Inventory Weekend

YEah it is more rat poop than I plan on seeing in my life time. I think he goes through about two fifty pound bags of rat food a day. And that is not including the mice. Todd

If I ever wean 1000-2000 a week, please shoot me :)


These are just for me, a friend,and no clue what to do with extras, taking them to a show again this weekend.

I would love to keep them at the "small" stage :)

When your rats are in growing up wire cages. And you move their poop with a tracktor. You are a RATMAN. When I helped out one day I realized how big I never wanted to go.

I am at a very low amount now; two breeder males; 5 breeder females with only one on 7 babies and two preggos. I had a huge overbreeding kast month though with around 80 rats! I am trying to get it right; this is too-low an amount now, and it was too high before.. yikes!

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

I am at a very low amount now; two breeder males; 5 breeder females with only one on 7 babies and two preggos. I had a huge overbreeding kast month though with around 80 rats! I am trying to get it right; this is too-low an amount now, and it was too high before.. yikes!

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That is kind of the give and take of breeding. All females in an enclosure tend to drop within a week of each other. This can give a feast or famine type cycle.

The majority of rats and mice that I sell are pinkies. I sell about 1500 a month right now and another 300 various other sizes. Im currently in the process of building up to 1000 breeder rats and 900 breeder mice. While I dont move their poop with a tractor I do fill up the bed of my pickup truck weekly.

Bryan

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

...and the big boa who eats the mutant jumbo rats that aren't worth my time raising up just for him.

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Rofl...dunno why, but this just gave me a fit of the giggles...think "Young Frankenstein"...

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Originally Posted by Bdadawg

While I dont move their poop with a tractor I do fill up the bed of my pickup truck weekly.

Bryan

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Wow! Sounds like as much manure generated by our 2 mares and 2 foals (and they're only stalled at night.) Well, close.. :eek:

I can smell it from here!

Breed rats myself? No thank you! :P

I'll probably end up breeding rats...eventually. I just don't think the apartment complex I'm living right now would appreciate it. ^_^

Yay, another female dropped. 10 pups. I feel so pathetic having only two girls with babes; I had so many extras last month!