I warmed my black rats up ealier this month, got them eating heavily ect. once they shed i placed them both in the same tank. I know for sure one is a male, but i am unsure what the other is. they both wraped around eachother, and both started biting eachother. i thought only the male did the biting, which led me to believe they are both males?? do females bite the male too?
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black rat breeding
Idothatforme
Feb 24, 2008 08:19 PM
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metalpest
Feb 24, 2008 08:21 PM
I think you have a pair. Males don't normally bite during combat (that I know of). They would be wrestling, not wrapping, if they were males in combat. Watch for eggs!
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rick d
Feb 24, 2008 09:03 PM
It surprises me that some breeder's snakes will breed that fast. I move my snakes into a warmer room around the 10th of Feb and I never had a snake breed before the middle of March. Most breed from mid April to early May.
dre
Feb 25, 2008 07:04 PM
When I was breeding large groups of blk rat I would have eggs by mid april and babies by early mid june...Some would still beat me to the table...lol
