Males not getting job done?

[Drew87]

Hey everyone, ok so i have 2! male rats 8 females and its been 2 months, still no babys . The whole point of owning rats is for babies and kinda cool pets, but i need babys i also dont want to sound like a creep but i have not seen the males even umm ( court ) the females. But they do like play around he tackles them but no hump hump. Any ideas???? please anything to get them in the mood or something

[tigerlily]

Hey everyone, ok so i have 2! male rats 8 females and its been 2 months, still no babys . The whole point of owning rats is for babies and kinda cool pets, but i need babys i also dont want to sound like a creep but i have not seen the males even umm ( court ) the females. But they do like play around he tackles them but no hump hump. Any ideas???? please anything to get them in the mood or something

How are the temps in your room? If it's too warm your production will decrease.

[Drew87]

well right now there in my bed room so its a good 80 or below.

[littleindiangirl]

How old were all the rats when you got them? Do you rotate the males through the females every other week?

[Drew87]

every other week or so yes, they are all over the 250 gram mark.
So i dont know why they would not be mateing its what rats do!!! haha im so confused

[littleindiangirl]

I think 80 is getting too warm for rats. Not terrible, but can be a cause.

When you first put them together, they were all over 250 grams? They should be quite bit larger if two months have passed since then.

My thinking is if they are just now 250 grams, it may be another month before you see pinks.

[Drew87]

I think 80 is getting too warm for rats. Not terrible, but can be a cause.

When you first put them together, they were all over 250 grams? They should be quite bit larger if two months have passed since then.

My thinking is if they are just now 250 grams, it may be another month before you see pinks.

To warm wow, i might be in trouble thats pretty cool for AZ haha. Well it depeneds some are bigger some are smaller. Like 2 of the females are around the 250 gram mark the rest are bigger, i guess ill just have to wait and see what happens. thankx connie

[littleindiangirl]

If 80 is the cool end of AZ, then you will certainly see production levels lower than normal.

[Drew87]

If 80 is the cool end of AZ, then you will certainly see production levels lower than normal.

Well thats good to know, well its 80 in my bed room, i will be moving them outside here when it gets cooler

[Bettacreek]

Generally, the youngest "best" age is around 3 months, at 250+, they sound a tad too young.