CONGRATS!! Thats alot of work you lil mommy!

Congratulations to both you AND Chloe!! They babies are beautiful! That is so exciting!

Congratulations!!!!! They are so tiny! I can't wait for the videos and pics!

OMG!! They are soooo adorable! Congrats!

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Wow, fourteen babies! I hope you get a Merle like you want, but I didn't know that rat babies can be born with different breeds, which I think got me confused about their adoption certificate (my ratties). Anyway, I hope they grow into happy and healthy rats who will grow up in good homes. I can't wait to see more pics!
(P.S. What's a milk band?)

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There are no breeds of rats, just types. Types are different colors, markings, ear set and fur type. ;) There is a "breed" trying to be made now, which is the Cashmere rat. These rats are dumbo self velveteens. But even that is still up in the open.


What is confusing you with your ratties, maybe I can answer some questions for you? Did she provide a pedigree for the rats? This is a list of ancesters the rats share, like the parents, great grandparents etc. It should also state the rats type, like if they were a blue berkshire rex, or a lilac agouti self.


Milk bands are the little white splotches you see in the tummies of the babies. Since baby ratties are see through, you can see their internal organs and the milk in their tum tums, which is helpful when determining whether or not the babies are recieving enough milk from the mother. If no milk band is visible then there is a chance the mom is not producing enough. For Chloe that is not the case, her babies look like they are about to explode with milk lol.

I took a few more photos so I will upload those in a bit. :)


Thanks again everyone! Chloe really appreciates all the great comments........I have been reading the thread to her. :o

Oh, so that's their markings? I understand now, lol. :) Thanks, and congrats again.

So you know just how small these little guys are, here is a pic that shows one of the babies in comparison to a quarter. ;)

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...e/fb898e89.jpg

I did a fur count and it looks like there will be 7 velveteens and 7 standards.

Nursing:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...1/fb898154.jpg

Babies!!! :D

You can see the milk in their tums better in these pics. :p
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...b/fb89815d.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...0/fb898159.jpg


OOH I can't wait til their fur comes in!!! :D

Oh The Babbies are just darling! So cute!

Chloe looks like a great mommy!

OOC where are the little ones going when they are ready to leave Chloe?

~Rachel

Well I will most likely keep a few for future breedings, in order to establish my own line of mink based rats. But the waiting list for this litter was pretty long, so most are going to other breeders in the NorthWest, or as pets to people on my waiting list. :)

However, it is going to be very tough to figure out who I am going to keep. :p I need to keep at least one buck and one doe, and hopefully I will get lucky and have a great curly coat, but the majority of the babies will lose their curl at around 4 weeks. There is one in the litter that has great curl to his whiskers, so I am keeping my fingers crossed. :)


I don't sell to Petshops and most of the babies born in my rattery are prereserved before being born. I won't breed unless there is a demand. But I am always willing to keep any rats that I cannot place, which is the responsible thing to do, because if you are not willing to make that commitment then you shouldn't be breeding. ;)

aww they are soo cute, what a lil bundle of joy you have there. Chloe is so beautiful. what a good mommy. ;D

Thanks! :D

I can't wait for their color and marking to show up, and their cute little curly fur to grow in. I haven't had babies in so long lol, I was going through withdrawls!:p

awww, they are soo tiny, whew Chloe must be all tuckered out! 14-I don't even know what ruple-like quad and quint uple 14 is-let's call it a Chloetuple-perfect!

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awww, they are soo tiny, whew Chloe must be all tuckered out! 14-I don't even know what ruple-like quad and quint uple 14 is-let's call it a Chloetuple-perfect!

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LOL yes she is very tired. She looks really great though for having so many babies.

She also says that she thinks Chloetuple sounds perfect! :D

Are these little ones dumbos? I have a feeling you already answered this for me, but I can't remember. :)

What a good mother she is! It's great to see so many full baby tummies! How many males and how many females?

Yep all dumbos. :) I haven't counted sex yet, I will try to do that tomorrow. But 7 curlies, and 7 standard fur. :D

How can you tell the coat type when they're so young?

You just look at their whiskers, the ones that are velveteens will have crunchy whiskers and the regular ones will have straight whiskers. ;)

I knew that! *Feeling silly* :-D

LOL You are so silly. :p

They are about 30 hours old now. Here are a few more pics :)

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...d/fb877e43.jpg

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Here are the above three again.

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I counted the sexes and we have 8 boys and 6 girls, 3 black eyed babies (tentative), 6 red (could be black too, we will see) and 5 pink eyed babies. :)

And here is one of the little boys. This pic is so funny, he looks as if he is dancing to the Y-M-C-A song. :D

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...2/fb877439.jpg


If you look close you can see that his whiskers are curly. :)

Awww! They are so cute!

I'm a sucker for baby animals:D

Aww! They're precious! Great pics! :D

*Squeal!!!!* Awwwwwww, they are ADORABLE!!!!!!!!! They are so cute!!!!!!

Thanks lol! :D I will be taking pics every day, hopefully.

AWW!! They're PRECIOUS!!

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Look what I captured on camera!!!!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...8/fb85c373.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...5/fb85c36e.jpg

And just in case anyone is curious, here is how you tell the boys from the girls lol. :p

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...3/fb85c378.jpg


As you can see they are getting darker, so in just a few days I should know what colors I have! YAY! :D

Aww!

I love that first picture with that little one with his/her mouth open. Too cute!

How is Chloe doing? Good I hope. Her babies are sooo cute!

~Rachel

CUTE!!!!!!!!!!

Those little baby mices are so CUTE!!!

Chloe looks like a wonderful mommy!!! *MORE PICTURES*!!!!!!

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CUTE!!!!!!!!!!

Those little baby mices are so CUTE!!!

Chloe looks like a wonderful mommy!!! *MORE PICTURES*!!!!!!

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Their actually rats lol, but thanks! :D


I do plan on posting pics every day so you all can see them blossom into cute little toddlers. :p Chloe is doing great! She has tons of milk and she is a wonderful mother to these little ones. She still wants to spend time with me, which makes me love her even more. When I go to pet the babies she licks me, and starts bruxing (grinding her teeth, a sign of contentment) away. She is just such a sweety and looking at these babies, I think I will let her have one more litter before she is retired. :)

They are soooo precious!!! I love them!!!!!!