How long does it take rat babies to grow hair?

Question

my rat babies are a week old and I was woundering how long it will be before they get hair, then open their eyes...it took my brothers baby hampsters a week to get hair and their eyes 2 weeks...so hampsters and rats are really that much differnt x.x

Answer 1

You will see tiny fur (like velvet) appearing on them in about 1.5 to 2 weeks old.

-syddles

Answer 2

Fur and eyes in 2 weeks-2.5 weeks. Ready to leave mom at 5 weeks. Hamsters grow very fast and have a very quick gestation. Rats are slower. Even mice are slower than hamsters, hammies are superproducers.