AboutAmber Expertise I can help with several exotic species including Rats, Mice, Guinea Pigs, Chinchillas and hamsters. I am a Veterinary Technician who is going for my license in June. I can give you advice on general care of these animals. I can also answer questions regarding any specific diseases you might be concerned about but please remember I can NOT diagnose your pet, nor will I do that. That needs to be left to a Veterinarian.
Experience I have graduated from a AVMA accredited Veterinary Technician school and I have personally own each of these breeds of exotics. I have also worked with a Veterinarian who has seen these types of exotics.
Organizations NAVTA
Education/Credentials Graduate of the Vet Tech Institute.
Question Hi, my female mouse gave birth about a week and a half ago. When can you determine what sex the babies are? I have looked for nipples on all of them, and it only looked like one had them, and I'm not even sure if it did. They are all pinkish white colored still and the only one that looked like it might have nipples was a black one. Any suggestions would be great.
Answer Hi Heather,
Congrats on the new pinkies. Unfortunately, it will be a few more weeks until you will be able to determine the sex of the pinkies. I am not sure what you mean with the nipples but the absolutely only way to tell the sex is via the scrotum. It is almost impossible to not know which ones are males and females by the sexual organs. Males will start becoming large down there and their male area will keep on getting more and more large.
Sometimes males can be late bloomers and they will look like they are females for a long long time, but the scrotum will still become very large. The testicles are like a upside down M, plus the gap between the anus and the penis is larger than between the anus and the urethra. If you could take pictures and send them to me of your baby rats I would be more than happy to try to sex them for you the best I could.
I hope this helps and good luck with your new babies!
Amber
