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  • 07-23-2014, 01:17 PM
    ElliotNess
    1st attempt at breeding Rats
    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
  • 07-23-2014, 01:44 PM
    Stewart_Reptiles
    Re: 1st attempt at breeding Rats
    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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  • 07-23-2014, 02:32 PM
    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.
  • 07-23-2014, 06:38 PM
    purple python
    Re: 1st attempt at breeding Rats
    I'd stick with rats anyway, asf won't get as big if you're needing larger prey for your red tail.
  • 08-24-2014, 02:42 PM
    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.
  • 08-24-2014, 04:16 PM
    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.
  • 08-27-2014, 03:18 PM
    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... :)
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