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I had a female that had babies and at about 2 weeks I took them and killed them except for one because he was small. The other female had a litter in the same tank about 2 days before I removed the other litter. Well she had about 15 from what I could see. I have noticed that the mother that had the first litter is now raising about 7 of the new litter and her 1 left behind baby and the new mother is raising 8 of the new litter. They have evenly split up the litter so they can each raise some. Has anyone else ever seen that, I was just amazed because it almost seemed like it took actual thought and I have always thought of rats as stupi animals on the bottom of the food chain.
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yes uive seen it many times. maternal instincts i guess. just make sure to not put a new male in with the babies. it will kill all of the babies because rodents are basically pack animals.
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by "new male" i mean introduce an adult male rat or mouse.
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1.1.0 Colombian Redtail Boas (normals)
2.1.0 Sumatran Blood Pythons (normals)
1.0 Black Blood Python (normal)
1.0 Dumeril's Boa (normal)
0.1 Coastal Carpet Python (normal)
0.1 Jungle Carpet Python (normal)
0.1 Surinam Redtail Boa (normal)

Totally normal, they will steal each others babies all the time
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

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lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

One of their survival instincts.. they live in groups and help each other out..

why do you think there are so many out there! They are actually very intelligent, very determined, very seasoned..

one of the most prolific creatures on earth!
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

female stealing all the babies and not allowing the other females to share in their feeding until they are crawling. Of course, this leads to more infant deaths, because she can not feed them all as much as she should. I've gotten rid of the theiving female in the past, and another one steps up to take her place.
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Delusions of Grandeur feed the EGO...

rats are actually amazingly smart. they actually make excellent pets when tame as well.
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