I already posted this in all the rat groups i belong too but i have not posted about this here yet. It's with a heavy heart that i have to tell you all that Priscilla's two remaining babies did not survive. I was very saddened by this but i had to remind myself that things like this happen through out nature all the time. Sometimes things like this just happen and there is no clear reason.
I found one babies bodies and i assumed the other baby was sadly eaten after it passed which is also normal behavior.
I gave Priscilla a few days to recuperate and i put her back with Alexi yesterday. It wasn't a large litter (3)- one still born so i don't think there was that much stress on her body, emotionally i can't say though. She seems ok, she seems like herself. Alexi was beyond happy to see Priscilla again.
You know, after they were housed together for 15 days i removed Alexi and Alexi stayed next to Priscilla's cage for 4 days. He sat on her water bottle. It looked as if he missed her dearly. Everytime I'd take him down he'd go right back up to the water bottle and lay there on it, next to Priscilla's cage. So he is so happy to be back with her.
I did notice Alexi trying to mount Priscilla yesterday, almost immediatley. But, she wasn't receptive. Probably because she wasn't in heat. But, I'm sure after being around Alexi she will go into heat. So in the next 22-27 days we should have babies again.
Please pray that this litter will be sucssesful. And that the babies will be healthy. I am thinking that there was something wrong with this litter and that's why they didn't survive. I know i didn't do anything wrong. I've had lots of litters in my years of loving rats and this has only happened once or twice, it is rare but it does happen. It just wasn't meant to be this time around.
I won't have much to update on this blog so you probably won't see many posts until Priscilla is showing and/or the babies arrive. But, please check back for i may post little updates.
Thank you for being a part of this blog. And please think positively and that this litter is healthy.
Rebecca
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Oh I am sorry to hear. Dont worry about babies. I pray for try again. Mother should not killed the babies. If she doing again mean she dont want the babies. But I believe she will be ready have babies.
Long time ago, I have seven babies. about one weeks old one baby was injury by drop. I rescue her son. Mother almost killed him. I take her son away from mother. One hours later, I try give son back to mother. Now Mother is care him.
No no, she didn't eat the babies. They babies died and than they ate the babies which is natural. She did not kill her babies.
Rebecca
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