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I notice no one has mentioned the tendency of females in a cage often to attack and kill the males. Am I the only one experiencing this?

>>I notice no one has mentioned the tendency of females in a cage often to attack and kill the males. Am I the only one experiencing this?

Since you didn't specify species, I'll assume you mean mice. I personally haven't had a problem with Rats, however female mice in a harem can be brutal.

I found ensuring plenty of food, water and space helps minimize the casualties.

I also started removing males and keep female rats by themselves.

I no longer breed mice.

Cheers
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Jeremy Payne
JB Reptile
Specializing in Boa Morph's

1.0 Snow "Kahl"
0.2 Triple Het Moonglow "Kahl"
0.1 Orange Tail Hypo Het Leopard
1.1 Double Het "Sharp" Snow
1.0 Ghost
0.1 Possible Super Hypo
0.1 DH Ghost
1.1 "Kahl" Albino
1.0 Hypomelenistic
1.3 Pastel Hypo
0.1 Suriname/Columbian cross
0.1 Anerthrystic

In 8 years of breeding tens of thousands of rats, I've never experienced this. If what you speak of ever happened in any of my colonies, I would cull them all and start over.
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Thanks for the responses. Yes I am speaking of rats not mice. I switched over from the harem method to the cycling method and have noticed that the killings have stopped. I suspected that it was from the males trying to breed the females before they were ready.