The BRODENTS! Rodent Enthusiast Thread!

[darkvoodoo]

Yep 1st one looks like a broken brindle.
Why do you say the one with white feet carries broken/spotting gene? I cant see a white tail tip, but thats usually how you tell. White feet often shows up in mince not bred for color/markings.
Since brindle cant be carried and the dad isnt brindle, that means the mom is an unmarked brindle, not recessive yellow. (Genetics/colors can be soo confusing,lol)


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On another note, the broken black doe had her babies before I removed the other doe and all but 1 baby was dead (found pieces of some) after I removed the brindle, the broken black ate the last baby.
Even though one or both of them ate the babies it doesnt mean either one is a bad mom. Both were in a pretty new place and had alots of changes in the last few days. Its natural for them to eat the babies if the area doesnt feel safe.
The brindle is still pregnant, so maybe she will do better.

[Hekomi]

Stress causes hamsters I know to act differently around their litters. Sorry you lost most of the litter. :( Hopefully the one that did survive will thrive and be healthy. :) Good luck to your brindle lady. xx

[darkvoodoo]

Stress causes hamsters I know to act differently around their litters. Sorry you lost most of the litter. Hopefully the one that did survive will thrive and be healthy. Good luck to your brindle lady. xx

I cant find the live one, so Im assuming the mom ate it as well.
but thanks. Hopefully the brindle does better.

[Hekomi]

Stress causes hamsters I know to act differently around their litters. Sorry you lost most of the litter. :( Hopefully the one that did survive will thrive and be healthy. :) Good luck to your brindle lady. xx

I cant find the live one, so Im assuming the mom ate it as well.
but thanks. Hopefully the brindle does better.

Awh, well, mum knows best.

[WalkerNom]

@darkvoodoo -
Omg. You have no idea how excited I am about this. I HAVE A BRINDLE BABY!
Does it have to be the tip? I thought as long as it's tail has white on it it meant it
carried broken marked? Also, it's good that I know that about the mom now lol.

You guys, this is SO exciting. I got the colors I wanted plus something totally off
the wall that I wasn't expecting (brindle isn't common around where I live)! Funny
how that works...

[samm.]

Apologies for any spelling errors or mistakes, i'm typing with my computers on screen keyboard!

I've decided that once my mice pass away, which wont be for a long time I hope, that i'm going to get guinea pigs. Obviously I don't plan to rush into this, i'm going to do my research! I do have a question for y'all though, hope you can help me out. Since there are no breeders near me, i'm going to have to get them from a pet store. I was just wondering what are some positive and negative signs I should look out for when getting my guineas?

[The Mad Girl]

The hamsters I found are now with my friend, this time I couldn't keep them and the young hamsters are now separated.
She took my Alaskas but she will give them back when they find new homes.

They are still pretty stressed and scared though, they act like wild hamsters.

[Lonin]

Apologies for any spelling errors or mistakes, i'm typing with my computers on screen keyboard!

I've decided that once my mice pass away, which wont be for a long time I hope, that i'm going to get guinea pigs. Obviously I don't plan to rush into this, i'm going to do my research! I do have a question for y'all though, hope you can help me out. Since there are no breeders near me, i'm going to have to get them from a pet store. I was just wondering what are some positive and negative signs I should look out for when getting my guineas?

Are there any shelters or rescues near you that have guinea pigs or might do in the future? It's really not a good idea to get guinea pigs from most pet shops (or most breeders, really) if at all possible.
If you must then make sure the shop looks after all their animals. Everything should be kept in species appropriate cages (no tanks for the guinea pigs) with proper bedding and food (hay, pellets and ideally vegetables for the guinea pigs). The guinea pigs should be active and healthy with no discharge from the eyes or nose. Their coat shouldn't have any bald patches or dry spots or dandruff or anything like that. None should be sat all puffed up in a corner looking miserable.
Learn how to sex guinea pigs yourself and if you're getting females check for signs of pregnancy and make sure you do it before you leave. Even if they say they're all the same or they only get girls or boys you can't really trust them in that. Especially if they're young or done by someone with little training they can be missexed pretty easily.
Ideally the staff will know at least a little bit about them, but that's optional and not really their fault if they don't c: Some places will tell you things like males can't be kept together or they can be kept with rabbits or whatever so you need to know what's true and what's myth.
Make sure you have plenty of money saved up for vet bills and the ability to get them to one just in case. Due to the conditions they're bred and shipped in it's really easy for them to catch things like URIs or parasites. Since they're prey animals and hide signs of weakness even if they seem healthy in the shop that doesn't mean they really are after a few days at home c:

Good luck with getting some c: Guinea pigs can be awesome pets

[Hekomi]

The hamsters I found are now with my friend, this time I couldn't keep them and the young hamsters are now separated. :)
She took my Alaskas but she will give them back when they find new homes. :)

They are still pretty stressed and scared though, they act like wild hamsters.

Awh, poor things! Glad your friend could take them in though. :)

Had a quick Q for you actually! This is the two dom spot boys:


It looks like the one on the top from this angle shows the pattern better, but his brother showed it better from the other side. Do you still think the bottom one (which was the one you said originally displayed it better) is still the better pick, pattern wise?

[Starrats]

Bobby
Why?

You where just fine, but yesterday you where very sick.
I could not find anything, the vet couldn't finds anything.
I had to force feed you some food and water yesterday
Why, little Bobby?
You were so young.