Twinky*babies*

Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:19 am

Well, I decided to put up some pictures of my mouse Twinky. She is so cute and I want her to have her babies already. The suspense is killing me. hyper

I moved her to her own little cage and have been giving her tons of food. So here are the best pics I could get.

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Last edited by rat_hammie_lover05 on Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:22 pm; edited 1 time in total

Sat Oct 15, 2005 6:48 am

She is pregnant? Did you intentionaly breed her, or was she the one who was in the cage with the boy mouse? She is really cute!

I love your bedding btw.

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Rosie

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I miss you Tut, Goldy, and Raoul Angel rat

Sat Oct 15, 2005 6:59 am

No I did not breed her, she was with the boys (at the store aparently) as big a she is she had to be preggers before I even got her. I had just thought she was a little chunky them BAM she was huge. Unfortunantly I think that all the females are pregnant.

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4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Sat Oct 15, 2005 7:12 am

How many more females do you have? Good luck finding homes for them all. Sorry I can not help you, but I am far away. How close to there due date are your other mice?

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Rosie

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I miss you Tut, Goldy, and Raoul Angel rat

Sat Oct 15, 2005 7:21 am

I have 3 females including Twinky. I don't know when their due dates are. It's also hard to tell if they are really close seeing that they are babies themselves so their bellies aren't going to be as big. They do have big bellies one more than the other so I'm just hopeing that they are just fat.

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Sat Oct 15, 2005 8:56 am

Good luck finding them homes. That little girl is adorable.

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Bridge Ratties: Samson, Wraith, Aiko, Kasper - I <3 you & miss you.

Sat Oct 15, 2005 7:45 pm

Thanks.

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Sat Oct 15, 2005 11:59 pm

Any signes of the babies?

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Rosie

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I miss you Tut, Goldy, and Raoul Angel rat

Sun Oct 16, 2005 12:16 am

Nope not yet, bt I'm not completly sure when they will arrive. I'll let you know though.

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:26 pm

Well last night at 10:53 I went in my room and heard a little squeak only to find that Twinky was having her babies. This morning I was able to look at them while Twinky ate breakfast. There are atleast 11 babies! They are sooooo tiny I can't believe it.

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Mon Oct 17, 2005 6:50 pm

Uh, congrats? That is quite the population explosion. Obviously, you forgot to explain to her that smaller litters are easier.
Good luck with your booming mouse family. And of course, we'll all be expecting picutres.

Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:12 pm

I guess I should have told her about having a smaller litter.lol. Don't worry there will be plenty of pictures. wink

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5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:41 pm

Good luck with placements O_O

Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:59 pm

Well, when I got home today I checked on her and took a couple of quick pictures while she was eating a yoggie. They aren't great, but it was the best I could do and it looks like there are 12 or 13 not 11. (As you can see in the pics she didn't really like the little box I gave her and decided to make her own place to have them).

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:10 am

Awww! Mini mouselets. They're so cute!

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Shadow Brook Rodentry

Bridge Ratties: Samson, Wraith, Aiko, Kasper - I <3 you & miss you.

Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:41 am

They're very cute! Congratulations! Heart

Out of curiosity, should the wheel be stabilized or taken out for mouselets? ScratchHead

I know they recommend removing the wheel when there are baby hamsters around so that there aren't any accidental injuries (like if mom decides to run and a baby gets in the way).
Good luck with the jelly beans!

Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:03 am

Well, Ratsicles said that she leaves the wheels in all the time and she's hasn't had any problems. So I think it will be fine so far she hasn't even gone in it, just uses it to hide the babies next to it.

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:33 am

That wheel looks very safe - no spokes or anything to get caught in.
As a separte caution, it's hard to tell how high the water bottle is from the photo, but with the nest so close, make sure the mom doesn't mound nest materials so high that the absorbent materials then wick the water out and soak the cage. I had that happen once in an adult only cage, and the critters were pretty unhappy when I came home, but non the worse for wear. If that happens to babies though, it might not turn out so well. Might be safer to empty that bottle and attach another one away from a corner somewhere.
Thanks for getting those photos up so fast. That is quite the baby pile.

Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:50 am

Yeah I thought about that and it is now on the otherside of the cage.

More pics to come later Mr. Green

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:59 am

Very cute pics! Good luck finding them homes!

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Rosie

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I miss you Tut, Goldy, and Raoul Angel rat

Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:00 am

Here's the happy momma now:

One of the babies:

A few

and the whole group:

My first count was right there are 11 babies and from the looks of it only 2 are going to have dark eyes.

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:57 am

AWWWWW!

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Shadow Brook Rodentry

Bridge Ratties: Samson, Wraith, Aiko, Kasper - I <3 you & miss you.

Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:42 am

Lookin' good. Mr. Green

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--Brittany

"He who breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of wisdom."

Wed Oct 19, 2005 9:53 am

Thanks, and thanks for all your help. Mr. Green

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:22 pm

It is hard to tell from the pics, but she appears to be a Brindle. If so, Brindle is dominant so a lot of the litter could be Brindle. It really depends on who she mated with and what each of them carry.

I had a rescued Brindle girl months back who gave birth to a litter of 13 one week after coming to my home. She had Fawns, Brindles, Blacks, Chocolates and Lilacs in her mix, so it will be interesting to see what colors these guys have.

I have a similar cage to the one you have, and I hated that water bottle! I ended up throwing it away, and replaced it with a regular bottle - and it works so much better now. Also, do be careful about that wheel. It is really close to the nest, and once the babies start moving around it could be a hazard. If mom gets on and starts running, and a little one happens to crawl near or under it, they could get injured easily. See if you can raise it a little bit off the bottom - get the most space between the nesting material and the bottom of the wheel as you can. Just in case - before too long those guys will be roaming everywhere.

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Shanna
~ Serendipity Rodentry ~

Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:19 pm

Okay thanks, I will move the wheel up more, she has already decided to move the litter to the opposite side.

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:04 am

Well, here are todays pictures of the squirmy little babies. Everyone is doing great and mom is being very sweet. Mr. Green

Here's Twinky:

Babies!

Here's momma checking out the babies:

And the end of the photo shoot. LOL

Sorry I went overboard with pics, but now that I can hold them and stuff I'm getting more excited.

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:55 am

Oh, I just love the pictures of momma with the babies! Heart

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Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:53 am

Here are new pictures. Some are starting to get darker. Mr. Green

I'm getting so excited I can't wait until I can see their colors and they get fur.

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:55 am

It may just be the pictures, but I think I definately see brindles. Mr. Green

So have you sexed them yet?

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--Brittany

"He who breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of wisdom."

Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:01 am

I think you might be right some look like brindles and one looks like it's going to have patches. No I haven't sexed them, but I'm dying to find out. They all look the same to me. Shrug

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:20 am

Yeah, sexing mice is a little bit more difficult than sexing rats, at least for me anyway. In babies, Its a *very* subtle difference in distance from the anus to urethra, and that's it. Once you get the hang of it, its pretty easy, but I definately understand why it would look confusing. I'll see if maybe I can find some pictures illustrating the difference...hmm.

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--Brittany

"He who breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of wisdom."

Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:30 am

Or just wait for them to be 8-10 days old. Then, look for nipples on the lower stomach area - nipples are present from 8 days of age and on. Females have them, males don't.

I use the nipple method to double-check myself while sexing baby mice. I am usually correct, even when they are a day or two old...but I have been fooled before. wink

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Shanna
~ Serendipity Rodentry ~

Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:24 pm

Thanks guys. Waiting until they are 8 days old sound like an easier method. LOL

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:16 am

Well, they are now 7 days old. I think there is only one brindle and their is one that is dark with a light belly. The rest are turning out to be some kind of light colors. Well here are 2 from today (brindle one can't be seen because he/she is under everyone):

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:55 am

Aww, wittle meeces. They are so tiny!

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Rosie

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I miss you Tut, Goldy, and Raoul Angel rat

Fri Oct 28, 2005 4:15 am

Well, here are some pitures of the babies now with fur (4 girls and 7 boys).

Girlies:

Boys:

Babies:

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33 rats
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4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Fri Oct 28, 2005 4:29 am

They're beautiful! lurve

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Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:34 pm

Ooo...you has beautiful babies. Any girlie brindles? *peer*

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Shadow Brook Rodentry

Bridge Ratties: Samson, Wraith, Aiko, Kasper - I <3 you & miss you.

Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:45 pm

Yup, only 1 brindle and it's a girl. Here she is (her brindling looka a lot better in person, the camera akes it look odd):

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:01 pm

Awwww!

Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:16 pm

tiny little meese babies!!!! Thud

i want i want i want! (ok, i'm better now, kinda)

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Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:46 pm

If you want to drive up here you can have them all. wink

Actually anyone who wantssome is more then welcome to. Mr. Green

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Sat Oct 29, 2005 5:50 am

Actually it looks like one of the other pups is a *really* light brindle. Very adorable. Could you get frontal pics of the light boy, who seems to be grey in the photo?

-Melina

Sat Oct 29, 2005 6:37 am

Um, I hate to break it to you, but...

See here for how I found out my mice were actually potatoes.

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Sat Oct 29, 2005 8:13 am

Oh my, do you think Twinky will get that big? Shocked

I have always thought she was a little large for a mouse.

Hey Melina Wave

yeah you're right, I looked and there are some very light brindle markings Mr. Green

. Did you want a picture of the one on the top of everyone in the first picture? If so here he is:

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:41 am

Well, Twinky is already showing those little hip rolls, I can see them in that photo. She could be Badger's double, I swear! I'm telling you, once you've seen a mouse potato in real life, you never forget it, and you can look back and recall the early warning signs like hip rolls that you once thought were just cute baby fat... LOL

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If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph the event ... what kind of film would you use?
~ Anonymous

Sat Oct 29, 2005 10:01 am

Well, maybe when/if she gets bigger my mom won't be scared of her. I can just tell her it's a baby rat. I have absolutly no clue as to why she loves rats, but s scared of a mouse. Shrug

Twinky is already almost as big as one of my rats when he was little. I guess I won't be giving her any kind of critter trail tubes. I don't want to have to grease her and pull her out.

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Sat Oct 29, 2005 11:37 am

	rat_hammie_lover05 wrote:
	I guess I won't be giving her any kind of critter trail tubes. I don't want to have to grease her and pull her out.

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Kate & the M.O.U.S.
If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph the event ... what kind of film would you use?
~ Anonymous

Tue Nov 08, 2005 3:11 am

Well, I got some more pictures of the babies, they are from a few days ago, but I just put them on the computer. They aren't great, but the best of the ones I took, they just refuse to hold still.

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:35 am

They are so pretty! I love the greyish ones, and that amber colored one in the top pic. They look beautiful!

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~~~Hendrix and Sambora~~~

Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:04 am

Aww, they are so cute.

Poor potato mouse!

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Rosie

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I miss you Tut, Goldy, and Raoul Angel rat

Sat Nov 12, 2005 8:22 am

I have some new pictures that I just took today while I was cleaning out their cage. Here they are:

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Sat Nov 12, 2005 6:19 pm

I love them! They are all aso precious and such interesting colors. The one who's climbing is especially sweet!

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Cait

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Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:16 am

Here are today's pictures
One of the boys:

A girl:

Everyone:

Girl on the bowl:

Lots of babies:

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:16 am

The brindle ones are so cute!

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Rosie

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I miss you Tut, Goldy, and Raoul Angel rat

Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:25 am

Thanks

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Thu Nov 17, 2005 4:37 am

Is the little chocolatey kiddo towards the back in the last pic one of my little men? The little one behind the brindle baby (in front of the clump) is just precious too lurve

They're all so adorable, I can't wait to meet my little guys!

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Mice~Molly, James & Will
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Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:32 am

The one that looks like he's hiding from the camera or the one squished between the two looking at the camera? I'm sure theey can't wait to go to their new home either. Then they won't have to share everything with everyone else.

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:41 am

I want to adopt some of the babies! No fair!

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Rosie

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I miss you Tut, Goldy, and Raoul Angel rat

Thu Nov 17, 2005 6:21 am

To bad you live so far away. Sad

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Thu Nov 17, 2005 7:44 am

The squished one...the darker baby that isn't the brindle in the front? Is the other little cutie (directly behind the brindle with the lovely red eyes) one of the boys?

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Mice~Molly, James & Will
Beardie~Cleo

Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:52 am

The squished one is yours Mr. Green

You're good. The baby behind the brindle is the guy that sees to be getting points, I think he's my favorite. While I was taking pictures he was being very good and didn't try to jump out of my hand. I just took pictures of those two for you.

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Fri Nov 18, 2005 4:44 am

I'll take the Brindle who is up front in the last pic, and whichever other boy/girl is the sweetest Mr. Green

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Rosie

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I miss you Tut, Goldy, and Raoul Angel rat

Fri Nov 18, 2005 5:27 am

The little brindle girl's staying here with me and her mommy. Mr. Green

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen

Sat Nov 19, 2005 6:05 am

She is so pretty! I love brindle dogs, and brindle mice are almost as cute!

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Rosie

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I miss you Tut, Goldy, and Raoul Angel rat

Wed Nov 30, 2005 5:09 pm

Cuteness overload...Good Luck

Sat Dec 10, 2005 5:07 am

Oh the mice are so cute!!! And the pinkies are so tiny!!!! lurve

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Sun Jan 15, 2006 12:57 pm

Cry,Cry,Cry...so very cute...(and this is coming from a guy) they are almost cuter than my mousess litter!!!!!!! wink

Good luck finding homes!!!!!!

Snagrit

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Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:35 pm

Thanks, everyone has found homes already (3 here with me

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33 rats
5 mice
4 hammies
4 Dogs
3 guinea pigs
3 rabbits
1 cat
R.I.P. Sebastian, Brently, & Bethoveen