So, my first litter was a disaster. I have read the caresheet and followed it to a T. 10 gal tank. 75-80 degrees, always food(mazuri) /water, 1.1 albino asf apx 2.5 mos i believe at time of preggo. 3 inches of aspen so they can burrow, although i have never seen them do that. tubes to play/hide/chew.
then one day i come home and BOOM, there is a little pinky. i was so excited. i watched for a bit, and about 45 min later, here is number 2. i am ecstatic. i waited, and waited, and waited more. that was all she had. okay, i am not thrilled about that, but it's her first litter, mine too. who knows? well, everything was great so i went to bed. the next morning, mommy and daddy were chilling on the other side of the tank while the babies were all alone inthe opposite corner. i didn't know what to do so i just left them alone. by the time i got home from work that day, the babies were dead. now it's been 2-3 weeks since this occured. everything seems to be back to normal and i am waiting for her to get preggo again.
what happened? i do record the weights of all of my animals so i have that at home... but i think she was small (young). i got them both at the tampa show back in mid march. so my calculations would be that she was 2.5 mos. but i dont know for sure. maybe i am just used to rats being much larger and breeding so my opinion is skewed. help ya'll!