I have a pregnant rat and she feels cold and she's not moving around much - she was like this in the morning when we woke upShe's still breathing and the babies are moving aroundI can see them, so she must be pretty far along, probably due at any secondI'm just wondering why she feels so cold and she's not moving much.She's quite small - only about 3.5 inches, not including the tailHer belly is HUGE - she can barely walk around with itLast night we got her a new aquarium so she could be separate from her sister, as per suggestion of the vet(We got an aquarium so the babies can't squirm out; her sister is in a cage) We didn't have a water bottle so we put down a bottle cap full of waterThe room was quite cold this morning because one of my roommates left the front door openI don't know if any of these things have anything to do with herWhat's wrong with my rattygirl? What can I do to make her comfortable?
Boththe foil locks in the flavor (if you've marinated the ribs)The pan catches the juices if the ribs sweat their juices outso what you'll get is a small amount of sauce when you get them out from the ovendrizzle the juice over the ribs when you serve themenjoy.
I do the foil first with dry spices, and then about the last half hour I unwrap and brush with bbq sauce and rebake (w/o foil)I've even done it this way in the crock on low (let 'em cook all day all wrapped up then put bbq on when you get home from work/play).
Wow, that's a small rattieI hope she can deliver all those pupsAnyway to warm her up you could lay a heating pad under one side of her cage and set it to lowThat will warm her up, but also if she wants to get away from it she can go to the other side of the cageA nice old tshirt would work tooDon't use towels because the fibers of it could wrap around baby feet and cut off circulationIf you have an old fleece blanket or sweater then that'd be even betterIt's also a good idea not to use any sort of bedding during the first week with her babiesThe little pieces and dust and clog the baby's noses and possibly kill themTry using paper towels or shredded non toxic paperAnd unlike other rodents, you can and should handle the babiesThe mother won't eat themMaybe not on the first day or two but around the fourth day you can handle them and start getting them used to human touch.
