=( My pregnant rat passed away...
My breeder rat Krystal passed away yesterday...She's very pregnant with a huge huge belly. She had her first litter about a month ago. I believe she had complications when trying to give birth yesterday. I didn't want to do an autopsy on her since I love her dearly and it's just plain gross to cut her open or feed her to my snake.
RIP Krystal....A picture of her and her first litter..
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...82349086_n.jpg
After mourning for the entire day, I decided to go out and buy another female rat. Her name is K 2, code name for Krystal #2. lol. She's soo cute with a tint of brown. Along with 2 of my hold back breeder females (Kystal #1 babies)
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l...2/IMG_0284.JPG
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-U...0/IMG_0287.JPG
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-c...0/IMG_0305.JPG
I have a few questions so I can do it right....
1.) Could I leave the male rat in the same cage as the pregnant female or will he try to breed with her even when she's already pregnant?
2.) Can I put her back with the male after her litter is weaned or should she have a resting period?
3.) Do I need to feed the adults anything else, or lab blocks will be fine?
4.) My female was a Brown hooded rat and the male was a black hooded rat. The litter came out all black hooded. Anybody knows why? Are male genes stronger than the female?