no rat pictures yet, but...

[ratcreature]

I've just come back from getting my three baby rats, who are tiny and adorable. They are still a bit shy, mostly hiding in one of their tubes, but they've already found the food and water and are coming out to grab bits of food only to hide again to eat it. So they are not easy to photograph yet, but starting to settle in.

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[reginagiraffe]

New ratty babies! Yay!

Congratulations on your new arrivals!

[ratcreature]

Thanks! It's really nice to have company again. And when I fetched the rats from the hobby breeder, I met her and saw her other rats, and they seemed friendly, and healthy, so that was great. (Before I've only talked via email.) Right now they are tiny, the smallest not even 80g yet.

[reginagiraffe]

*converts*

Eeeeee! Less than 3 ounces!

How many grams are normal adults? 300?

I used to work with a researcher who was trying to breed a strain of diabetic rats. They were fed a high-sugar diet and those guys were as much as a kilo! They looked like white furry footballs (American).

[ratcreature]

300g would be okay for female rats, male rats get much heavier as they get older. Though they have considerable range, but 450-650g is fairly normal.