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Hi my rat just had some pinkies but I was about to change the bedding should I keep the same bedding in the cage until the rats are old enough to seperate I just want to know because I don;t want to disturb the mother and have her eat the babies and also right now she is making a huge mound to keep her babies but I have one of those platic castle things that they can hide in should I put that in or just let her build her mound

Thanks for all in advance.

>>Hi my rat just had some pinkies but I was about to change the bedding should I keep the same bedding in the cage until the rats are old enough to seperate I just want to know because I don;t want to disturb the mother and have her eat the babies and also right now she is making a huge mound to keep her babies but I have one of those platic castle things that they can hide in should I put that in or just let her build her mound
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>>Thanks for all in advance.

If the female trusts you then she won't care if you change the cage or not. I rarely see rats eat young due to stress. I would take her out, take out the babies to a separate box and then clean. Dump in the babies in their pile and them put mom back and let her fuss with them. Don't try to choose a nest spot for her.
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