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Anyone else have success with inter species fostering? There have been a few times when a domestic rat neglects her litter so Ive tried mixing the rat pinkies in with ASF rat litters and gerbils litters. surprisingly they have been accepted. I even had a Mouse successfully raise a ASF litter.. just a fun part of the rat breeding process i guess.
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Adrian De Leon
Hissenia Reptiles

my common ones are Peromyscus raising common house mice (after I take /need all the Peromyscus pinks/fuzz)

Chinese hamsters raising mouse pinks (same reason)

I have thrown asfr in with chinese hamster or mice , I have thrown other things around....only thing I ever did/do with rats is to combine litters after needed a cage for a new mother or after using half of each litter anyways...might as well combine them.....(rats are one female per cage after dropping)...

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>>Anyone else have success with inter species fostering? There have been a few times when a domestic rat neglects her litter so Ive tried mixing the rat pinkies in with ASF rat litters and gerbils litters. surprisingly they have been accepted. I even had a Mouse successfully raise a ASF litter.. just a fun part of the rat breeding process i guess.
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>>Adrian De Leon
>>Hissenia Reptiles

I have only had success to weaning with mice to mice of various species (IE Mus mus raising Microtines) but not mice to hamsters....they may go a week or even two and then there is wholesale slaughter....Like they suddenly figured it out. Rats to other rat moms but not had success fostering pups to another species.
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Sonya

I'm not mean. You're just a sissy.
Happy Bunny

My rats have no issue with fostering mice litters.