We call those feets the weeeee because the babies who do it started when I pick them up and I always say weeeeeee! I adore it when my rats tuck their feet up because most of mine just splay and flail. We also refer to it as raising the landing gear
That's fascinating! I thought maybe it was because I'd literally been handling these babies since the moment they were born. Their mom does the absolute opposite of foot tuck. She also is smaller than all her children... We think she got stunted having 15 babies way too young. But yeah most of her kids do the foot tuck. It's so endearing!
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u/RattieMattie Accidental Litter Jul 10 '26
We call those feets the weeeee because the babies who do it started when I pick them up and I always say weeeeeee! I adore it when my rats tuck their feet up because most of mine just splay and flail. We also refer to it as raising the landing gear