Another feeding question

Depends on the rat. As AK907 said, they aren't really that cannibalistic. You could put him in and monitor them.

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Originally Posted by Jessica Loesch

Depends on the rat. As AK907 said, they aren't really that cannibalistic. You could put him in and monitor them.

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Okay i'll do that and see what happens. If he getss aggressive i'll take him out.

Well I put him back and after watching for a few minutes he hasn't shown any aggression or culled any babies. They're even climbing on him :) Well since I don't have to separate them i'm gonna get thing stuff you paint it on thick and it turns to rubber I have a 75 gal tank I build out of wood so i'm gonna coat the bottom and a few inches up the side in this rubber to keep them from ruining the wood.

So far we haven't really had much of a problem with our females getting knocked up again right away. It has happened a few times (less than 10 times in the past 4 years), but we produce hundreds of litters a year so it is fairly rare for us and so far there haven't been any problems with our females that have. They seem to regulate themselves and those that drop two in a row usually end up not having any for a couple months. Just use your common sense and you'll be just fine, man.

I built a rat rack last year and I run 1.3 per tub. In the time that I've been breeding the rats my BP collection has grown so I increased the number of breeder tubs to 4 to 8, and so far have only seen 2 occasions in which I had any cannibalism. It was actually females and not the males. These females were "Retired" so to speak and I have yet to have any problems again. I keep the babies in until there small size when harvested. I'm sure I could run it more efficiently but still learning. I think you would be ok to leave the male in but its always good to keep an eye on them just to make sure.