Insane 32 Rat pinkies 1 Litter

This female is 8 months old and consistently gives me 15-18 every 3 weeks. This time gave me 32. So far only one has died but will be taking some to give to other females. She has a female that is lactating in there still but 15 per female is still a lot.

http://i51.tinypic.com/dbjsiu.jpg

Wow!!!!:gj: Thats pretty much unheard of.

Yea i thought getting 15-18 was big..

I took a hand full and gave to another mom so lightened the load a bit.

I hope that you're going to save a few of those females babies for replacement breeders. It would be nice if the mom passed on some of her abilities to her daughters.

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Originally Posted by Redneck_Crow

I hope that you're going to save a few of those females babies for replacement breeders. It would be nice if the mom passed on some of her abilities to her daughters.

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I think its mostly the Male. My rat rack has 6 males and 25 females all dropping 8-18 pinks. I think the genetics are coming from the Rex Gene of the male. When ever a Tub that has a rex female or male the litters are huge.

Number of eggs produced is determined by female genetics. Unless you have a bunch of identical twins or triplets your big litter is due to the genetics of the female (i.e., the male sperm does not stimulate more eggs to come out of the ovaries).

That's nuts Rich. One of the largest I've seen. Thanks for sharing the pic :D

Regards,

B

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Originally Posted by RichsBallPythons

I think its mostly the Male. My rat rack has 6 males and 25 females all dropping 8-18 pinks. I think the genetics are coming from the Rex Gene of the male. When ever a Tub that has a rex female or male the litters are huge.

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Maybe not. The male might have great genetics, but the number of ova a female rat releases in a cycle is determined by her body, not the male's. The number of ova released and how many implant without being reasorbed are mostly what determines the # of babies. A female that releases a huge # of eggs at one time is creating the potential for a huge litter.

Ill be keeping some females back but not all. Dont have the room to keep them all since most my groups were re started back in march

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Originally Posted by Redneck_Crow

Maybe not. The male might have great genetics, but the number of ova a female rat releases in a cycle is determined by her body, not the male's. The number of ova released and how many implant without being reasorbed are mostly what determines the # of babies. A female that releases a huge # of eggs at one time is creating the potential for a huge litter.

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Whoa:O

That's impressive. Congrats on your monster litter:gj:

Nice! Most I've gotten was 21. Wonder what the world record is?

WOW, now that's a litter

That is INSANE. How big was she?

Her normal weight is about 250g. When she was pregnant the night before dropping she was massive. Could barely walk and was falling over cause she was HUGE.

Also all the pinks are still doing great. Only that one died so still at 31 pinks starting to get their color in.. I do have a few old breeders i need to retire and gas off so ill have few spots for this litters females..

This is why rats take over world :gj:
Gosh.. That's a lot of hatchling food :gj:
Congrats :gj:

And I felt bad for my one girl that is consistent 18-22:O:O

holy crap poor mommy.
Probably looked like she swallowed a softball before she popped!
Thats insane!

I googled to see if I could find the largest litter and came up with this
http://recordsetter.com/world-record/rat-litter/10253

Congrats Rich!

congrats Rich!!!!!!!!
Hope it is a record:gj:

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Thats a huge litter of pups. That one litter would supply my snakes needs for an entire year. I had 2 hamsters as a child the parents didn't realize the sexes nor the pet store. But needless to say it was m/f. But she had 20 pinkies.... thats the most Ive ever seen with my eyes.

But its mindblowing that something as small as a full grown rat can carry that many babies inside her.

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Thats a huge litter of pups. That one litter would supply my snakes needs for an entire year. I had 2 hamsters as a child the parents didn't realize the sexes nor the pet store. But needless to say it was m/f. But she had 20 pinkies.... thats the most Ive ever seen with my eyes.

But its mindblowing that something as small as a full grown rat can carry that many babies inside her.

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yes it is very crazy how they can reproduce like this. This female is still dropping 10 pinks a litter now. Time to retire her

I realize this post is a little older, but I've had a litter of 23. 19 survived. I never bred that female again because I don't like that big of a litter. They take longer to grow because there are so many of them sharing the nutrients. Was counter-productive for me! But 32 is awesome and you should have tried to send it to guinness book of records!