Re: Having some problems.
It could be the male or female felt the area of the rack tub was not enough for them and the growing offspring and "removed" the competition. It could be the male trying to rebreed the female and turning on the nursing young (not very common though). Your scent on the young should not be a problem, most rats aren't nervous that way like mice are. Were the young appropriately sized for age? Healthy looking, active, etc?
Re: Having some problems.
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Originally Posted by frankykeno
It could be the male or female felt the area of the rack tub was not enough for them and the growing offspring and "removed" the competition. It could be the male trying to rebreed the female and turning on the nursing young (not very common though). Your scent on the young should not be a problem, most rats aren't nervous that way like mice are. Were the young appropriately sized for age? Healthy looking, active, etc?
The tubs are the concrete mixing tubs from lowes.
They were born a couple days after I brought them home. So that would have made them 16 days old. They all had fur but were really small, all they did was pretty much stay in the nest and nurse on the mom.
Re: Having some problems.
Oh so she was preggo when you got her? Likely she wasn't in the best condition then. Usually by 16 days they are running around quite a bit as they are busy pups then and will chase the mom down to nurse from her. That they stayed in the nest at that age so quietly would concern me that they just weren't all that healthy to begin with.
