No that I can be sure of, I even looked again last night.
11-13-2008, 11:23 AM
simon
Re: They Ate them all!
multies normally eat there first litters , i have a few groups with multiple males in 1 group has 5 males to 5 females there first breeding 4 females have had babies for just over 7 days
11-13-2008, 12:07 PM
Midwest Morphs
Re: They Ate them all!
yeah my group has 1 male and two females. I was hoping for a good litter to get one more trio going.
11-13-2008, 01:02 PM
littleindiangirl
Re: They Ate them all!
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Originally Posted by simon
multies normally eat there first litters , i have a few groups with multiple males in 1 group has 5 males to 5 females there first breeding 4 females have had babies for just over 7 days
I wouldn't say it's normal... I haven't had any cannibalism experienced in my girls first litters. Each one of them has had on average 16-18 for first litters....
11-13-2008, 01:09 PM
Midwest Morphs
Re: They Ate them all!
I have had a mouse eat all her babies the first time, so I didnt know if it was an ASF thing.
11-13-2008, 01:21 PM
littleindiangirl
Re: They Ate them all!
No, I dont feel like it's an across the board type of thing. It's definitely not impossible, but I honestly feel like ASF's are exceptional caretakers just like domestic rats and the cannibalism is low compared to mice.
11-13-2008, 02:22 PM
Mike Cavanaugh
Re: They Ate them all!
Quote:
Originally Posted by littleindiangirl
I wouldn't say it's normal... I haven't had any cannibalism experienced in my girls first litters. Each one of them has had on average 16-18 for first litters....
Quote:
Originally Posted by littleindiangirl
No, I dont feel like it's an across the board type of thing. It's definitely not impossible, but I honestly feel like ASF's are exceptional caretakers just like domestic rats and the cannibalism is low compared to mice.
agreed 100%
11-13-2008, 02:25 PM
Midwest Morphs
Re: They Ate them all!
i guess im going to give her a second try to see if it was as first time thing or she will retire
11-13-2008, 03:44 PM
nixer
Re: They Ate them all!
ive had this happen many times with the ones that i had and out of multiple groups. i fed them many many different common foods and i had as many as 50 babies eaten at a time out of different trios. i ditched the effort period and i know of quite a few actual breeders that have had the same problems every now and then.
11-13-2008, 08:24 PM
Mike Cavanaugh
Re: They Ate them all!
Quote:
Originally Posted by nixer
ive had this happen many times with the ones that i had and out of multiple groups. i fed them many many different common foods and i had as many as 50 babies eaten at a time out of different trios. i ditched the effort period and i know of quite a few actual breeders that have had the same problems every now and then.
Thats funny, I haven't heard of it happening. I have been breeding them for a while now, and have not experienced this. It seems obvious to me that either something was wrong with the setup, the diet, or that particular line of ASF.
