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Bighurt
at Fri Jun 26 14:20:35 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Bighurt ]
Mothers rejecting young because you touched them is an old wives tail, at least as it pertains to Rats. I've never seen one rejected. In fact Dave moves babies all teh time to keep his 12 to 1 ratio.
You can handle them now although I usually just move them around to count and that's it. My wife has picked them up but usually when they get to the crawler size or just after they open their eyes.
As for the straw if its cold enough to justify Mom's will make a nest ball similar to a bird. I've opened tubs and found moms completely covered in a woven straw nest. Not intricate but self supporting, she left a access hole on one side.
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Jeremy Payne
JB Reptile
1.0 Snow "Kahl"
0.2 Triple Het Moonglow "Kahl"
0.1 Orange Tail Hypo Het Leopard
0.1 Double Het "Sharp" Snow
1.0 Ghost
0.1 Possible Super Hypo
0.1 DH Ghost
1.1 "Kahl" Albino
1.0 Hypomelenistic
1.3 Pastel Hypo
0.1 Anerthrystic
1.1 Morelia Clastolepis
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RE: We had babies last night.....YEAH - Bighurt, Fri Jun 26 14:20:35 2009