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 Feb 6 2010, 10:40 AM
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 Red Devil  Group: Full Member Posts: 4173 Joined: 23-November 03 From: minnesota Member No.: 226 Real Name: Emily  |
Title says it all. My rats are finally starting to pay for themselves. I have one female in labor and three more ready to drop a litter any hour now. Its kind of corny, but I feel kind of proud of them lol. Hopefully there won't be any losses, but I think they should do pretty well. I kept all of the birthing females with my dominant female ratty, they all did a pretty good job of watching her litter of 18, so I am hoping for the best!!!!
Makes me feel sort of guilty about feeding off their babies.....but, snake food is snake food. At least they are very spoiled before being fed off. I went through so much trouble finding female rats up here, so it is nice to see thing finally get going. This will be these four ladies' first litter. I am kind of excited to see what kind of offspring they throw. I will post up some pics once the first mother rat gets more settled in. She looked like she was doing a pretty good job for her first time. Getting all of her babies cleaned off and whatnot. |
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Feb 6 2010, 04:04 PM
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 Geophagus Group: Full Member Posts: 478 Joined: 28-January 09 From: KCMO US Member No.: 4935 Real Name: bud Current Cichlids: |
Very cool sis.I had rates when I was a kid but hell that was like a hundred years ago
-------------------- Id like to thank Don Conkel Tropicals for providing us with the best quality fish year after year.The hobby wouldn't be where it is today without Him.As always looking forward to my next purchase from such a great source
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Feb 6 2010, 05:44 PM
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 Texas Group: Full Member Posts: 899 Joined: 7-November 08 From: new orleans, LA Member No.: 4845 Real Name: matt Camera Type: cannon powershot sx110is Current Cichlids: |
you had one rat that had 18 babies?!? thats crazy i didnt know they could have that many i figured like 7 or 8...
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Feb 6 2010, 09:55 PM
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Red Devil Group: Full Member Posts: 4173 Joined: 23-November 03 From: minnesota Member No.: 226 Real Name: Emily |
Yeah, she had 18 but she is a pro at it now. The first two to drop their litters had smaller litters of 10 or so. Not bad for their time.
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Feb 17 2010, 11:34 AM
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Red Devil Group: Full Member Posts: 4173 Joined: 23-November 03 From: minnesota Member No.: 226 Real Name: Emily |
Its been a pretty busy week, but I managed to snag some pics of the rats with babies. I also cleaned out the cages and had a chance to actually count the babies. I ended up with 55 total. Not bad considering they were first timers and a couple of the girls were on the small side. I am still waiting on 3 more litters. I know my dominant female will bring up the numbers
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Feb 17 2010, 12:26 PM
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 My sister is #4 prostitute  Group: Posts: -9962 Joined: 19-September 09 Member No.: 5266 |
The care she is giving to her babies is great and I feel sorry for the babies been eaten by the snakes for a second..lol.. but Again its snake food. Do you have a male with all the females to fertile them back ?
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Feb 17 2010, 12:36 PM
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Red Devil Group: Full Member Posts: 4173 Joined: 23-November 03 From: minnesota Member No.: 226 Real Name: Emily |
Yep. I have two males right now. I am keeping them with the females and the babies right now. I haven't had a male go cannibalistic yet, they are actually pretty good with all of the babies. I was trying to be sneaky so I could get a shot of them all cuddled up and sleeping together, but they all woke up before I could do it.
Eventually I will be building a few more cages and getting a couple more females. Once I do that, I will be rotating the males to stagger the breeding. |
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Feb 17 2010, 04:07 PM
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My sister is #4 prostitute Group: Posts: -9962 Joined: 19-September 09 Member No.: 5266 |
That sounds like a Great Natural Food Chain for Snakes
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