1st attempt at breeding Rats

[ElliotNess]

So I have read hundreds of articles and DIY on breeding rats. I am fortunate enough to have a friend who breeds. He had excess so he loaned me two "transport racks" and 31 assorted rats. I am building a rack on friday and will have them set up and ready to go in a 20x27 tubs on a 1:4 ratio.

My question is I am trying to determine if I should just breed these for a little while and get the hang of it or let these grow to max size for my Large Redtail and get ASF to breed instead.

Where local in Socal can I source some breeder ASFs?


Thanks

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Asf are illegal in a few states and CA is one of them.

Breeding a bit of everything is always a good idea.


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[ElliotNess]

My buddy just told me that they were illegal. Another reason why I want to move back to the south. Commiefornia new slogan.

No guns No Rats.... all are bad.

which is funny cause feinstein looks like a rat.

[purple python]

I'd stick with rats anyway, asf won't get as big if you're needing larger prey for your red tail.

[alan12013]

Hows your rat breeding turning out? Have you got your tubs and planning figured out yet? Mine are confusing me at best. I'm actually going to post a new thread after this to hopefully clear up some questions I have. Starting with as many rats as you are is crazy talk! I have 5 females and 1 male but I am thinking I need to increase this 100 fold. I am putting very serious thought into moving my bedroom down to the sofa area and converting my entire bedroom into a rodent breeding facility. I've been buying from petco so 8 bucks a rat 1 rat a week per snake about 30 snakes now and growing... Ugh. Anyway hope your breeding is plentiful or at least started.

[ElliotNess]

I had a litter of 5 and are now walkers. Had a litter of 11 drop the other day. Every few days I seem to have some drop. I built a rack so I have 5 of 6 tubs fille 1:4 and then if I have overflow I have 3-40 tanks 1-20 tank and 1-10 tank to use in the meantime.

[ElliotNess]

So I had a litter of 5 and 11. Gave them food and water last night and lets add 9+ to the count. Let her finish her business in privacy but I counted 9 before I left...