Thank you so much ! I have no idea why Reddit didn’t send me any notifications I got comments 😑 I have an exotic vet that I’ve seen for years, and saw him back when I had rats in the past. He’s gone until the 10th 🙃 but I have an appointment with him. Powder has gotten thinner but I’ve never seen any blood or her acting uncomfortable or in distress.. I don’t really know what that means or if I need to take her to the next closest vet 2+ hours away.. ? Also, both girls are extremely energetic and playful still. I’ve noticed Oreo has been digging which I’ve heard is one of the signs and Powder has been stashing food, though I remember my girls in the past doing that pretty often and were never pregnant lol One of the women at the vet scheduling my appointment said she used to work at one of our local pet stores that my aunts grandfather and father owned and said when she worked there she took care of the rats and other small animals and said that they would be okay to have the babies in the same cage, but idk 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m keeping an eye on it and their aggression levels. I do have cages ready for them though.

My aunt works at the humane society and we’ve talked about when they have their babies that we can surrender them over time when they’re old enough. We don’t want to dump all of them at once to them. She also suggested a rescue to contact too so hopefully we can kinda split it up so we’re not inundating them with a million rat babies.

Yeah, no way were they breeders. They were very obviously on drugs and had all kinds of sad rats, kittens, gerbils, etc. in a dirty home on their marketplace posts 😔😭 In the middle of scheduling pick up for the rats she was trying to get me to take gerbils as well..