RATZILLA: Milan's wild rat babies from December 11 (Day 20... already eating solid food)

Milan's wild rat babies from December 11 (Day 20... already eating solid food)

This is a series of posts regarding Milan's special litter. An upcoming video documentation will follow after the rats have already been placed at their new homes. Click on the links below to see the other stories in this series:

Milan and Gaston's new babies from December 11

Day 4 and Day 6: Bits of hair growing on pink skin

Day 13 and Day 14: Open eyes!

Day 20: Already eating solid food

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December 30. The baby rats are already starting to eat solid food. They love the flavor of the dog bits as much as I do (it tastes like sweet corn with honey!). By this time, their inquisitive nature and hyperactive energy are already showing. It's not easy being a mama, but they grow so fast!

As for temperament, they don't have any problem at all. I usually bring them up to my room and place their box/carrier beside my laptop/work station and let them roam free. They have a habit of crawling up my arms and taking a nap on my shoulder, hiding underneath my hair.

The images above are shot with a vintage Nikkor-S 50mm f/1.4 (Pre-AI) manual lens attached to my Nikon D5200 (except the last photo). I have just bought it a day before and testing it in several situations like low light... it's doing a great job so far because the photos don't need any correction or edit.