How old is my rat? (i chose best answer)?

Question

She is about 6 1/2- 7 inches long, her coat isn;t thin but it isn't thick either, she can be very interested in everything, and very hyper, But at the same time she is very sweet and just loved to cuddle... I know there isn;t a definate way to tell but we adopted her from petco about a couple months ago and they didn't know anything, so i am just wondering, if anyone knows :)

Answer 1

When they hit about 5-7 months old they are fully grown and after that it can be quite hard to tell exactly how old they are until they start getting into the senior months where their hair gets thinner and they get skinnier.

If she's two - three months old she will be approximately 5" long excluding the tail and weigh between 150 - 200g. Rats from different lines and different breeders will be of different sizes so it can be quite difficult to guess. There really is no way to know for certain.

Good luck with your rat!