Counting my rat’s nipples

So there I am, trying to tempt a rat into climbing up the bars so I can see if she has nipples.

If you’re a rat owner you know why. For everyone else, the reason is that Oreo is looking suspiciously like she swallowed a pingpong ball. I think she might be pregnant. She’s been getting moody, she’s been wolfing down food, she doesn’t like to leave the nest unless there’s nesting material around in which case she’s manic. Also I’ve had them just about three weeks, about right or Oreo to have been knocked up and about to produce a litter… in fact it’s about the last practical date. Any longer and I can safely assume she’s just a fat moody so-and-so.

And if she is pregnant, her nipples should be showing. Maybe.

So there I am… trying to see her nipples. I feel like such a perv.