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Post by Die Fledermaus on Mar 23, 2005 21:55:33 GMT -4
That is not a rat, but a VERY pregnant mouse! She may have had the litter since I took this earlier today; if not, she may have exploded! I do not breed. The pet store I know got in too many from a breeder, so I grabbed all the females (five total including the mom) leaving the males. Any more litters and they likely would have ended up sadly. (You know what I mean).   A girl from an earlier litter:  |
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Mar 29, 2005 21:08:46 GMT -4
She got even bigger in the days after that photo were taken last week! (I only held her by the tail for the two seconds to take the photo). The babies are here! I assume they were born last night, and the mom I can barely recognize - I have to through marking as she is now the same size as her sisters. Sadly, one sister of the five, was found dead today; natural causes I assume.   Mom on the right.    Note: I do not breed. She came pregnant from the pet store where they seemed over stocked. So, I have the mom, three sisters, and now the babies. I am keeping them all, of course, and will separate by gender as soon as I can. |
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Mar 31, 2005 20:23:40 GMT -4
Latest photos:    You can see visible dark areas already. |
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Post by Hamsters82 on Apr 1, 2005 9:22:20 GMT -4
Nice mouse. Nice babies.
*In another forum, I felt so stupid; I thought it was a gerbil.* Lol.
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Apr 1, 2005 19:44:49 GMT -4
Their ears are about four times the size of a gerbils' ear! ;D
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Post by Hamsters82 on Apr 2, 2005 11:15:41 GMT -4
 Hey, at least I wasn't alone. I went here during school hours (don't worry I was still doing my powerpoint project) & some guy was like, "Aww...a gerbil." Me: "Nope, a mouse." So I'm not alone...lol. |
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Apr 2, 2005 21:19:14 GMT -4
I was picking out some gerbils for the males' intros last week and some female and her obnoxious kids came in: "Look at the rats!". "Do you keep them as pets??".    |
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Post by Hamsters82 on Apr 2, 2005 23:33:18 GMT -4
Ugh..people. Rats are bigger then gerbils & have a much longer tail. |
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Apr 4, 2005 5:06:09 GMT -4
Day Seven. None of those babies are dead; I just checked.  |
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Post by Hamsters82 on Apr 4, 2005 10:02:42 GMT -4
Aww...they are getting cuter by the moment! What are you going to name all of them?
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Apr 4, 2005 23:03:58 GMT -4
I will be MORE than happy to take suggestions from you!!
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Apr 5, 2005 5:22:12 GMT -4
Day 8.  |
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Post by Hamsters82 on Apr 5, 2005 9:38:46 GMT -4
Oh jeez...I was never good at names. I usually say to people pick out a favorite movie/book/author/etc that you like & think up some character names. If I didn't get Sophie, I was going to have Luke. Ya know...Luke Skywalker..lol. Anyway, this site is mainly for dogs, but I think it can be used for all types of animals. They have great names in here & they're different! Not like Max or Bruno. Here's the website if you want to check it out: www.dogomania.com/dog_names.shtmlI named several glass/seramic animals from this list & some weren't dogs. There's one name that I love from there & its Kalaya meaning "good lady." In what...I gotta find out again. Lol...check it out...maybe you'll like it! |
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Apr 6, 2005 4:24:31 GMT -4
As my latest IM says, picking names is not at the top of my To Do list right now. I will also have to photo and mark down their color schemes first. I have about eight dwarfs I have NO way of telling apart, no way I can so far see. . . I also have five gerbils to name. Whew. |
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Post by Die Fledermaus on Apr 6, 2005 5:14:46 GMT -4
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Hey, at least I wasn't alone. I went here during school hours (don't worry I was still doing my powerpoint project) & some guy was like, "Aww...a gerbil." Me: "Nope, a mouse." So I'm not alone...lol. 
