I'm curious because I am starting to breed my own rodents and the two litters I've gotten were all male. Was this a fluke or was it because it was too warm in the cage?
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When breeding rats, does temperature play a role?
darkpythons666
Jul 14, 2005 04:46 AM
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kjanda
Jul 14, 2005 02:37 PM
I believe it does. I keep mine in the garage where in West Texas 100 Deg. F heat is very common. I recently had to put in an A/C (window unit) to keep the temps. in the 80's & 90's as I started loosing my older breeders. I was getting more males than females in the hotter months.
Weird!
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diggy415
Jul 14, 2005 09:17 PM
i have mine out in a shed area with a fan, but still lose mice and the breeding is 0. im in nrthn calif.
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Sonya
Jul 17, 2005 01:49 PM
>>I'm curious because I am starting to breed my own rodents and the two litters I've gotten were all male. Was this a fluke or was it because it was too warm in the cage?
I have never seen anything that suggested this. I have a hot room with mine (they are in my herp room at 75-85 constants) and I get a varied proportion in sexes. I think more influencial would be the genetic tendencies of your pairs. So, I vote fluke.
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