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[.Middy.]

Aww!

Im so excited for them to be born, im about jumping off the walls.

[HellyBoo]

Yeah. I was like that waiting for Tickles to have her litter. Sadly she doesn't want to look after her babies now cause I think she is missing as many cuddles.

But I am cuddling her as much as possible so I think she is getting to know that I don't care whether she has bubs or not.

[.Middy.]

Poor girl. What are you planning on doing with the babies?

[HellyBoo]

If she doesnt want to look after them tomorrow I might try and mix em in with another young litter if not there isnt really much I can do.

[.Middy.]

I hope she takes care of them!

Are you going to sell them, or keep them?

(Sorry, curiousity and talking to much are my fatal flaws according to my mom)

[HellyBoo]

I will try to find them all new homes but those that I cant I will keep. She only had six babies so I'm hoping another mum will take em in. I have 29 babies at the moment. My two rescue girls had babies as well as my pre planned litter for Tickles and Skitz.

Rory had 11
Skitz had 5
Trixy had 7
Tickles had 6

[rachaelandrats]

What age are her litter (the girl that isn't looking after them) and what age are the young babies you're mixing them with?

[HellyBoo]

I'm not mixing them yet but I have a few young litters, One that is only the day earlier(Trixy) and one thats about 5 days earlier(Skitz). Her litter is 4 days old. I think Skitz would happily take them with her small litter but I dont want to get to that yet. Tickles has started to look after them. She feeds them and warms em before covering them up before just running around.

[rachaelandrats]

Mixing them isn't that great an idea, some mums will just attack the new babies. As long as she is feeding them then they should be fine, the best thing is to stay with their own mum. If they have made it to 4 days old that is a good sign (if she was going to reject them completely, she would probably have done it by now).

[.Middy.]

Hopefully Tickles starts to take better care of them.

If not hopefully Trixy or Skitz will take them on.