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Originally Posted by BrentS
thanks for the input.
Were in the process of moving to a new house. But, this weekend I plan on doing some rehousing and putting just one female and one male together. I think I might go buy some totes, for additional space.
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Brent ... what is your main aim in breeding rats? If its to keep your costs down then going 1:1 is the wrong direction. 1 male can easily "service" 5-10 females. I normally keep 1:5 ... If I have a male with specific charateristics I want to propogate then Ill use that one male on up to 25 females.
I have found that multiple males housed with females result in 1 of 2 things. Either they go to war and kill each other, or one decides to be lazy and do nothing but eat, crap, and lay there.
If you are breeding for pets then you are going to want to remove the male when the female shows signs of pregnancy (pet rats are normally given much more time between litters). So that he doesnt impregnate her within an hour of giving birth.
If you are actually wanting to invest some money into a setup and are somewhat handy build one of these.
youll be into it about $50 and itll have room to house 1:3 or 1:4 in each tub.
Instructions are
here I've modified it slightly since then .. making it taller and adding in one more level. But those instructions will build you a stack with 4 tubs.
Bryan
