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rat question

reptilewild Oct 31, 2003 05:24 PM

I heard rats should be replace after 8months of breeding.I was just curious to how many times will a rat give birth within that 8months.Neo

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JMILLR2101 Oct 31, 2003 08:16 PM

I have been breeding rats for 2 years now and just retired my original female. Rats are able to breed at 45 days old, but from my experience their first litter is only like 6 to 8 babies. After that you are looking at litters from 9 to 15 babies at a time for each female. I don't breed my 7 females until after their litters are 45 days or older because otherwise I would have way to many rats for my 1 boa and 2 balls. Also keep in mind that at 40 days old you should split up the male and female babies or you could have a real population problem, I found out the hard way!!

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