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I just got my first rats for breeding, a male and 2 females. The male is much bigger than the females. He keeps chasing the females around and they are squealing. I can't tell if he just wants to play or if he is actually being mean. They will be fine for a while and then all of sudden they are squealing and running again. Is he really being rough or are they just playing?
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Courtney

Ball Pythons (Fluffy, Butter, Romeo, Juliet)
Red Tail Boas (Fred, Shakespeare)

He looks a little overzealous, seeing as this is the first time in with females. Should i take him out for a few days or just hope they settle down. It doesn't look like he is actually bitting them, just trying to breed and they really don't want too.
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Courtney

Ball Pythons (Fluffy, Butter, Romeo, Juliet)
Red Tail Boas (Fred, Shakespeare)

As long as there is no blood drawn and they aren't REALLY screecing, I would leave them together. They should settle down.

That should read screeching.
Also, are the females big enough to breed? At least 250 grams?

They seem to have settled down a good bit, now it definitely seems like playing. I have not weighed them but the male is about 4 or 5 months and the females are about 3 to 4 months old (this is what the store said). The male is a very big large if not an XL and the females are both very big mediums to small larges.
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Courtney

Ball Pythons (Fluffy, Butter, Romeo, Juliet)
Red Tail Boas (Fred, Shakespeare)