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RE: ?? for those who breed their own rats

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Posted by: pitoon at Tue Jul 28 09:59:03 2009   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by pitoon ]  
   

I would agree on that point, but it seems like the difference is made up with the lack of killed babies and increased growth rate of the litter. Also, I seem to get larger litters when the females are separated for a while. I also compensate by having extra females to ensure that I always (or almost always) have 1.4 in the breeding racks. So, while I only have 5 males, I have 30 or so females. Admittedly, I have a small breeding colony, so my observations may be a little skewed.

Derek

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Derek,
Why have 30 females and only have ???? percentage pregnant.....while you can have all of them pregnant? what you don't use....freeze or sell off.

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and for everyone else........if you have a male or female that continues to kill/eat pinks......feed those off and replace them with others until you get a colony that is all happy dory.

Pitoon

   

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