these are my second time breeder rats. i have 1.3 in this tub and a few days ago one of the females had babies today i went to look and noticed some new babies in a different area of the cage? but i see only one mother nursing so i removed the other two and left her alone with her babies. when i removed the others i noticed six dead babies? they looked like they were dead at birth. any good reasons?
Reptile & Amphibian Forums
Welcome to kingsnake.com's message board system. Here you may share and discuss information with others about your favorite reptile and amphibian related topics such as care and feeding, caging requirements, permits and licenses, and more. Launched in 1997, the kingsnake.com message board system is one of the oldest and largest systems on the internet.
some dead babies??
ballfreak
Mar 14, 2007 03:51 PM
Replies (2)
diggy415
Mar 14, 2007 10:03 PM
could be several reasons, i've had that too also moms in labor dying without finishing, its a fact of life and i thought maybe she layed on them during it all.
-----
1.4 various boas(Flicka,Felony,Nova,Alias,Abby)
0.1 BRB Abalone; ABBI
1.0 Rott X (OSO)
2.0 cats (Simba, Morris)
fish & feeders
Sonya
Mar 14, 2007 11:37 PM
>>these are my second time breeder rats. i have 1.3 in this tub and a few days ago one of the females had babies today i went to look and noticed some new babies in a different area of the cage? but i see only one mother nursing so i removed the other two and left her alone with her babies. when i removed the others i noticed six dead babies? they looked like they were dead at birth. any good reasons?
My personal take on it is that often with new moms there are losses. Some rats clean up (eat the dead) and some don't ( and you find them) Sometimes new moms do this and sometimes burned out moms. I tend to leave moms in groups and they group raise pups. One might hog them the first day or two but then she shares.
-----
Sonya
I'm not mean. You're just a sissy.
Happy Bunny
