>>Basically from conception it is about 8 to 10 weeks till breeding again. 20 to 30 for birth and about 4 weeks till weaned.
>>What about culling? Does everyone just take an estimate of the pinkies, fuzzies, etc they think they will need from each litter or do they do a percentage???
>> I am trying to figure how many breeders I need to achieve a constant food source with some room to spare.
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>>Thanks for the help so far!

How many animals are you feeding what sizes to.

Guestimate to me after getting zen and cutting back.....four boa taking large mediums to larges, a blood doing the same, ratsnakes eating about a dozen smalls or mice, childrens eating pinks, fuzzies or mice, hogs, candoia and oddballs another dozen say of small stuff and mice....I have 7 rat groups and 7 mice groups.Groups range from 1.4 to 1.7 I feed all my own and sell off extras enough to get bedding and the rodent food. Break even or then some.
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• Rat breeding cycle - Crash1265, Sun Jul 19 20:21:45 2009
• RE: Rat breeding cycle - markru, Sun Jul 19 23:27:35 2009
• Time between Preganancy - markru, Mon Jul 20 11:58:28 2009
• RE: Time between Pregnancy - Crash1265, Mon Jul 20 15:43:15 2009
• RE: Time between Pregnancy - Sonya, Tue Jul 21 10:41:16 2009
• RE: Time between Pregnancy - rainbowsrus, Wed Jul 22 17:20:08 2009
• RE: Time between Preganancy - Sonya, Tue Jul 21 11:01:43 2009
• RE: Time between Preganancy - markru, Tue Jul 21 19:29:06 2009
• RE: Time between Preganancy - Sonya, Wed Jul 22 13:18:37 2009
• RE: Time between Preganancy - rainbowsrus, Wed Jul 22 17:24:13 2009
• Respectfully disagree...... - rainbowsrus, Wed Jul 22 17:41:46 2009
• RE: Respectfully disagree...... - Sonya, Thu Jul 23 18:27:08 2009
• RE: Rat breeding cycle - Sonya, Tue Jul 21 10:34:51 2009
• RE: Rat breeding cycle - Crash1265, Wed Jul 22 18:12:21 2009
• Yes,you will have to breed your own rats - markru, Wed Jul 22 22:59:20 2009
• RE: Yes,you will have to breed your own rats - Sonya, Thu Jul 23 18:34:14 2009
• Mice Tips - markru, Thu Jul 23 23:49:33 2009
• RE: Mice Tips - Sonya, Fri Jul 24 14:39:08 2009