How much should female rats weigh to breed?

[Akren_905]

Just wondering how much should the females wiegh befor breeding, ive got 7females from 175 to 80gr n my males r 250 n 315. Wondering if the largest female coulg breed for me, need more food the local petstore is having shortages issues that go for month sints.

[Jessica Loesch]

The 175g should be fine. That's actually a decent size.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

I like for for my females to be 225 / 250 grams before I put them in rotation.

[Jessica Loesch]

I stand corrected lol

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[RichsBallPythons]

Depends on genetics.. I have some females rats over 6 months old that only weigh in the 150g range yet drop 15 pinks. And i have some that will get huge like males..

Normally by 4 months of age their ready, some sooner. I setup a group 2.5 months ago with smalls and they are just now dropping litters

[rperry03]

I have one that was saved as a crawler 2mths ago, got knocked up, and had a litter a wk ago. She was 180 grams and almost 300 when she gave birth.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

I stand corrected lol

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Not a correction just what I like to do.

When it comes to breeding any animal it's important to experiment and find what works for you and your animals.

With my colony that's what I have been doing after experimenting various ways to breed my rats.

[Akren_905]

sweet then my biggest one is getting introduced to poverotti my big male. the female is an albino n has sat around 175gr for a month.