young dying

i think the only one who had the litters is the 72 grams one. at least that's what i think she is the only one who is getting pregnant. i just came home today from work and out of the nine new borns only six are alive one is laying dead and 2 are missing again. their is plenty of food and water. the only thing i can think of is setting a video recorder and see who is eating the babies. i am buying a big tub to put them in tonight.

Honestly man, at this point, I would feed them all off and start over. Ask your cousin for a group of 1.3 JUST WEINED.

You are putting a lot of time and effort into them with no results... and you don't even know how old they are. Even if you did get a baby to survive, under the circumstances, I would not recomend you breed it.

I wish you the best of luck.

I'd have to agree with Mike here. You're putting all this effort into a group of rats that's being maintained to produce feeders and you're getting nothing from them but problems. A fresh start with a just weaned group (or two) might get you to where you want to be. It'll take awhile for them to mature and breed but you likely have a far better chance of getting feeders that way.

thanks for help. i do appreciate it. i guess if that what has to be done then i'll do it. thanks again.