The nice thing with these rats though is once they sort themselves out as far as whose is in what position in the group they really seem to just tick along without many problems. Once in awhile one of the more dominant ASF's will run around reminding everyone else she's boss but they quickly figure out how to avoid her and she's not generally biting hard, just dominant nipping and boxing them a bit.
I make sure they have some cardboard tubes to run into, a wheel, a hide, etc. That seems to give them stuff to do and places to ditch into if the boss lady's in a bad mood. :)
09-16-2008, 08:01 PM
Mike Cavanaugh
Re: Fighting???
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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl
I also agree with Jo and Mike.
The only thing I would like to add is the females when in heat also want to breed madly.
Like Mike said, after females have a litter, a few hours later they go right back into heat and if the female is particularly dominant, may be fighting with the other two females to give herself the best chance of being bred before them.
The male and female in heat are being swarmed by a truckload of different hormones and cues, it can make them do funny things.
They will get it sorted out, one way or another.
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Originally Posted by jglass38
Simple..ASFs are savages! :)
LMAO!!! reminds me of college!
09-16-2008, 09:08 PM
greghall
Re: Fighting???
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Originally Posted by PigsnPythons
Also, my first group of ASFs was mis-sexed. So you may want to double check and make sure have what you think you do.
exactly thats what happened to my first attepts I use 1.2 ratos they are producing great.
