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CHONG188
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what has larger litters? rats or mice?~np~
chong188
Jul 05, 2004 04:22 PM
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jcmorris2
Jul 05, 2004 05:21 PM
My rats avg. 9.8 per litter. Who knows about the mice because they eat the young so much.
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LdyPayne
Jul 06, 2004 09:41 AM
Most of my mice averaged 10 per litter...my first rats had horrible litters. My original female's largest litter was 5, her daughters largest litter was 8. From what I have heard though, Rats are suppose to have larger litters on average than mice but so far in my experience, the mice are having the biggest litters.
Sonya
Jul 06, 2004 04:16 PM
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>>CHONG188
My mice regularly hit the high teens and my rats just double digits. That said, I breed rats selectively for color and type (hairless and dumbo) The mice I just let go and keep the best producers so I may have selected for those bigger litters too. I don't have trouble with moms eating litters much. A big thing to me is to pick daughters to replace old girls in tubs and they don't seem nearly as likely to cannabalize.
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Sonya
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doubleds
Jul 09, 2004 09:40 PM
hey it depends our mice average 10-16 per litter nad our rats average 10-12. i can give you a run down of the reasons why they breed better
drop me a line at
doubleds92084.org
