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  • 06-08-2012, 11:43 AM
    Riv
    Re: Need some help. Worried I might lose babies
    Thank you very much everyone. I havent lost any other babies. Momma Albino wound up keeping all of the babies, which actually only turned out to be 13 minus the one that died shortly after birth. She seems like shes taking to mothering well, and I hate to say it, the other mother just didnt have it in her. At least not yet anyway. The fawn hooded mom is completely content not even being around the offspring. Ive got one more litter coming soon, and im not sure how well shes going to mother seeing as its her first time too, but I guess we'll see.

    I also replaced the newspaper with shredded aspen and Albino made a great nest with it immediately and im much more confident she wont accidentally lose any now that there isnt a constantly changing maze, and it really does keep the smell down longer than newspaper. I think im going to aspen permanently despite it not being very cost effective. I think itll be worth not changing the paper every day.

    You guys have been so helpful. Thanks a lot.
  • 06-08-2012, 08:32 PM
    Sita
    On two separate occasions, I had litters of 20 babies. These were from different moms, and I didn't co-house, so the mother raised them by herself. Both times, 1 baby died within the first day or two, but it wasn't from the mother killing it.

    The litters my rats had averaged between 9 and 15 babies, so yeah, 13 would be no sweat, :)
  • 06-12-2012, 01:10 AM
    Riv
    Re: Need some help. Worried I might lose babies
    Wow. 3 of my litters only wound up being 23 XD -3 fatalities. Not sure why they didnt make it. They were from seperate litters, so i dont think it was genetic. The albino and the agouti mothers are raising the babies together and pretty effectively too. The older pups aee starting ro crawl, so i put them in a nursery tank with the moms. Its actually pretty fun watching these guys grow. Its all happening so quickly.
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