Tonight my rats have seemed to mate for the first time. Tomorrow I want to know if they had a successful mating and to see if my female is pregnant. Is there any way I will know? I heard about the plugs and if I check her and there's a spearm plug there then does that mean that she is pregnant? And is the only way I'm going to know is if there is a plug there?
Oh, and I've been reading about breeding rats and still can't decide if I'm supposed to leave the male in with the female during the birth? Because I think I heard that the male helps out, and on another thing I think it said that the male might kill the babies or something so please let me know so nothing bad happens. Thanks for any help!![]()