Here's a pic of my latest rescues. These are 11 rats that I rescued from behind a refridgerator at the local petstore that I used to work at. The mother had gotten loose and had a litter of 12 rats, but one was stillborn. I took the babies home to handrear them since the mother had been out awhile and was pretty unhealthy. I fed them with a syringe and then two days later took them over to my friends house whos rat just weaned a litter. It was perfect.
I can't believe I kept them alive though. They were only 2 days old and needed to be fed every hour. And to think that there was 11 of them. I didn't get much sleep those 2 days with the rats and a four month old son. I kept them warm using a heating pad on the lowest setting.
And don't worry I didn't place them directly on top, the heating pad was placed under the nest that they were in.
The foster mommy took to them like they were her own and in a couple days the babies were noticably healthier. Their fur was shinier, they weren't as floppy, and they were filling out in their middle.
When I first got them they had mites and I had to get all the mites off of them because they were sucking the life out of them. Now mite free and in new homes as of yesterday I am very proud of them.
I had to keep one for myself though. A little american irish slate. She is a sweetie.
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