Is she Healthy?

So I have yet another question. I am sorry if this bothers some of you have been doing this and just think that new breeders like me are retarded. So I picked up an adult female normal on 2-20-11. I weighed her when I got home and she weighed 1558g. I introduced my 1200g male to her on march 5. I did not see any lock what so ever. There was alot of interest on both parties. I took my male out 2 days later and re-introduced him again on march 8th. Only left him in there for 1 day with her and took him out again. This time there was no interest for either one of them. I took her out today and she felt extremely heavy, so I threw her on my scale. She weighed 1768g. She is a mice eater only and eats 2 - 3 mice every 3-5 days. I am not sure how she has gained over 200g from eating 11 mice since I have picked her up. Is she still healthy?

Once again I am sorry if all the questions bother some of you, just want to make sure my projects stay as healthy as can be!

I don't see why she wouldn't be healthy she is obviously eating great for you. Eleven mice and no poop could easily help her pick up that weight but when she goes she'll drop a good amount of that.;)

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Originally Posted by Emilio

I don't see why she wouldn't be healthy she is obviously eating great for you. Eleven mice and no poop could easily help her pick up that weight but when she goes she'll drop a good amount of that.;)

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That is on an empty stomach she just pooped. I was cleaning her cage and that is why I took her out and noticed she was really heavy. I was maybe thinking that she may be producing eggs, but I don't feel any thing.

When was the last time she defecated/urinated? oops never mind lol,

She defecated last night around 10pm. I cleaned it this morning since today is when we decided to wash out all the water bowls and everything

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Originally Posted by dkoehl26

That is on an empty stomach she just pooped. I was cleaning her cage and that is why I took her out and noticed she was really heavy. I was maybe thinking that she may be producing eggs, but I don't feel any thing.

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Breeding females is a long process the weight she has gained these three weeks you've had her is more than likely due to being well fed.;)

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Originally Posted by Emilio

Breeding females is a long process the weight she has gained these three weeks you've had her is more than likely due to being well fed.;)

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You don't think I am maybe over feeding her do you. I thought a couple of mice every 3 to 5 days isn't bad for her since she is an adult and only eats mice. I do not feed my rat eaters that much they eat every 7-11 days an appropiate size rat.

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Originally Posted by dkoehl26

You don't think I am maybe over feeding her do you. I thought a couple of mice every 3 to 5 days isn't bad for her since she is an adult and only eats mice. I do not feed my rat eaters that much they eat every 7-11 days an appropiate size rat.

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Thats fine.;)

Thank You very much!!:D

If she acts like she wants to take your arm off she still wants more ;)

you shoudnt really be feeding her over 3 meals in between poops. feed larger meals, better for her and you.

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Originally Posted by ladizzlee

you shoudnt really be feeding her over 3 meals in between poops. feed larger meals, better for her and you.

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Breeding females want to eat and feeding them smaller meals is better IMO if you want them to continue to eat till ovulation.
I'll feed three or four 30 gram weanlings a week to a 2000 gram female and she'll eat those and beg for more and might get one or two more, lol.
The amount of rats isn't what matters, it's the total weight of the prey you get in them.

There's a thousand different ways to breed and feed, find out what works for you and run with it :)

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

If she acts like she wants to take your arm off she still wants more ;)

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well with her she is a little different. You can't tell if she wants another one. So what I do is keep throwing one in there with her if she takes it then I will put another one in there after she has re-aligned her jaw. When she goes the opposite way from the mouse it means she is pretty much done so I take it out and put it back in my mouse cage.

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Originally Posted by ladizzlee

you shoudnt really be feeding her over 3 meals in between poops. feed larger meals, better for her and you.

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If you saw the original post, she is only a mouse eater she will not eat anything bigger so I don't have a choice. She will only eat like 2 mice to 3 mice in one sitting that is why I offer her food more often.

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Originally Posted by dkoehl26

well with her she is a little different. You can't tell if she wants another one. So what I do is keep throwing one in there with her if she takes it then I will put another one in there after she has re-aligned her jaw. When she goes the opposite way from the mouse it means she is pretty much done so I take it out and put it back in my mouse cage.

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That's what I do with my mouser girl also. I can get her to take a small ray every couple months or so. I'm planning on trying to switch her soon.