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How old do the pups need to be before a male can be introduced to a colony?

Also, my female that had a litter of six die last month just had a litter of seven and five died. Before this she always had big super healthy litters. I have no idea how old she is but I thought she's fairly young. Is it time to retire her?
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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

If you add a male there shouldn't be any pups in there. The male will probably kill them because they aren't his. So you will have to wait until they are either weaned, or you kill them off.

I say if she has another litter that has alot of babies that are dieing or still born then it is time to replace her with a NEW female (not one of her babies.)
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1.1 Ball Python, 0.1 motley amel corn, 1.0 western hognose