Rat litter pics

Males will breed as early as 5 or 5 weeks of age. Females should be about 250 grams which is generally around 4 or 5 months of age. Big healthy young females = easy birthing, lots of milk and a very nice litter of feeders.

Btw, it's not so hard to feed them off as they develop into pups. By then their own mother is so sick of them they'll try to hop out of the tub, stuff their belly against the glass trying to keep the "teat leeches" off them and heck, I had a female rat drop her pup in my hand...I think she was giving me the hint LOL

they are so cute.... i wanted a pet rat... and will get one one day.. and it wont become snake food either... lol i try not to get to close to my snakes food... lol but my snakes come 1st and they have to eat

i grew attached to a feeder that was refused.. he hung around till the next week, and I was upset to see him go, but watching the snake do his thing, and quickly, totally threw aside any sad feelings I had about the rat. Snakes rule \m/

AWWWW!! I want rats now!! Their adorable!!

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Originally Posted by AshleyB

no way, i couldnt do it.. those little blk/wht babys are so cute, innocent, baby face looking.. nope couldnt. my luck i would want to keep the ones i raised anyway lol

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Yep, this is exactly why I feed mice instead of rats! Mice aren't cute once they get big enough to feed off, they are just stinky bitey annoying things. :D