Here's the scenario, I have 20 adult colubrids that eat rat pups. I feed about 30 pups a week. I have 2 yearlings that eat 4 pinks a week. And I have a Burmese python that eats jumbo rats/retired breeders. I have a total of 46 rats set up in groups of 1.3 with some younger females that are still growing. 10 males in all. What's the best way to set these guys up to produce the numbers I need? I was thinking of running them in sets of 3 harems breeding at a time so that as one set has it's litters the next will be a week away. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
-JT
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Cycling rat breeding stock
skincity702
May 08, 2011 12:45 PM
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kjustice
Jun 02, 2011 12:02 AM
A few of the bigger breeders suggested 1 to 30 ratios for mice and rats.... I just built a rack with rather spacious tubs... 17 by 29 concrete tubs from home depot. I have 1 male to 5 - 7 females. the females all come out prego at different times.... I separate pregnant females into their own raising colony, then after the pups are big enough I take them out to be put in large raising tubs. I have several raising tubs, each containing similar sized rodent.....
My litters are 8 to 16 rittens, rups, pups, rat babies whatever you want to call them. Seems like you need enough females to feed your snakes per month. Then feed off of your colonies leaving a few to grow old. Frozen thaw is the way to go... you can breed like crazy for a bit.... then cool it for awhile and survive off your freezer. Also factor in time for moms off breeding and actually taking care of babies, then factor in when they retire and how many replacements you will need
