mom and babies question

Is it safe to have 2 mothers with babies in same tub or setup?

Lance

Safe for whom? The babies? mothers? you? ;)

Yes, it's safe. Just watch them for a bit to make they are not playing steal the pinky with each other.

i perfer to have two mothers in one tub if they are going to pop around the same date. it allows them to work together raising the pups can give a mom a break they will work together nicely~

It's ok and usually not an issue except most will play swap the baby :P
We keep all of out females separate in their own birthing tubs, I've done both and I get fatter healthier babies keeping them on their own.

I keep my 1.2 together all the time and have not has any issues.

I keep three or four mothers in big tubs with no real problems

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well the 2 moms who had a litter there cage mates or they ate all the babies :( I was working on a cage for them but the group ate them all there always well feed and water don't understand why they did it :/

lance

Did you add cage mates right before or right after the babies were born?

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Did you add cage mates right before or right after the babies were born?

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no they all were in the cage together from the beginning.

Lance

I have right now two mothers and a male in a cement tub with out problems and three and four mothers no male in 105qt tubs with no problems . Were the babies all alive, I have had mothers eat still born or non feeding/dieing babies on occasion

Were they in tight quarters?

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I raise tubs of 1.3, never separate. Have done colonies of 1.12 in the past in large throughs with no problems.
Been raising them this way for a couple of decades.

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I have right now two mothers and a male in a cement tub with out problems and three and four mothers no male in 105qt tubs with no problems . Were the babies all alive, I have had mothers eat still born or non feeding/dieing babies on occasion

Were they in tight quarters?

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they were in a 10 gallon tank temporary and laid

lance

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they were in a 10 gallon tank temporary and laid

lance

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How long is temporary?

Space may have been your reason for the cannibalizing. Sometimes, if there are too many rodents in tight quarters they will kill the weakest to make room. Illness, danger, and nutrition can also prompt a rodents to eat babies. Rats typically wont kill them from handling, but if the mother or any of the cage mates were not ever handled by people they might. I have had some pretty scared of people rats but they have never destroyed their litter because of me picking them up. Sorry I can't be more help.

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How long is temporary?

Space may have been your reason for the cannibalizing. Sometimes, if there are too many rodents in tight quarters they will kill the weakest to make room. Illness, danger, and nutrition can also prompt a rodents to eat babies. Rats typically wont kill them from handling, but if the mother or any of the cage mates were not ever handled by people they might. I have had some pretty scared of people rats but they have never destroyed their litter because of me picking them up. Sorry I can't be more help.

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It was a week I had them in there due to other issues and I couldn't finish the rodent work in time. thanks for the help

lance