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Can a female rat be introduced to an established.....

ans_enter Jun 19, 2003 01:07 PM

...colony of all females after her young have been weaned? If so what is the best way to do it?
I am not trying to produce big numbers, just trying not to pay for feeders anymore.
Everyone's help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

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Sonya Jun 19, 2003 06:13 PM

>>...colony of all females after her young have been weaned? If so what is the best way to do it?
>>I am not trying to produce big numbers, just trying not to pay for feeders anymore.
>>Everyone's help is greatly appreciated.
>>Thanks!

If it were me I would pick a time when none of the group has small pups and I would put them all together in the bathtub or a big box and let them meet on neutral ground. Scrub out the cage and make it all new and rearranged as much as you can and put them all back together. With rats it is more an individual thing about whether they will get along. And usually they will get along. Some rats just will hate each other and if that is a case don't push it. I have had a few that could not live in the same cage. But usually they will work with it and settle dominance with a few shoves and a wrestling match.
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Sonya

ans_enter Jun 20, 2003 12:17 PM

Thanks!
I will try that this weekend.

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