Thanks for the quick answer. If they are cuter at 2 weeks than they are now, boy am I going to be in trouble when I have to feed them off. My kids have already named the breeders, i cant wait for them to name ALL the babies...LOL!

Well I guess I had better get a couple more cages ready. The other females should be giving birth soon, one this week, and i think the other should be 2 weeks away. Thanks again for the answer, i will keep you posted on my success.

Oh yeah! follow up question.......once all of the rats have litters, is it easier to keep them together with thier pups at that point?? What i mean is, once each mother has her own litter, will the fighting over pups start to die down?? I have been reading these forums for quite a while and would love to be able to keep them together so that the females will get pregnant again quickly. Maybe I could drop the male in with the females one at a time, a couple days after birh....watcha think?

Thanks again you guys are the best!

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