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I checked my rat production spread sheet today to see what my numbers look like. I found my average litter is 14 pups. Is this a normal average for rats?
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Anna

The Zoo
Corns
1.0 Snow - Cornelius
1.1 Ghost(pastel) - Gray Ghost & Pink
1.1 Amel - Parker & Scarlet
0.1 Hypo - Nikko
0.1 Anery - Missy
0.1 Hypo Motley - Cordelia aka Cordy
Boas
0.1 Columbian (BCC) - Bella
Lizards
1.0 Leopard Gecko - Leo
Rats
0.1 Dumbo Agouti - Moon
1.0 Silvered Black - Pluto
1.0 Powder Blue - Corner
0.1 Dumbo Siamese - Lily
Plus the breeders & babies
Cats
1.1 Siamese - Blue & Fiona
0.1 Gray DMS - Druscilla aka Dru
Horses
1.0 Thourghbred (Hunter/Jumper) - Morgan's Majesty aka Cody

Yeah, that sounds about right. I find mine produce a lot more in the spring and fall. Probably too warm or cold in my garage for maximum production in the winter and summer.

I just cleaned some cages a few minutes ago and found one of my largest litters ever. 25 babies--(23 live and 2 still born) I usually get around 18 per litter in peak seasons.

I only breed blues now. One popped up a while back, I kept it, kept some of its offspring (for future breeders) to sell to a local shops, and now I have blues everywhere! Wish my albino ball pythons would breed like that.

Rodney