Babies are getting bigger

One Week old 4 hooded rats and 4 solid. One solid and one hooded are an interesting brown.


Notice that at 2 weeks, the fur is getting long. 4 of the rats are "curly" hair. These are two examples, the fur looks wavy and ruffled. These two rats are the same two brown ones in the frist two photos, hasn't their hair changed significantly? The others look smooth and silky.

Declan is enjoying the babies. He is especially attached to the brown hooded curly haired rat you can see in this photo. Yesterday he named her Yoshi. (Also note that "Yoshi" is the hooded rat on the right in the photo where they are 3 days old, she is the only hooded rat whose hood breaks at the neckline and then continues later down her back)We have 3 females and 5 males. Their eyes opened just a couple of days ago, so they should be jumping around the cage anyday now.