return to main index
  mobile - desktop
follow us on facebook follow us on twitter follow us on YouTube link to us on LinkedIn
International Reptile Conservation Foundation  
click here for Rodent Pro
This Space Available
3 months for $50.00
Locate a business by name: click to list your business
search the classifieds. buy an account
events by zip code list an event
Search the forums             Search in:
News & Events: Herp Photo of the Day: Happy Rattlesnake Friday! . . . . . . . . . .  Herp Photo of the Day: Milk Snake . . . . . . . . . .  Greater Cincinnati Herp Society Meeting - Dec 04, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Calusa Herp Society Meeting - Dec 05, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Southwestern Herp Society Meeting - Dec 07, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Kentucky Reptile Expo - Dec. 07, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  St. Louis Herpetological Society - Dec 08, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Chicago Herpetological Society Meeting - Dec 15, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  San Diego Herp Society Meeting - Dec 17, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Colorado Herp Society Meeting - Dec 21, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Bay Area Herpetological Society Meeting - Dec 27, 2024 . . . . . . . . . .  Suncoast Herp Society Meeting - Dec 28, 2024 . . . . . . . . . . 
CYBER Monday @ LLLReptile. Biggest Sale Of The Year! CLICK for Details!
Black Friday Sale Ends Soon at RodentPro.com!
Join USARK - Fight for your rights!
full banner - advertise here .50¢/1000 views
Layne Labs - Natural Diets for Pets & Wildlife
pool banner - $50 year

took the plundge... any suggestions?

[ Login ] [ User Prefs ] [ Search Forums ] [ Back to Main Page ] [ Back to Feeder Food Discussion ] [ Reply To This Message ]
[ Register to Post ]

Posted by: jhm1987 at Sun Sep 13 09:56:01 2009  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by jhm1987 ]  
   

We've decided to start raising our own rats, mice, and possibly asfs. We try to stick with f/t but some of our new girls just won't take them. We've made a small rack w/ tubs for the rats and a few aquariums for the mice. Currently have 1.4 mice and 1.5 rats (possibly getting a few more &/or the asfs)

Couple questions: Do you deworm your breeders? If so, any affect toward feeding the babies when they arrive? How many female rats can comfortably be kept in a tub app 27X20X6? One of the female rats seems to have thinning fur on her shoulders. Is it something to be concerned with?

ANY basic rat health/breeding/rotating info would be greatly appreciated!

   

[ Reply To This Message ] [ Subscribe to this Thread ] [ Hide Replies ]

  • You Are Heretook the plundge... any suggestions? - jhm1987, Sun Sep 13 09:56:01 2009

>> Next topic:  Mouse colony question (fighting) - kingsriverkid, Sun Sep 13 12:08:48 2009
<< Previous topic:  mixing tubs or litter pans? - adamjeffery, Thu Sep 10 20:18:33 2009